Linda Koco, MBA, is a contributing editor to InsuranceNewsNet, specializing in life insurance, annuities and income planning. Linda can be reached at [email protected].
The wondering is over. Delaware Life has debuted its first annuity, a multi-year guaranteed fixed annuity called Pinnacle MYGA…
Citing major shifts in the long-term care insurance marketplace, a big, multi-state long-term care insurance distributor says it is no longer focusing only on long-term care insurance…
By Linda Koco InsuranceNewsNet American General has been exploring ways to provide a retirement income stream from a universal life…
Guaranteed lifetime withdrawal benefit riders have been the dominant star of indexed annuity features, but they will soon share billing with several other product features, according to insurance and annuity executives…
Jackson National Life has once again put a year-end lid on certain types of variable annuity business that it will accept…
“The term ‘simplified annuities’ normally means ‘watered down guarantees,’” according to a securities executive during a wide-ranging and unscripted panel discussion at LIMRA’s annual meeting. For that reason, many advisors aren’t interested…
All parties involved in the life insurance process — carriers, producers and customers — will benefit from using “predictive analytics,” said Robert A. Kerzner at the opening session of LIMRA’s annual meeting…
What consumers do when shopping for life insurance and what the life insurance industry does to engage those consumers are not always aligned, according to Eric Sondergeld. That can derail sales…
Time was, before the era of the feature festival in annuities, agents and advisors used to present annuity options based on the client’s tax needs…
Internet superstars Google and Amazon are likely to become competitors for online insurance sales, according to predictions from life insurance and property-casualty executives…
Will deferred income annuities appeal to Generation X? Some annuity watchers have been thinking “no,” but new data from the leading seller in this market suggests the answer is “yes.”…
Now that Athene Holding Ltd. has completed its $1.55 billion purchase of Aviva USA, the company is setting its sights on being a leader in the fixed annuity business…
Annuity professionals may not view health care reform as relevant to the work they typically do with clients — needs analysis, sales, service, income planning and the like. In fact, most annuity specialists don’t sell health insurance…
Even though employers caught a break with the one-year postponement on the new “pay or play” tax under health care reform, employers still have oodles of Affordable Care Act (ACA) issues and possible strategies on their plates…
There is a possibility that taxing the inside buildup of life insurance products will not be included in the tax reform package being developed in Congress, according to Dana Kehoe, a member of the National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors (NAIFA) government relations team…
At town hall, members push for growth in association base rather than in dues…
By Linda Koco InsuranceNewsNet SAN ANTONIO – Many agents have long been vocal in their opposition to some or all…
“’Advisor 2020’could be a game changer,” said Robert O. Smith in opening remarks here at the annual meeting of National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors…
Structured variable annuities — also known as indexed variable annuities, registered indexed annuities or just structured annuities — have begun showing up on annuity dance cards, but industry practitioners aren’t quite sure what they are. Or why they are…
The past few weeks have percolated with news on living benefits, annuity flows, deferred income annuities and more. Here are some short takes on that. We’ll do some up-close looks later on…
