Bill that could expand access to annuities headed to the House
A bill with more than 20 measures to improve retirement and other investment options is headed to the House of Representatives next week.
The latest annuity market trends, sales data, and product news.
A bill with more than 20 measures to improve retirement and other investment options is headed to the House of Representatives next week.
The premise of opportunity cost especially exists when we are talking about long-term care insurance, where the traditional LTCi policies were once the only game in town.
Expansion of Venerable’ s strategy to include variable annuity flow reinsurance was announced in June of this year as part of the landmark agreement with Corebridge Financial, Inc. which also included reinsurance of $51 bn of variable annuity business from American General Life Insurance Company and The US Life Insurance Company of New York.
Advisors can use the One Big Beautiful Bill Act in three types of strategies under the new tax environment that the bill creates.
MetLife, Inc. today announced it has completed its previously announced $10 billion variable annuity risk transfer transaction with Talcott Resolution Life Insurance Company, a life insurance and annuities subsidiary of Talcott Financial Group. The transaction reduces portfolio risk, accelerates the run-off of MetLife’ s legacy blocks of business and…
When it comes to retirement, the baby boomers get all the attention but it is Generation X that faces a retirement crisis.
Most individuals struggle to commit to annuities. Often, behavioral barriers rather than the products create the greatest obstacles.
Sales were up 1.8% when compared to the previous quarter and up 1.5% when compared to the same period last year.
High inflation, market volatility, potential Social Security cuts and lengthening lifespans have investors grappling with unprecedented anxiety about financial security in retirement – but those who own an annuity are feeling significantly more optimistic than their peers.
AM Best has maintained its market segment outlook for the U.S. life/annuity insurance segment at stable, supported by a continuation of top-line growth, along with healthy capital and risk-adjusted capital levels. In its Best’ s Market Segment Report,“ Market Segment Outlook: US Life/Annuity,” AM Best states that the life/annuity segment has been able to grow…
The National Association of Insurance Commissioners is creating a new working group to address life insurance and annuity illustrations.
Aspida Financial Services, a life insurance and annuity group, will begin a phased expansion of their global headquarters, adding 1,000 new jobs in Durham County over the next several years. "Aspida's decision to scale its headquarters in Durham reflects the strength of our state's talent pipeline and the collaborative spirit of our economic development…
A growing Durham financial services company has committed to create 1,000 jobs in the Triangle by next decade. Through a new state job development investment grant, the life insurance and annuities provider Aspida committed to hire these workers in Durham between 2028 and 2032, the N.C. The company has around 200 local employees at its main office in south…
A growing Durham financial services company has committed to create 1,000 jobs in the Triangle by next decade. Through a new state job development investment grant, the life insurance and annuities provider Aspida committed to hire these workers in Durham between 2028 and 2032, the N.C. The company has around 200 local employees at its main office in south…
A growing Durham financial services company has committed to create 1,000 jobs in the Triangle by next decade. Through a new state job development investment grant, the life insurance and annuities provider Aspida committed to hire these workers in Durham between 2028 and 2032, the N.C. The company has around 200 local employees at its main office in south…
Annuities, at times, has had a reputation as a complex, difficult product for advisors to sell. Can AI break that barrier down?
As complexity rises, some financial professionals may scale back, leaving households without the support they depend on.
SPRINGFIELD, Mass.& CHARLOTTE, N.C.—- MassMutual and its global asset management subsidiary Barings announced today that MassMutual has entered into an agreement in which MS&AD Insurance Group Holdings, Inc. will acquire an 18% equity stake in Barings through its subsidiary Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Co., Ltd., a leading Japanese insurance company.
Record-breaking annuity sales over the past several years reflect a growing demand for safety and guaranteed income in 2026.
AM Best has affirmed the Financial Strength Rating of A+ and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Ratings of“ aa-” of the key life/health insurance and annuity operating subsidiaries of Wilton Re Ltd., collectively referred to as Wilton Re. The rating affirmations reflect a continuation of Wilton Re’ s very strong level of risk-adjusted capitalization on a consolidated…