Variable Annuities
Variable annuity news and analysis, including coverage of registered indexed linked annuity (RILA) contracts.
March 28, 2002
Variable Annuity Sales Down AgainNU Online News Service, March 28, 5:29 p.m. -- Estimated net sales of variable annuities plunged 75%, to $7.5 billion in 2001, from $29.5 ...
March 19, 2002
Nationwide Doubles Sales Through Securities ChannelNU Online News Service, March 19, 11:38 a.m. -- Nationwide Financial Services Inc., Columbus, Ohio, says it doubled sales of variable annuities through large ...
February 26, 2002
VA Assets, Sales Starting To RecoverNU Online News Service, Feb. 26, 2:29 p.m. -- The combined net assets of U.S. variable annuities shrank 7.7% in 2001, to $893 billion, ...
February 03, 2002
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February 01, 2002
Lincoln Aims VA Option At Customers Of RivalsNU Online News Service, Feb. 1, 1:57 p.m. -- Lincoln Financial Corp., Fort Wayne, Ind., is making an open effort to take variable-annuity assets ...
December 28, 2001
Survey: Tax Advisors Still Selling Variable AnnuitiesNU Online News Service, Dec. 28, 1:15 p.m. -- Tiburon Strategic Advisors, Tiburon, Calif., says independent tax advisors work with many different insurance companies ...
December 10, 2001
Pivot Provides Annuity Services To SunAmericaNU Online News Service, Dec. 10, 2:01 p.m. -- Pivot, Columbus, Ohio, announced today an agreement to provide annuity order-entry services to nine broker/dealers ...
December 05, 2001
Nationwide Uses AnnuityNet SystemNU Online News Service, Dec. 5, 11:44 a.m. -- Nationwide Financial Services Inc., Columbus, Ohio, has hired AnnuityNet Inc., Leesburg, Va., to set up ...
November 20, 2001
Tieman Back As Wholesaler At Manulife Wood LoganNU Online News Service, Nov. 20, 3:21 p.m. -- Manulife Life Wood Logan, Stamford, Conn., has brought back David Tieman as a senior vice ...
October 21, 2001
Former SEC Chief To NAVA: More Meaningful DisclosureFormer SEC Chief To NAVA: More Meaningful Disclosure ByBoston Its time for the variable annuity community "to take the steps necessary to implement fuller ...