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Special report: Variable annuities
A look at the latest trends in variable annuity sales and strategies.
The 25 largest variable annuity providers
2011 rank 2010 rank Issuer Net assets ($M) % change vs. 2010 2011…
The Hartford does ‘something drastic,’ will exit annuity and life insurance businesses
Venerable insurer makes dramatic move amid pressure from shareholder John Paulson
‘Transformative events’ shape client’s financial thinking, survey finds
Upper-middle class more worried about life's big moments than the next 12 months
Breaking up is hard to do – especially with annuities
When a client came to his office bearing her new divorce decree, adviser Dale Russell became the bearer…
The top 25 variable annuity providers through independent B-Ds
Top participating issuers of VAs
The top 25 sellers of variable annuities
Participating issuers, ranked by sales
Longevity insurance promising – but higher rates would help
The Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service like it, as do many estate-planning experts. Now all…
VA clients holding on to their VAs instead of surrendering them
VA clients are less likely to surrender their variable annuities, as living benefits retain high value
OSU, Pickens come up empty in insurance battle
After a lengthy court battle, Lincoln National Life Insurance Co. will be permitted to keep $33 million in…
These tech tools know how to take annuities into account
The question that nags at the back of many investors’ minds — “Do I have enough for retirement?”…
Lincoln may get more defensive with MoneyGuard hybrid
Insurer mulling raising fees and cutting benefits on popular product; low interest rates to blame
Fed’s low interest rates could lower interest in annuities
Extension of cheap money policy seen boosting annuity costs, reducing benefits and commissions
VA sales reach record levels, but have they topped out?
In the third-quarter, variable annuity sales surged, thanks in large part to MetLife Inc. But the jury is out on how the major insurers' decision to pare back offerings might affect overall VA sales.
Try out the new longevity insurance calculator
In case you missed my last column in the print edition of InvestmentNews on February 13, 2012, I wrote about one of the latest buzz words in retirement income planning: longevity insurance.
Putnam CEO calls for new regulator to oversee lifetime-income products
Putnam Investments ceo Bob Reynolds today called for the establishment of a regulatory body to approve lifetime-income products.
Oklahoma State U., T. Boone Pickens tangle with Lincoln National
Oklahoma State University's athletic fund and Lincoln National Life Insurance Co. are embroiled in a legal flap over a failed charitable-insurance-funding plan.
Guggenheim scoops up insurer to build fixed indexed annuities
Guggenheim Partners LLC is ramping up its presence in the fixed-indexed-annuity realm with the purchase of an insurer
Long-term care: Cutting back coverage
When a 74-year-old client visited Ellen R. Siegel six years ago with news of an upcoming 12% rate increase on the premium of her long-term-care insurance, the adviser knew she had to navigate the potential benefit cuts with the precision of a surgeon.
NY to issue tougher regs on death benefits: Source
Will make lump-sum payment the default option; policyholders must opt in for retained-asset accounts
