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Hazards may lie ahead for life/annuity industry: AM Best

By Editorial Staff Thu, Jul 11, 2019

'Life iinsurers have steadily increased their allocations to Class 2 bonds, with BBB rated bonds having the highest exposure. Allocations to collateralized loan obligations and holdings in mortgage and...

Published July 11, 2019

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

By Editorial Staff Thu, Jun 6, 2019

'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

U.S. life/annuity insurers see higher net income in 1Q2019

By Editorial Staff

Net income in the first quarter of 2019 rose sharply over the prior-year period, to $14.9 billion from $3.2 billion, due mainly to a significant decline in total expenses,...

Published June 6, 2019

Blueprint Income, a fintech firm, will sell Pacific Life deferred income annuity online

By Editorial Staff Thu, Apr 11, 2019

The deferred income annuity is called 'Next.' The two companies envision Generation X-ers using the Blueprint Income platform to buy a personal retirement pension, one installment payment at a...

Published April 11, 2019

Tell Us What You Really Think

By Kerry Pechter

At the LIMRA-Society of Actuaries Retirement Industry Conference in Baltimore last week, Scott Stolz from Raymond James, Greg Jaeck from Edward Jones and Jarrod Fisher from Simplicity Financial Distributors...

Published April 11, 2019

Help AM Best Create Metrics for ‘Innovation’

By Kerry Pechter Thu, Mar 28, 2019

AM Best’s evaluation of a company’s innovation level will be based on two elements: innovation inputs (the components of a company’s innovation process), and innovation outputs (the impact of...

Published March 28, 2019

Allianz Life and AIG report 2018 results

By Editorial Staff Wed, Feb 20, 2019

Allianz Life's fixed indexed annuity (FIA) sales reached $9.2 billion, up 23% over the previous year. AIG's Individual Retirement unit reported $1.68 billion in adjusted pre-tax profit in 2018,...

Published February 21, 2019

Quarterly reports from four annuity issuers

By Editorial Staff Thu, Feb 14, 2019

Brighthouse, American Equity, Prudential and Lincoln offer fourth quarter and full-year 2018 earnings reports, including individual annuity and retirement plan results.

Published February 14, 2019

Conning assesses life and annuity businesses

By Editorial Staff Thu, Jan 10, 2019

The new study focuses on 'the inorganic strategies that insurers have used over the last decade' and on how insurers 'are creating value by strategically repositioning their companies.'

Published January 10, 2018

Life/annuity industry upgraded to stable from negative by A.M. Best

By Editorial Staff Thu, Dec 13, 2018

Although volatility ratcheted up in the second half of 2018, the equity markets and interest rate movements should be net positives for operating performance, according to a recent report...

Published December 13, 2018

What’s Up, Doc Huffman?

By Kerry Pechter Thu, Nov 1, 2018

Ohio National Life's withdrawal from the annuity business continues to rile advisors and broker-dealers who carry a lot of the insurer's rich old living benefit products on their books--and...

Published November 1, 2018

Jackson National hires Michael Falcon as new CEO

By Editorial Staff Fri, Oct 19, 2018

In other Jackson-related news, A.M. Best has removed from under review and affirmed the A+ (Superior) strength rating of Jackson National Life Insurance Co.

Published October 19, 2018

Net income of U.S. life/annuity industry drops in first-half 2018: A.M. Best

By Editorial Staff Thu, Aug 30, 2018

Mortgage loans constituted 12.4% of total invested assets in the first half of 2018, up 41% from the first half of 2014, according to a new Best's Special Report.

Published August 30, 2018

Pressure to reinsure VA riders may ease: A.M. Best

By Editorial Staff Thu, May 24, 2018

The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) is trying to modify reserve and capital requirements for variable annuity riders so that non-economic volatility is diminished, A.M. Best reported.

Published May 24, 2018

‘OnePension’ lets employers put DB back in DC

By Editorial Staff Thu, May 17, 2018

'We now have a solution that adds a guaranteed component to the retirement plan without being burdensome,' said Pete Welsh of OneAmerica, the provider of OnePension.

Published May 17, 2018

AXA IPO attracts $2.75 billion

By Editorial Staff Thu, May 10, 2018

AXA, which is Europe’s second-biggest insurer by market capitalization behind Allianz, has said that the proceeds will help finance its earlier acquisition of insurer XL Group.

Published May 10, 2018

Insurers should be wary of sharp rate hike: A.M. Best

By Editorial Staff Thu, Apr 26, 2018

Disintermediation risk, increases in hedging costs and capital strain due to reversal of unrealized gains could strain insurers, the rating agency warned.

Published April 26, 2018

LIMRA Ponders the Annuity Puzzle

By Kerry Pechter Thu, Apr 19, 2018

'We can stick with business as usual, or we can work with regulators to remove some of the hurdles to selling annuities,' said Ernst & Young's Doug French at...

Published April 19, 2018

Total revenue for public life insurers rises in 2017

By Editorial Staff

The industry garnered a year-over-year $9.5 billion tax benefit in 2017 due to the impact of tax reform. Nearly three-quarters of that went to Prudential, MetLife and Aflac.

Published April 19, 2018

DOL Rule Impacts Far More Than Advisors’ Pay

By Kerry Pechter Sat, Oct 8, 2016

Published October 28, 2016

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