Security regulators are sending out signals that they intend to step up review of distribution of complex financial products, such as variable annuities and equity-linked instruments…
The year 2013 is opening up more like business as usual than like a war zone. That could be a harbinger of a better year…
Annuities appear nowhere in the deal to avoid the fiscal cliff, but the legislation does have at least three indirect implications for annuity advisors and clients…
One of the big surprises from the last-moment deal that pulled the nation back from the fiscal cliff was the permanent estate tax law, which should make estate-planning go much more smoothly for advisors and their wealthy customers. ..
As the New Year’s stardust settles, annuity watchers are scanning the horizon to see what lies ahead for annuities in the next 12 months. ..
Finally, the speculation about who will buy Aviva USA is over. Athene Holding Ltd., a Pembroke, Bermuda insurance holding company, says it has agreed to buy the big fixed indexed annuity carrier, Aviva USA…
Just when the annuity industry had stopped talking about the Guggenheim Partners expansion into “the annuity space,” the Chicago- and New York-based private equity went and made another annuity-infused deal…
A new marriage could be in the making. This is the marriage of indexed annuities with 401(k) retirement plans ..
Rupe brings a great deal of insurance industry knowledge to her new position, and will work closely with Editor-In-Chief Steven A. Morelli to continue to bring award-winning content to the readers of the monthly insurance news publication and its website…
Variable annuities designed for sale in fee-only distribution channels have nearly doubled, putting more VAs into the hands of advisors who do not charge commissions…
A former Securities and Exchange Commission assistant inspector general alleges sex scandal and oversight lapses in a lawsuit…
Third quarter industrywide results were downers for sure. On an overall basis, total annuity sales fell 10 percent, to $54.3 billion, from third quarter last year, according to LIMRA…
NAILBA speaker sees BGAs filling void left by insurance companies exiting advisor support role…
Question: What annuity product trends do you expect to see in the coming year? “There will be more and more…
Sales training is important, but finding the right clients by profiling is how BGAs really can help advisors make sales…
Question: What will be the trends in life insurance products for the coming year? “We will see more hybrid…
Question: Third quarter reports are not all rosy, especially for carriers offering life and annuity products with living benefit guarantees….
InsuranceNewsNet Magazine has been awarded four prestigious editorial and design awards at two ceremonial events held in New York City by FOLIO, the prominent voice of the magazine industry, and the 2012 Editorial & Design Awards held by min (Media Industry Newsletter)…
Advisors like to educate but they also have to learn persuasion to close cases…
