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Consumer trust and confidence are significantly higher when a financial professional is involved, as pandemic-driven changes continue to reshape how annuities are sold and serviced.

Prudential Financial announced new global research conducted by the Global Aging Institute showing that while retirement savings have grown in many countries, most systems still leave individuals on their own to manage the risk of outspending or outliving their savings.

Shifting economic conditions — including higher interest rates, market volatility and increased regulatory scrutiny — are forcing companies to rethink how they design and manage annuity products, with a growing focus on so-called “all-weather” portfolios.

TEANECK, N.J.& HAMILTON, Bermuda—- Agam Capital, a global leader in insurance-related asset and liability analytics, is advising one of the largest mutual life insurers in the United States, in the formation and launch of an incorporated segregated account company as a Bermuda- domiciled Class E life and annuity reinsurer. Agam’ s Co-Founders, Chak Raghunathan and…

A new AM Best analysis reveals that funds held to back individual annuity policies now account for over 36% of the U.S. life/annuity insurance segment’ s overall reserves, which is up from 32% prior to the financial crisis of 2008. It illustrates a shift from traditional, defined benefit retirement and income protection approaches toward strategies more…

MetLife, Inc. will release its first quarter 2026 financial results on Wednesday, May 6, 2026, after the market closes. About MetLife MetLife, Inc., through its subsidiaries and affiliates, is one of the world’ s leading financial services companies, providing insurance, annuities, employee benefits and asset management to help individual and institutional…
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The Connecticut insurance commissioner says liquidation proceedings will continue for PHL Variable Insurance Co.

Interim Connecticut Insurance Commissioner Joshua Hershman estimates that about 70% of PHL Variable Insurance Co. policyholders will be fully covered by state guaranty associations.

While the staff at the Department of Insurance can’ t help you probate a person’ s will, we can help you locate a lost life insurance policy. You can find the Lost Life Insurance and Annuity Service on the Department of Insurance’ s web page at: ncdoi.gov. Last year, the tool helped North Carolinians obtain $65.9 million in claims from life insurance policies that had…
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Saltzman Associates’ inaugural annuity market year in review, which looked at institutional distribution through banks and broker-dealers, found that nearly all product lines saw growth.

In 2025, favorable economic conditions, along with aging demographics and more advisors selling annuities, led to record-breaking individual annuity sales across bank, BD and wirehouse channels.

Lincoln Financial announced the launch of two new fixed indexed annuities — Lincoln FlexAdvantage Income and Lincoln OptiBlend Income — further expanding the company’s suite of retirement income solutions.

2026 MAR 13– By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Insurance Daily News– According to news reporting originating from Washington, D.C., by NewsRx journalists, a trademark application has been made for“ GREAT-WEST LIFE& ANNUITY INSURANCE COMPANY” by Rachel A. Rice, representing Great-West Life& Annuity Insurance Company. This application was made available to…