CGDV is the largest Capital Group active ETF with over $19 billion in assets under management 3. Capital Group, home of American Funds, is the fastest organically grown suite of active ETFs in the market 4 and was named etf.com 2025 ETF Issuer of the Year 5. With $3 trillion in AUM 6, Capital Group is one of the most trusted asset manager brands among financial…
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Iowa submitted a brief Wednesday in support of Lockheed Martin Corp. in a lawsuit over its choice of Athene Annuity and Life Co. in a pension risk transfer deal.
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The pension risk transfer market showed its unpredictability during the third quarter as LIMRA reported strong buy-in sales amid weaker pension risk transfer data.
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When people ask me what I see for life insurance and annuities in 2026, I always start here: Clients are tired.
Insurance Compact warns NAIC some annuity designs ‘quite complicated’
In one product trend, regulators are seeing more guaranteed living withdrawal benefits attached to non-variable annuities.
The following information was released by the United States Attorney's Office Southern District of Ohio:. According to court documents, Daley was employed by a life insurance brokerage firm in the Southern District of Ohio from 1995 through 2021 and advised several elderly clients with respect to life insurance and annuity products. Dominick S. Gerace II,…
New York Life continues to close in on Athene; annuity sales up 50%
New York Life sold 50% more annuities through three quarters than in 2024, LIMRA reported in its updated sales rankings.
STAMFORD, Conn.& CARMEL, Ind.—- Hildene Capital Management, LLC, an $18+ billion credit-focused alternative asset manager, today announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire SILAC, Inc., the parent company of SILAC Insurance Company, a leading provider of fixed and fixed indexed annuity products in the U.S. SILAC is headquartered in Carmel, IN and has…
Removing barriers to annuity adoption in 2026
Current trends point to a meaningful uptick in annuity adoption in the coming year.
2025 DEC 05– 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 INVESTMENTS” by Rachel A. Rice, representing Great-West Life& Annuity Insurance Company. This application was made available to the public on November…
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.
LTC annuities and minimizing opportunity cost
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.
3 tax planning strategies under One Big Beautiful Bill
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…
Gen X’s retirement readiness is threatened
When it comes to retirement, the baby boomers get all the attention but it is Generation X that faces a retirement crisis.
Behavioral barriers to buying annuities (and how to overcome them)
Most individuals struggle to commit to annuities. Often, behavioral barriers rather than the products create the greatest obstacles.
Annuity sales edge up in Q3, Wink reports
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…
