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.
Sales of fixed and variable annuities were $233.1 billion in 2021, an increase of 12.3 percent over 2020 sales of $207.5 billion and the highest annual annuity sales since 2008.
Total first-quarter sales for all deferred annuities were $59.7 billion, a solid increase over the same period last year, according to Wink’s Sales & Market Report.
Total 2021 deferred annuity sales of $243.6 billion represented a major bounceback year for the industry, according to new Wink’s Sales & Market Report data.
For the year, life insurance policy sales were up 5%, which is the highest annual growth since 1983. With the exception of term sales, all major categories saw growth.
Non-variable universal life sales for the fourth quarter were $861.5 million, up 20% compared to the third quarter and 16.25% over 4Q 2021, according to Wink’s Sales & Market Report.
Famed recording star Elton John announced the Alliance for Lifetime Income as the presenting partner of his “2022 Farewell Yellow Brick Road Tour in North America.”
The DOL’s Investment Advice Rule, which takes full effect this week, broadens the agency interpretation of who is considered a fiduciary, which the lawsuit contends is contrary to an earlier decision of the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals.
Total 2021 annuity sales were $254.8 billion, the highest annual annuity sales since 2008, according to preliminary results from the Secure Retirement Institute U.S. Individual Annuity Sales Survey.
The study provides a revealing snapshot on where producers are two years into the COVID-19 pandemic, how the evolution with BGAs and IMOs is proceeding, and how recruitment of producers is going.