Variable Annuities
Variable annuity news and analysis, including coverage of registered indexed linked annuity (RILA) contracts.
October 02, 2003
Can New Investment Options Energize The VA Market?_Can New Investment Options Energize The VA Market?Even the most exuberant optimist has to admit that the annuity business has fallen on hard times. In ...
October 02, 2003
The GMWD: Newest VA Benefit TwistAfter two years of depressed sales, variable annuity gross sales have rebounded in 2003.Year-to-date variable annuity sales totaled $63.3 billion through June 2003, according to ...
September 16, 2003
Papers Focus On Forecasts Involving Random VariablesNU Online News Service, Sept. 16, 2003, 3:46 p.m. EDT -- Organizers of the recent Stochastic Modeling Symposium in Toronto gave the Outstanding Paper ...
September 05, 2003
Regulators Ponder ACLI Objections To Suitability ModelNU Online News Service, Sept. 5, 2003, 7:13 p.m. EDT -- State insurance regulators are weighing complaints from the American Council of Life Insurers, ...
September 04, 2003
FRC Hires Three Investment AnalystsNU Online News Service, Sept. 4, 2003, 2:45 p.m. EDT -- Financial Research Corp., Boston, has hired three investment research analysts and says it ...
August 22, 2003
BISA: Bank Rep Productivity Falls But VA Sales SoarNU Online News Service, Aug. 22, 2003, 3:53 p.m. EDT -- The stock market rebounded during the second quarter, but registered representatives at bank ...
August 20, 2003
NAVA: Net Flow Of Cash Into Variable Annuities Climbs 88%NU Online News Service, Aug. 20, 2003, 5:22 p.m. EDT -- U.S. variable annuities attracted $33 billion in premiums during the second quarter, up ...
August 10, 2003
Regulators Send Message To Sellers Of Securities: BewareRegulators Send Message To Sellers Of Securities: BewareSecurities regulators have continued to target practices used by broker-dealers to sell variable annuities and have started targeting ...
August 07, 2003
AEGON Holds Line On Annuity GuaranteesNU Online News Service, Aug. 7, 2003, 12:45 p.m. EDT -- Executives at AEGON N.V., The Hague, Netherlands, got tough on annuity buyers during ...
August 03, 2003
Variable Annuities: More Than Just Tax-DeferralVariable Annuities: More Than Just Tax-DeferralByOn reading his obituary, Mark Twain quipped, "The reports of my death are greatly exaggerated." The same might be said ...