Fixed Annuities
Fixed annuity news and analysis, with coverage of book value annuities, multi-year guaranteed annuity (MYGA) contracts, immediate annuities, deferred income annuities (including QLACs), and fixed indexed annuities.
November 26, 2024
Medicare Drug Plans May Soon Add Anti-Obesity CoverageAs officials put the change in draft rules for 2026, the incoming president's Medicare agency pick might support it.
July 22, 2024
American National Adds Annuity Investment Option for a Tough WorldThe company says its new national security tech stock index could benefit from the trend toward deglobalization.
July 12, 2024
Immediate Annuity Income Target Rises 6%The average premium fed into deferred income annuity searches increased 5%, Cannex data found.
July 02, 2024
New SEC RILA Rules Accentuate the Negative, Commissioner SaysRegistering new products will get easier, but the required notices could scare off investors, Hester Peirce warns.
July 01, 2024
Disability Insurance — Because Life HappensEvery month should be Disability Insurance Awareness Month.
June 28, 2024
5 Ways a New Supreme Court Ruling Could Shape Life, Health and Advice RegsThe SEC, Labor Department and others have used the Chevron ruling, now overturned, to establish their authority.
June 25, 2024
There's Still Time for a Gen X Rescue Bridge to Retirement: EconomistJason Fichtner has thoughts about how to help younger generations through the early retirement years.
June 20, 2024
MOVEit Cyberattack Suits Could Get a FrameworkThe data security breach affected more than 26 million users' life insurance, annuities and retirement savings programs.
June 13, 2024
How Likely Is That Annuity to Stick?Researchers took a hard look at the business that left. Some years are bad.
June 12, 2024
5 Questions: Vanguard's New Report on Annuities in Retirement PlansAdding an income option to a target-date fund sounds great, but will it work?