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Wink reports on 3Q2014 indexed annuity, indexed life sales

By Editorial Staff Thu, Nov 20, 2014

Allianz Life led FIA sales with a market share of 26.80%, followed by American Equity Companies, Security Benefit Life, Great American Insurance Group, and Athene USA. Allianz Life’s Allianz...

Published November 20, 2014

AIG Offers First Qualified Longevity Annuity Contract

By Kerry Pechter Thu, Nov 13, 2014

“ will take a while to get going,” said Stan Haithcock, of Stantheannuityman.com, “but once people realize that it lets them reduce their RMDs, and...

Published November 13, 2014

Lincoln Financial enhances its deferred income annuity

By Editorial Staff

The enhancements to the contract do not include any features made possible by the federal government’s Qualifying Longevity Annuity Contract announcements this year, a Lincoln spokesman said.

Published November 13, 2014

Annuity owners are more confident: LIMRA

By Editorial Staff

Among households with more than $1 million in assets, 44% percent of annuity owners say they are “very confident” of a secure retirement compared to 35% of non-annuity owners,...

Published November 13, 2014

Banks Earn Record First-Half Annuity Income

By Editorial Staff Thu, Nov 6, 2014

Second-quarter 2014 annuity commissions reached $916.8 million, the second-highest quarterly mark on record, according to the Michael White Bank Annuity Fee Income Report.

Published November 6, 2014

Symetra adds enhanced death benefit to Edge Pro FIA

By Editorial Staff

The new rider is “designed to provide beneficiaries with a potentially larger death benefit than they would otherwise receive from an annuity contract,” said a Symetra release.

Published November 6, 2014

American Equity Has ‘Big Mo’ in Agent FIA Sales

By Kerry Pechter Fri, Oct 24, 2014

“We weren’t surprised by the ranking,” Kirby Wood, chief marketing officer at American Equity Investment Life, told RIJ regarding the results of the Cogent Reports Fixed Indexed Annuity...

Published October 24, 2014

New York Life’s DIA surpasses total premiums of $2 billion

By Editorial Staff Thu, Oct 16, 2014

The current payout rate for a 60 year old male who defers for 10 years is about 12%, so that a $100,000 premium would provide a 60 year old...

Published October 16, 2014

Wells Fargo to distribute Allianz Life’s ‘Essential Income 7’ FIA

By Editorial Staff

"Essential Income 7 can earn indexed interest through the S&P 500 and Barclays US Dynamic Balance Index allocations. Indexed interest is credited by an annual point-to-point with a cap...

Published October 16, 2014

Does end-of-life family care ‘crowd out’ annuities?

By Editorial Staff Thu, Oct 9, 2014

In their study, “Annuitized Wealth and Post-Retirement Savings,” John Laitner and Dmitriy Stolyarov of the University of Michigan and Daniel Silverman of Arizona State call these late-life inter-family transfers...

Published October 9, 2014

A Sense that the Worst Is Over

By Kerry Pechter Thu, Oct 2, 2014

At the IRI annual conference in this quaint colonial village, the annuity industry shared a sense that, after several hellish years, the worst may be over.

Published October 2, 2014

QLACs Take Flight, But Will They Soar?

By Jenna Gottlieb Wed, Sep 3, 2014

Taxable distributions from qualified longevity annuity contracts can be deferred until as late as age 85. But how popular will they be, and will they be used for longevity...

Published September 4, 2014

DTCC Publishes first-half 2014 Annuity Flow Report

By Kerry Pechter

The report analyzed almost $104 billion in annuity transactions involving 120 insurance companies (44 parent/holding companies), 583 distributors, and 3,463 annuity products.

Published September 4, 2014

Nominal SPIAs Beat Nominal DIAs—But Perhaps Not for Long

By Kerry Pechter Thu, Aug 28, 2014

“DIAs may represent a more palatable hedge against longevity risk for retirees than traditional annuities, because they are cheaper and therefore provide more liquidity to retirees,” writes Morningstar's David...

Published August 28, 2014

‘Changing of the Guard’ Continues in VA Sales

By John McCarthy Wed, Aug 27, 2014

MetLife is selling one-third of what it was two years ago. Prudential is selling half of what it did in the first two quarters of 2012. The biggest gainers...

Published August 28, 2014

FIA sales could reach $50 bn in 2014: LIMRA

By Editorial Staff Wed, Aug 20, 2014

"This is only the second time we have seen quarterly sales over $60 billion since the third quarter of 2011," said Todd Giesing, senior analyst, LIMRA Secure Retirement Institute...

Published August 21, 2014

Forethought launches two new FIAs

By Editorial Staff Wed, Aug 6, 2014

“With these new offerings, we have combined our experience in the index annuity market with our strong partnerships with broker-dealers and their advisors,” said Paula Nelson, head of Forethought’s...

Published August 7, 2014

Two new annuity contracts from Midland National

By Editorial Staff

Owners of the LiveWell VA can reduce their annual separate account annual expenses to 1.15% from 1.35% if they accept a surrender schedule.

Published August 7, 2014

Anatomy of a Success: Elite Access

By Kerry Pechter Fri, Aug 1, 2014

Jackson National Life's Elite Access variable annuity zoomed from zero to a $1 billion in quarterly sales in less than two years. Using the craze for 'liquid alts' as...

Published August 1, 2014

Symetra’s income annuity sales double in 2Q2014

By Editorial Staff

Symetra’s income annuities sales were $89.0 million for the latest quarter, up from $45.5 million in the prior-year quarter, thanks to 'effective selling strategies and a more favorable interest...

Published August 1, 2014

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