Fee income from annuity sales climbed at bank holding companies during the first three quarters of 2009, according to data from Michael White Associates LLC.
Kentucky state rep – and head of national group of legislators – introduces bill that would preserve right to resell benefits
Nationwide Life Insurance Co. has reached a $2.1 million settlement with five state insurance regulators over nine-year-old claims involving allegedly unsuitable variable annuity sales. The five states are California, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri and Wisconsin.
Roger W. Crandall was named CEO of Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance, effective Jan. 1, confirmed MassMutual spokesman Mark Cybulski.
Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co. has taken alleged Ponzi schemer Scott Rothstein to court in an attempt to rescind a $15 million life insurance policy.
MassMutual on Wednesday announced that its field force has grown to more than 5,000 representatives, a record level for the 158-year-old insurer.
There is good news and bad news having no estate tax this year.
Despite the market's lukewarm reception to John Hancock's slimmed-down variable annuity, other insurers continue to introduce competing products aimed at financial advisers who have usually sidestepped such VAs.
ING plans to replace its traditional variable annuity offering with a simplified VA product that comes with a scaled-back commission.
The humble variable annuity is gaining in popularity
Guggenheim Partners LLC, an investment firm founded by the famous family for which it is named, said last week that it is acquiring Security Benefit Corp. — and with it Rydex SGI.
For most investors, not having access to their money is a drawback.
A bill has been introduced in the Washington state legislature that would double estate taxes for residents.
Nationwide Financial Services Inc. yesterday bumped up its variable annuity living benefits, signaling a return — for some carriers — to the generous benefits that backfired on insurers when the stock market imploded in 2008.
The Labor Department will host a public hearing in the next few months to discuss concerns about including annuities in retirement plans. But addressing plan sponsors' concerns about carrier stability continues to bedevil the regulator.
First-quarter fixed-annuity sales in the U.S. were down 52% from the year-ago period, falling to an estimated $16.7 billion.
A period of fierce competition to build annuity premiums awaits life insurers as they contend with industry consolidation and the difficulties of standing out from rivals
Hint: they think the retirement products attract customers who are frightened by the market
