Variable Annuities
Variable annuity news and analysis, including coverage of registered indexed linked annuity (RILA) contracts.
November 01, 2010
How to Get an A on the ExamIn the last few issues of Research magazine, I have been "grading" different variable annuity products and focusing on the value of promises associated with...
October 21, 2010
How to Build Partnerships that Grow Annuity Business, Better Serve ClientsIn today's competitive business world, how can annuity producers build their book of business?
October 20, 2010
How to Build Partnerships that Grow Annuity Business, Better Serve ClientsIn today's competitive business world, how can annuity producers build their book of business?
September 29, 2010
SunAmerica Expands Lifetime Income Options on Variable AnnuitiesThe new options address investors' fears that traditional income sources' won't provide for them when they retire.
August 31, 2010
Variable Annuities More Affordable: IRIVariable annuity sales for the top 17 carriers in the second quarter rose to $11.8 billion, from $10.3 billion in the first quarter, according to the Insured Retirement Institute (IRI).
August 31, 2010
Variable Annuities More Affordable: IRIVariable annuity sales for the top 17 carriers in the second quarter rose to $11.8 billion, from $10.3 billion in the first quarter, according to the Insured Retirement Institute (IRI).
August 31, 2010
Variable Annuity Costs Fell in Second Quarter, IRI Report FindsA report released Tuesday, August 31, from the Insured Retirement Institute found the cost of variable annuities fell in the second quarter of 2010.
August 26, 2010
IRI: Variable Annuity Sales at 'Record High'Variable annuity sales posted record highs in the second quarter of 2010, the Insured Retirement Institute reports. A LIMRA report earlier this month also showed...
August 25, 2010
IRI: Variable Annuity Sales in Q2 at 'Record High'Variable annuity sales posted record highs in the second quarter of 2010, the Insured Retirement Institute (IRI) reported Wednesday.
August 22, 2010
Innovating When There is Little Room to InnovateAs the economic recovery continues, it remains to be seen whether all of the variable annuity writers emerging from the recession will still be around in a few years' time.