Founded on May 15, 1851 in Springfield, Massachusetts by 31 investors who pooled together $100,000 to create a company to help their friends and neighbors protect their loved ones, MassMutual has grown into one of America’ s largest mutual life insurance companies, serving more than four million customers 1 with over $1 trillion in life insurance in force 1,…
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–ALIRT’s latest white paper details how higher interest rates, record annuity sales, increased reinsurance activity, and the growing influence of private investment firms and global insurers have accelerated structural changes across the U.S. life insurance industry. Individual annuity sales experienced historic growth from 2022 through 2025, with the…
My Annuity Store Launches Andy AnthropAnnuity: AI Research Assistant Delivers Real-Time Rates and Sourced Answers, No Sales Pressure. "–Jason Caudill HAMLET, IN, UNITED STATES, May 14, 2026/ EINPresswire.com/– My Annuity Store, Inc. is a direct-to-consumer annuity marketplace that offers annuities from 90 top annuity companies. The assistant is trained on 146…
Ameritas settles with Navy vet in lawsuit over disputed annuity sale
Ameritas settled a lawsuit with a North Carolina couple over alleged improper annuity sales, court filings show.
NAIC annuity guidance updates divide insurance and advisory groups
The NAIC best-interest annuity sales rule is working, industry trade groups say. The CFP Board disagrees and is pushing regulators to get tougher.
Retirement is increasingly defined by a secure income stream
Defined contribution plan sponsors increasingly support approaches that help workers convert retirement savings into a dependable income stream.
Beyond the S&P 500: The case for RILA diversification
New data from Equitable reveals that diversifying into less understood or potentially more volatile asset classes, like small-caps or emerging markets, is worth considering.
Globe Life Inc. (NYSE: GL) has caught the attention of the investment community today with its bullish price action. The company’s shares have moved -0.9% on the day to $151.08. Globe Life Inc., through its subsidiaries, provides various life and supplemental health insurance products, and annuities to lower middle to middle income households in the […]
BOZEMAN, Mont., May 11, 2026/ PRNewswire-PRWeb/– Aspida Life Insurance Company, a life insurance and annuity company, and WealthVest, a financial services distribution firm, today announced the launch of the WealthLock ® Income Builder. It has the potential to turn an initial premium of $250,000 at age 57 into a single lifetime payout of $35,445 annually starting…
Lack of digital tools drives wedge between insurers, advisors
Failure to leverage digital tools to streamline business processes is tainting an otherwise high financial advisor satisfaction score for U.S. life insurance and annuity companies.
Total U.S. annuity sales were $104.6 billion in the first quarter of 2026, 2% below first quarter 2025 results, LIMRA reported.
American International Group announced Tuesday that it will sell about 25 million shares of common stock of Corebridge Financial, representing…
Corebridge Financial, Equitable Holdings post Q1 earnings as merger looms
Corebridge and Equitable announced a March merger to form a $22 billion entity, a deal expected to close by year-end 2026.
AM Best has assigned a Financial Strength Rating of A- and a Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating of“ a-” to Calix Re Limited. Calix Re is a recently formed Class E licensed Bermuda reinsurance company. The majority of business placed with it initially will be Japan- based fixed term annuities.
On Monday, Transamerica introduced TSIA Income, a new registered index-linked annuity (RILA) designed to help individuals create protected lifetime income…
Transamerica introduced TSIA Income, a new registered index-linked annuity designed to help individuals create protected lifetime income while remaining connected to market opportunity and maintaining flexibility as retirement needs evolve.
American Life & Security Corp., a growing carrier in the annuity and retirement space, today announced it has expanded to…
Knighthead Insurance Group, a global provider of retirement solutions, today announced the launch of Chartline and Chartline Bonus, fixed indexed annuities designed to provide clients with straightforward and intuitive accumulation. These new Chartline products are offered by Knighthead Life, the U.S. carrier of Knighthead Insurance Group.
The case for DTC/agent hybridization
Life and annuity carrier executives are concerned about a critical issue – the increasing cost of customer acquisition.
A new opportunity for advisors: Younger indexed annuity buyers
Nationwide’s latest Advisor Authority study found that a majority of millennials and Gen Xers are likely to put part of their portfolio in an annuity.
