Linda Koco, MBA, is a contributing editor to InsuranceNewsNet, specializing in life insurance, annuities and income planning. Linda can be reached at [email protected].
Nearly 100 percent of baby boomers who work with an advisor do have savings for retirement, according to new research from the Insured Retirement Institute…
If the past is any indicator of what is to come, the recent burst of new annuity products and the debut of more deals between annuity carriers will be followed by closed block announcements…
The possibility that the very popular guaranteed living benefit (GLB) features in annuities could one day become a so-yesterday item is difficult for today’s annuity professionals to fathom…
Year-end individual annuity sales results provide plenty for annuity aficionados to ponder. There were some sorry-looking numbers, for sure, but also some intriguing surprises. Some would say the carriers were doing a dance, or at least a shuffle…
Private defined benefit plans could represent an expanding market opportunity for advisors…
Annuities are in a worse position than life insurance when it comes to consumer attitudes toward the products, according to a new study…
Variable annuity companies might become the apple of private equity eyes in 2013…
Legislation to create a national agent and broker body for multi-state non-resident licensing was introduced in both houses of Congress early this week…
The Securities and Exchange Commission said it is now working on developing a rule to allow use of variable annuity summary prospectuses, which are short documents that highlight the policy’s key features in simple English and graphical format…
Why have producers been seeing new annuity tools and strategies popping up from carriers? Dana Pedersen thinks a lot of it has to do with the continuing low interest rate environment…
Why have producers been seeing new annuity tools and strategies popping up from carriers? Dana Pedersen thinks a lot of it has to do with the continuing low interest rate environment…
“Do annuities earn money, interest or a return?” That was among the many questions that regulators and annuity industry participants took up this week during a phone conference on a consumer document about deferred annuities…
A consumer representative ticked off a long list of concerns he has about the contingent deferred annuities during a conference call with regulators this week…
Thank you for your coverage about the Buyer’s Guide in your most recent article in Insurance News Net (INN) titled “States Continue Push for Annuity Commission Disclosure” on February 18…
A few state insurance regulators are continuing to push for increased disclosure of annuity agent commissions…
A few state insurance regulators are continuing to push for increased disclosure of annuity agent commissions…
An updated buyer’s guide for deferred annuities appears to be close to completion. Is this a case of someone reinventing the wheel, or does the re-do have merit? …
Financial gurus are finding it important to weigh in on whether the Dow hitting 14,000 and the Baltimore Ravens winning the 2013 Super Bowl are bellwethers for the markets (and ergo, the economy) for the next 12 months…
Financial prognosticators have really been busy recently, and what they are doing may be muddying the waters for consumers. Advisors could come to the rescue…
When do most advisors start talking with clients about income annuities? Quick, grab a pencil and jot your answer. Then read on…
