Linda Koco, MBA, is a contributing editor to InsuranceNewsNet, specializing in life insurance, annuities and income planning. Linda can be reached at [email protected].
In the last few weeks, a committee of regulators has held two conference calls on proposals on how states can regulate the still new and evolving products…
Another exclusive index has popped up in the fixed index annuity (FIA) marketplace. This one is an exchange traded fund (ETF)-based index that Phoenix Companies has licensed from Credit Suisse for exclusive use in four of the company’s core FIAs…
What does purchasing an engagement ring have in common with buying life insurance?
LIMRA’s president urged the industry — including agents and advisors as well as carriers — “to do new and different things if we hope to win the hearts and minds” of today’s very diverse group of consumers…
What advisors are good at often gets in the way of their developing a more effective way to build business…
The personal finance columnist describes the ideal market for these products…
Studies suggest a growth opportunty for annuity sales with the insurance agent population…
Phoenix Companies is teaming up with three independent marketing organizations and a call center and distribution for two new term policies…
The changes signal potentially greater competitive prowess on the part of Fidelity & Guaranty Life, more insurance expertise at the top, and possibly more insight into where this born-again company might be going…
What consumers told a study about guaranteed lifetime income annuity products…
A new report is spotlighting is yet another area where not-in-good-order problems still live…
Western & Southern Financial Group is rolling out a fixed index annuity (FIA) that includes a Goldman, Sachs & Co. proprietary index option…
Prudential has bagged another big pension risk transfer deal, one the company believes to be the third largest transaction of its kind in the United States…
Some examples of words that keep coming up in the annuity world…
A look at actual transactions – not company surveys – shows strong growth for fixed annuities but modest growth for variable annuities…
The Iowa Insurance Division wants to combat advertising trends that seem to give consumers a false impression of annuities…
Those simple-looking forms might harbor traps for agents, advisors and clients…
This niche-within-niche approach to client interaction is where the future of advisor relationships is going…
The National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors (NAIFA) is urging producers to contact their congressional representatives about enacting the NARAB II legislation this year…
Juli McNeely describes the major government relations issues faced by the National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors in the coming year…
