Annuities
Annuity news and analysis, including coverage of annuity market regulatory, compliance and legislative issues.
EIAs Being Positioned For Safety And Recovery
By Linda KocoByWhen equity index annuities first came out, many were just too complex for Thomas Stratton to consider selling."Some EIAs are still too complex," says Stratton, ...
September 01, 2002
LTC-Annuities: Two Birds, One StoneChelsea K. BachrachThe marketplace is showing increasing interest in a hybrid product that consists of long term care insurance and an annuity (LTC-Annuity products).Although this ...
August 28, 2002
Scudder To Distribute Manulife Variable AnnuitiesNU Online News Service, Aug. 28, 1:25 p.m. -- Manulife USA, a unit of Manulife Financial Corp., Toronto, is working with Scudder Investments to ...
August 25, 2002
VAs Continue Comeback In BanksByBank variable annuity premiums were up 34% in June 2002 over year-ago levels and increased 6% over May 2002, reports Kenneth Kehrer Associates, Princeton, ...
August 25, 2002
'To Age 100' Features Proliferate In Life Insurance And AnnuitiesTo Age 100 Features Proliferate In Life Insurance And AnnuitiesByMethuselahs may not exist, but plenty of centenarians do. The U.S. Census Bureau projected that, in ...
August 18, 2002
Don't Use Joint Annuities For LTC Artificial ImpoverishmentDont Use Joint Annuities For LTC Artificial ImpoverishmentByArtificial impoverishment has been practiced for years and still is by a good many elder law attorneys. Now, ...
August 15, 2002
Banks Continue VA ComebackNU Online News Service, Aug. 15, 4:46 p.m. -- Bank variable annuity sales increased to $1.2 billion in June, up 6% from May and ...
August 14, 2002
Nationwide: Banks Poised To Sell More InsuranceNU Online News Service, Aug. 14, 3:59 p.m. -- High-income professionals might be more interested in buying life insurance and annuities from banks than ...