-Equisoft, a leading global digital solutions provider to the financial services industry, is pleased to announce that United Heritage Life Insurance Company has successfully gone live with their annuity products on Equisoft/ manage, a modern SaaS policy administration system for life insurance and annuities. United Heritage selected Equisoft’s…
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A Massachusetts judge fined Jeffrey Cutter $50,000 and Cutter Financial Group $100,000 today for an Advisors Act violation involving the sale of fixed indexed annuities.
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$80k surrender charge at stake as Navy vet, Ameritas do battle in court
A retired Navy veteran and his wife are awaiting a court ruling on the fate of $80,000 in surrender charges tied to an equity linked annuity bought from Ameritas.
Midland Retirement Distributors ® and Sammons Retirement Solutions ®, divisions of Sammons Institutional Group ®, Inc., and member company of Sammons Financial Group, have launched the new Summit Laddered SM Fixed Index Annuity. With financial uncertainty on many minds, clients want protection from market downturns and opportunities for upside…
Protective Life Corporation, a U.S. subsidiary of Dai-ichi Life Holdings, Inc., today announced a new distribution relationship between its principal subsidiary Protective Life Insurance Company and Alfa Insurance, bringing together two Alabama‑ founded companies with longstanding commitments to serving families and communities.
Annuities: A key tool in battling inflation
Inflation is one of the most persistent and least appreciated risks retirees face.
Pinnacle Financial Services announces the launch of its newly redesigned agent website, a modern, streamlined digital platform built to improve efficiency, enhance access to resources, and support independent agents nationwide across Medicare, health, life, annuities, and long-term care. WARMINSTER, Pa., Jan. 26, 2026/ PRNewswire-PRWeb/– Pinnacle Financial…
Delaware Life Insurance Company, a Group 1001 company, announced the addition of the BlackRock U.S. Equity Bitcoin Balanced Risk 12% Index to its fixed index annuity portfolio, making Delaware Life the first insurance carrier to offer an index that contains cryptocurrency. The BlackRock U.S. Equity Bitcoin Balanced Risk 12% Index is designed to deliver:.
Assured Guaranty Ltd., the leading financial guarantor, today announced its entry into the annuity reinsurance market through the acquisition of Warwick Re Limited, a Bermuda- based life and annuity reinsurer. Assured Guaranty has renamed the acquired entity Assured Life Reinsurance Ltd.. Assured Guaranty expects that, for certain of Assured Life Re’ s…
Ameritas: FINRA settlement precludes new lawsuit over annuity sales
A retired Navy veteran and his wife are suing Ameritas over the alleged fraudulent sale of unsuitable equity-indexed annuities.
Guaranty Income Life Insurance Company, a leading provider of fixed indexed annuities, celebrates its 100th year of supporting the financial needs of hard-working Americans. “It takes perseverance, dedication, and integrity to help families protect their wealth for 100 years,” said Joe Wieser, President of Guaranty Income Life Insurance Company.“ Our…
Delaware Life Insurance Company, a Group 1001 company, today announced the addition of the BlackRock U.S. Equity Bitcoin Balanced Risk 12% Index to its fixed index annuity portfolio, making Delaware Life the first insurance carrier to offer an index that contains cryptocurrency. The BlackRock U.S. Equity Bitcoin Balanced Risk 12% Index is designed to deliver:.
Suitability standards for life and annuities: Not as uniform as they appear
Suitability standards for life insurance and annuities haven’t stood still.
What will 2026 bring to the life/annuity markets?
Last year proved to be a strong year in both the individual life and annuity markets. What will 2026 bring?
Life and annuity sales to continue ‘pretty remarkable growth’ in 2026
Continued economic turmoil is a market concern, but life insurance and annuity sales are expected to remain solid throughout 2026, LIMRA projects.
2026 JAN 15– 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“ EMPOWER READY SELECT” by RACHEL A. RICE, representing Great-West Life& Annuity Insurance Company. This application was made available to the public on January 03,…
Retirement experts from Athene, Apollo and Vitera find that retiree demand is driving a structural return to pension-like income security across the retirement system.
Reframing lifetime income as an essential part of retirement planning
Retirements are longer and less predictable. The traditional “guaranteed income” foundation is gone. Enter, lifetime income.
Integrity adds further scale with blockbuster acquisition of AIMCOR
Integrity Marketing Group upscaled in a big way on Thursday with its acquisition of AIMCOR Group, a leading national insurance distributor.
