Variable Annuities
Variable annuity news and analysis, including coverage of registered indexed linked annuity (RILA) contracts.
March 05, 2004
VA Sales Totaled $126 Billion In 2003: NAVANU Online News Service, March 5, 2004, 1:55 p.m. EST -- The combined net assets of U.S. variable annuities increased 24% to $985 billion ...
February 26, 2004
Allstate Unit Launches VA FamilyNU Online News Service, Feb. 26, 2004, 2:15 p.m. EST -- A unit of Allstate Corp., Northbrook, Ill., has introduced a line of variable ...
February 12, 2004
Incorporating Variable Annuity Features In Variable Universal LifeByVariable annuities and variable universal life insurance have many bona fide, substantive distinctions. But developers are exploring ways to incorporate features of one type of ...
February 02, 2004
Rydex Hires NAVA ChairmanNU Online News Service, Feb. 2, 2004, 1:31 p.m. EST -- Rydex Investments, Rockville, Md., has hired a former Putnam Investments executive who leads ...
February 02, 2004
Mutual Of Omaha Sells Variable BusinessNU Online News Service, Feb. 2, 2004, 4:48 p.m. EST -- Security Benefit Group Inc., Topeka, Kan., is acquiring the variable life and variable ...
January 30, 2004
Times Reports On Variable Annuity InvestigationsNU Online News Service, Jan. 30, 2004, 5:38 p.m. EST -- The New York Times says regulators are looking hard at variable annuities.[@@]NASD, Washington, ...
January 28, 2004
Analyst: Boomers To Bring Golden AgeNU Online News Service, Jan. 28, 2004, 12:20 p.m. EST, New York -- Insurers are poised for a "golden age" that will eclipse their ...
January 27, 2004
VA Sales Surge At Jackson NationalNU Online News Service, Jan. 27, 2004, 6:13 p.m. EST -- Jackson National Life Insurance Company is starting to see results from its shift ...
January 15, 2004
Securities Regulators Put VA Sales On Scams ListNU Online News Service, Jan. 15, 2004, 12:18 p.m. EST -- An organization of state securities regulators has for the first time listed variable ...
January 12, 2004
NASD Still Focusing On VA Sales PracticesNU Online News Service, Jan. 12, 2004, 4:23 p.m. EST -- The NASD, Washington, has announced more than 75 disciplinary actions related to variable ...