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‘APIs’ and the Future of Annuities

By Kerry Pechter Thu, Jul 25, 2019

Catching up with the 'application programming interface' technology train is essential for annuity issuers. APIs integrate annuities into advisor platforms, reduce NIGO applications, and give clients a fluid online...

Published July 25, 2019

Cetera, Allianz SE and Capital Group offer model retirement income portfolio tool

By Editorial Staff Thu, Jul 18, 2019

The partnership, still in its early stages, will end up 'disrupting the retirement income landscape,' an Allianz SE board member said.

Published July 18, 2019

Athene offers ‘Amplify,’ its first structured index annuity

By Kerry Pechter

The contract's current caps on one-year credited interest range from 15.25% to 17% (for the buffer option) and from 13.5% to 15.5% (for the floor option), depending on the...

Published July 18, 2019

Hueler income annuity platform now open to all

By Editorial Staff Thu, Jun 27, 2019

Income Solutions, the income annuity purchasing platform formerly reachable primarily through Vanguard, is now operating under its own brand. Its auction-style way of researching and buying income annuities is...

Published June 27, 2019

AIG and CUNA Mutual enhance variable annuities

By Editorial Staff Thu, Jun 20, 2019

AIG's Polaris Income Plus Daily Flex and Polaris Income Plus Flex riders will have higher lifetime income rates. CUNA Mutual's Horizon II will have variable and indexed-variable investment...

Published June 20, 2019

Annuities Need More Positive ‘Positioning’

By Editorial Staff Thu, Jun 13, 2019

'Consumer sentiment about annuities also appears to fluctuate based on the prevailing market environment,' according to a new study from CANNEX and Greenwald & Associates.

Published June 13, 2019

Part II: Allianz Life’s Marketing and Distribution Strategy

By Kerry Pechter

In this second part of today's cover story, we look at the long-standing distribution and marketing strategies that have kept Allianz Life atop the index annuity sales charts.

Published June 13, 2019

Allianz Life’s Index Annuity Winning Streak

By Kerry Pechter

In this second article in a four-part series on the fixed index annuity (FIA) business, we profile Allianz Life, the top issuer of FIAs in the US in 18...

Published June 13, 2019

Variable annuity client behavior revealed in Ruark survey

By Editorial Staff Thu, Jun 6, 2019

'On a nominal basis 81% of GLWB exposure is in-the-money, whereas on an actuarial basis only 11% is in-the-money,' writes Ruark CEO Timothy Paris. (It's complicated.)

Published June 6, 2019

Protective pays $1.2bn for Great-West’s individual life and annuity business

By Editorial Staff

'This is the fourth acquisition completed since Protective became part of Dai-ichi in 2015. Dai-ichi considers Protective to be its North American growth platform and continues to aim for...

Published June 6, 2019

The Index Annuity Story, Part I

By Kerry Pechter

'Zero is the hero' in fixed index annuities, which offer upside without risk of loss. In this first article of a four-part series on FIAs, presented by Retirement Income...

Published June 6, 2019

A New Flavor of Variable Indexed Annuity

By Kerry Pechter

“You can write this concept out on a cocktail napkin, and ask someone, ‘Are you comfortable with half the downside and more of the upside?’," said Thomas Layton, vice...

Published June 6, 2019

Allianz Life enhances popular FIA contracts

By Editorial Staff Thu, May 23, 2019

New benefits for people with disabilities, a two-year crediting option, and a new lock-in feature have been added to the best-selling Allianz 222, the Minneapolis-based insurer announced.

Published May 23, 2019

Sales of Bonds and Fixed Annuities Soar

By Editorial Staff

'The uptick in fixed annuity sales was bolstered by recent volatile equity markets, which had investors seeking solutions with guarantees,' said Todd Giesing, annuity research director, LIMRA SRI.

Published May 23, 2019

AIG enhances index annuities

By Editorial Staff Thu, May 16, 2019

The enhanced Power Series also offers the Russell 2000, a U.S. small-cap stock index, and the MSCI EAFE, an international stock index, in addition to the existing S&P 500,...

Published May 16, 2019

Three Annuity Cures for Sequence Risk

By Kerry Pechter

New York Life and Fidelity have introduced a variable annuity with principal-protection over 10 years. Similar protection could be obtained with an indexed annuity or with a combination of...

Published May 16, 2019

At the Morningstar Investor Conference

By Kerry Pechter Fri, May 10, 2019

Annuity providers failed to sponsor a single booth at the Morningstar conference trade show. That's a bit odd, since they claim to want to break into the registered investment...

Published May 10, 2019

To Defer or Not To Defer (SPIA or DIA)?

By George A. (Sandy) Mackenzie Thu, May 2, 2019

A deferred income annuity (DA) is cheaper than an immediate income annuity (IA), but an IA generates more income than a comparable risk-free investment, writes our guest columnist, the...

Published May 2, 2019

The Reason for SPIAs, from Pfau and Finke

By Kerry Pechter Thu, Apr 25, 2019

In a new whitepaper sponsored by Principal Financial Group, the two retirement experts from The American College use hypothetical cases to show the advantages of using deferred and immediate...

Published April 25, 2019

A retirement readiness tool from Alliance for Lifetime Income

By Editorial Staff

The Alliance for Lifetime Income, a trade group made up mainly of annuity issuers and asset managers, has created an online wizard for calculating retirement readiness.

Published April 25, 2019

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