Variable Annuities
Variable annuity news and analysis, including coverage of registered indexed linked annuity (RILA) contracts.
January 26, 2005
Earnings: Hartford, BISYSStrong benefits profits helped Hartford Financial Group Inc., Hartford, increase earnings during the fourth quarter of 2004 despite a drop in the flow of ...
January 13, 2005
Canadian Insurer Renames More U.S. ProductsNU Online News Service, Jan. 13, 2005, 6:15 p.m. ESTManulife Financial Corp., Toronto, is moving ahead with efforts to rebrand the products it sells ...
January 10, 2005
Allstate Expands Advisor OptionsNU Online News Service, Jan. 10, 2005, 4:48 p.m. ESTA Northbrook, Ill., insurer is offering several new riders to purchasers of its variable annuities.[@@]The ...
December 02, 2004
NAVA: Equities Make Up Higher Share Of VA AssetsNU Online News Service, Dec. 2, 2004, 6:55 p.m. ESTThe continuing stock market rebound pushed U.S. variable annuity assets to $1 trillion at the ...
November 03, 2004
Lincoln Leery Of UL CompetitionSome life insurers are taking sharply different approaches to sales of universal life insurance.[@@]Prudential Financial Inc., Newark, N.J., notes in its third-quarter earnings release ...
October 08, 2004
Independent Agents Sell More VA Bonus SharesVariable annuity issuers should use different branding strategies for different marketing channels.[@@]Hugh McHaffie, a senior vice president at MetLife Inc., New York, delivered that ...
October 06, 2004
Message At NAVA: Keep It SimpleByNew YorkThe need to deliver a simple message and a simpler variable annuity product was a theme that threaded through the sessions of the annual ...
September 30, 2004
Death Benefits Payout Exceeded Value, Says NAVADeath Benefits Payout Exceeded Value, Says NAVAAlthough the stock market generally went south from 2001 to 2003, beneficiaries of variable annuity investors received death benefits ...
September 30, 2004
Variable Annuities Are For RetirementReallyDeferred variable annuities get a lot of bad press in the popular media. Virtually every financial publication has, at one time or another, run negative ...
September 30, 2004
The Four Horsemen Of The Annuity WorldThe Four Horsemen Of The Annuity World These trends will drive much of what happens in the next 5 yearsBy Timothy C. PfeiferOne of the ...