Strong sales of fixed-indexed and income annuities helped overall annuity sales hit $181.1 billion in the first half of 2023, far surpassing the old record.
The Securities and Exchange Commission last week fined Titan Global Capital Management, a New York-based fintech advisor, for misleading marketing under a newly amended rule.
In the first half of 2023, total annuity sales jumped 28% to $182.7 billion. This marks the highest sales ever recorded in the first six months of a year.
Annuity sales set a quarterly record for the third consecutive quarter, LIMRA reported today. Investors are flocking to the safety promised by fixed annuities.
Indexed life insurance continues to drive growth, despite regulation pressures and other disruptions, according to the latest Wink’s Sales & Market Report.
A group of industry trade associations beseeched the House Finance Committee this week to bring stalled legislation to reduce market barriers for the sale of registered index linked annuities to the House floor for a vote.
Total U.S. life insurance new annualized premium increased 6% in the second quarter 2022, the sixth consecutive quarter of premium growth, according to LIMRA.
Fixed-rate deferred (FRD) and registered index-linked (RILA) sales reached an all-time record for the quarter, while fixed index annuity sales fell just short of a record quarter.
Authorities say Scott Kohn, 68, of Newport, California, caused $310 million in losses to more than 2,500 retirees and placed more than 13,000 veterans into exploitative loans.
A defiant Washington State Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler said Friday that he will not resign despite losing Gov. Jay Inslee’s support after multiple scandals.