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NAIC regulators are trying to tighten up annuity illustrations. (This image was created with AI)

State insurance regulators want to reopen a key annuity illustration model regulation as they weigh a significant overhaul of how illustrations are used.
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Quarterly annuity sales continue to hover around the $100 billion mark. (This image was created with AI).

Total annuity sales for the first quarter were flat year over year, Wink, Inc. reported Friday, and fell just short of the $100 billion mark.

26 North Reinsurance Holding Company today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire 100% of Independent Insurance Group, LLC, which operates Independent Life Insurance Company, the only carrier exclusively dedicated to issuing structured settlement annuities for personal injury claimants and their families.

Lincoln Financial today announced the promotion of three senior leaders to its Senior Management Committee: Darrel Tedrow as Executive Vice President, President of Life Insurance and Retail Shared Services; Curtis Chesney as Executive Vice President, President of Annuities; and Paul Spurr as Executive Vice President, Chief Risk Officer and Chief Actuary.

Shares of MetLife, Inc. (NYSE: MET) traded at a new 52-week high today and are currently trading at $78.08. So far today, approximately 2.96M shares have been exchanged, as compared to an average 30-day volume of 3.19M shares. MetLife, Inc., a financial services company, provides insurance, annuities, employee benefits, and asset management services worldwide. It […]

Prismic is sponsored by Prudential Financial, Inc. and Warburg Pincus, global leaders in insurance and investment management. Prismic is a Bermuda-exempted limited partnership and the holding company of Prismic Life Reinsurance, Ltd. and Prismic Life Reinsurance International, Ltd., each a licensed Class E Bermuda-based life and annuity reinsurance…

New research published recently by the Employee Benefit Research Institute finds that many retirees do not draw down their assets in a smooth or predictable way over retirement, and that access to guaranteed income streams, such as defined benefit pension income, may play an important role in helping retirees preserve assets and manage financial shocks later in life.

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,…

–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…
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In a joint letter, a group of seven leading life insurance and annuity trade groups stressed that the best interest regulation is working.

The NAIC best-interest annuity sales rule is working, industry trade groups say. The CFP Board disagrees and is pushing regulators to get tougher.
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Two-thirds of Americans would support a SECURE 3.0 package that includes retirement income.

Defined contribution plan sponsors increasingly support approaches that help workers convert retirement savings into a dependable income stream.
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New data from Equitable reveals that diversifying into less understood or potentially more volatile asset classes, like small-caps or emerging markets, can pay off.

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 […]