Variable Annuities
Variable annuity news and analysis, including coverage of registered indexed linked annuity (RILA) contracts.
Rating Agency Pans DAC Assumptions
By Staff WriterNU Online News Service, Jan. 6, 3:33 p.m. -- U.S. insurers may be using overly optimistic assumptions about variable annuities in financial statements developed ...
January 22, 2003
AnnuityNet Handles 165,000 TransactionsNU Online News Service, Jan. 22, 9:41 a.m. -- AnnuityNet Inc., Herndon, Va., says it processed about 165,000 annuity transactions in 2002.The transactions included ...
January 21, 2003
Info-One System Attracts More IssuersNU Online News Service, Jan. 21, 10:40 a.m. -- Info-One, Campbell, Calif., says all of the top 25 issuers of non-group U.S. variable annuities ...
December 20, 2002
Study: VA Sales Literature Needs ImprovementNU Online News Service, Dec. 20, 3:15 p.m. -- Sellers of variable annuities should put more emphasis on VA basics and protection features in ...
December 20, 2002
Prudential Financial To Buy American SkandiaNU Online News Service, Dec. 20, 2:35 p.m. -- Prudential Financial Inc., Newark, N.J., has signed an agreement with Skandia Insurance Company Ltd., Stockholm, ...
December 16, 2002
Nationwide Updates Annuity, Advisory ProgramsNU Online News Service, Dec. 16, 12:13 p.m. -- Nationwide Financial Services Inc., Columbus, Ohio, is updating its variable annuity program and setting up ...
November 24, 2002
Full Disclosure's Variable And Variable Universal Life ReportFull Disclosures Variable And Variable Universal Life ReportFull Disclosure surveys leading variable and variable universal life upper market insurers twice a year. The charts in ...
November 20, 2002
Bank VA Sales Surge In SeptemberNU Online News Service, Nov. 20, 1:45 p.m. -- Despite the shakiness of the stock market, banks' sales of variable annuities staged a comeback ...