Variable Annuities
Variable annuity news and analysis, including coverage of registered indexed linked annuity (RILA) contracts.
January 06, 2011
Genworth Drops Variable AnnuitiesGenworth Financial Inc. says it is discontinuing new sales of retail variable annuities and group variable annuities.
January 06, 2011
Kehrer-LIMRA: Banks Sell More Variable AnnuitiesBanks are reporting a drop in fixed annuity sales - and an increase in variable annuity sales - for November 2010.
January 04, 2011
The Contrarian Sales Approach to Describing Annuity DrawbacksThe assertion that many annuity agents make sales without adequately disclosing the product's drawbacks has dogged the industry for years, causing a regrettable amount of damage to our industry's public image.
January 03, 2011
The Contrarian Sales Approach to Describing Annuity DrawbacksThe assertion that many annuity agents make sales without adequately disclosing the product's drawbacks has dogged the industry for years, causing a regrettable amount of damage to our industry's public image.
December 02, 2010
LIMRA: VA Living Benefits Guarantees Still CommonThe vast majority of U.S. consumers who bought individual variable annuities in the third quarter bought a contract together with a guaranteed living benefits feature.
December 02, 2010
LIMRA: VA Living Benefits Guarantees Still CommonThe vast majority of U.S. consumers who bought individual variable annuities in the third quarter bought a contract together with a guaranteed living benefits feature.
December 01, 2010
Phoenix Continues Shift Toward Mid MarketThe Phoenix Companies Inc. is bringing out new lines of indexed annuities as part of a move to focus on the middle market.
November 29, 2010
Variable Annuities: Change Rate SlowsThe pace of variable annuity product changes slightly in the third quarter, according to the Insured Retirement Institute.
November 29, 2010
Variable Annuities: Change Rate SlowsThe pace of variable annuity product changes slightly in the third quarter, according to the Insured Retirement Institute.
November 15, 2010
VA Living Benefits Reviewed in New GuideCarina Diamond of SS&G Wealth Management, who was at RIS on Nov. 8, comments on a new report by Strategic Insight that compares the features and funds of VA living benefits.