September 03, 2010 Variable annuities (VAs) carrying a guaranteed living benefit rider generated $20.3 billion of new deferred VA premium in the second quarter of 2010, an 18% increase over the first quarter....
September 02, 2010 Bank annuity sales fell to $2.8 billion in June from $3.6 billion in the same month a year earlier, a monthly survey by Kehrer-LIMRA finds....
August 31, 2010 Variable 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 30, 2010 U.S. sales of fixed annuities topped $19.4 billion in the second quarter, according to a new report....
August 27, 2010 Second quarter annuity sales in the U.S. have hit record highs, according to a report issued earlier this week by the Insured Retirement Institute, the annuity industry’s main trade group....
August 26, 2010 Volumes have been written about the accumulation of retirement income funds. Many Americans track the status of the stock market, their pensions and their 401(k)s with the same fervor as they do their favorite sports team. ...
August 24, 2010 Life insurer chief financial officers who were willing to participate in a survey are optimistic about their companies’ prospects....
August 24, 2010 Commissions from annuities sold in community banks fell to about $28 million in the first quarter, down 14% from the total recorded in the first quarter of 2009....
August 23, 2010 The mammoth 2,300-page financial reform bill that President Obama signed into law last month brought into focus a segment of the advisory world. ...
August 23, 2010 Retirement plan withdrawals increased in the second quarter, according to Fidelity Investments....
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