ING is making another go at the independent broker-dealer market, this time with a new fixed indexed annuity feature scheduled for an August release.
State regulator says husband-and-wife team recommended that elderly clients partially surrender VAs for indexed annuities; $426K in commissions in less than four months
Commonwealth and five broker-dealers sign on to sell Allianz's variable annuity; apes LPL Financial's earlier move
A slate of major life insurers — the 10 largest doing business in California — are under investigation for the way they handle dormant life insurance policies
SunAmerica Annuity and Life Assurance Co. is back in the fight in variable annuity sales after being dropped from or ignored on platforms for the past few years
Balances in HSAs — tax-advantaged medical savings accounts — grew to some $11.7 billion in total assets, reflecting a 31% increase over last year.
The U.S. will review health insurer requests to raise premiums for individuals and small businesses at least 10% in 10 states, ruling that local regulators aren't adequately policing rates.
A new report finds that VA customers don't read prospectuses — and with the some of the documents running upwards of 200 pages, it's easy to understand why.
Finra will take a data-centric approach to performing market exams, pulling reams of information from broker-dealers, insurance companies and clearing firms.
Closing of funds to investors suggests carrier's plan to slow variable annuity sales will be less aggressive than first thought; 'quite modest'
Finra's variable annuity suitability rule should be old news to broker-dealers, but firms that want to steer clear of an arbitration land mine ought to review their procedures.
News that Jackson National Life Insurance Co. will curtail sales of its popular variable annuity products — likely by limiting investments — has financial advisers on the lookout for the next best thing and its competitors waiting with open arms for an expected uptick in sales
Variable annuity sales at Jackson National Life Insurance have been surging -- so much so that parent company, Britain's Prudential, has deciced to dial back on the product. Yes, you read that right.
<a href=http://www.investmentnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=datajoe&djoPage=summary&issuedate=20100423&sid=BD0426&djoProjId=10994&djoRecordId=290006>QA3 Financial Corp.</a>, an independent broker-dealer that was a leading seller of high-risk private placements over the last decade, in a recent lawsuit said its insurance carrier was pushing it into bankruptcy by failing to back up its coverage.
In time for Gay Pride Month, New York Life Insurance Co. has launched a LGBT channel on its website to address financial and estate-planning needs unique to the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community
Female retirement plan participants appear to display a greater inclination to place assets in target date funds than in target risk funds
Who'd a thunk it? Life insurers, now cash-rich, have rebounded nicely from the financial crisis. But their shares are still cheap compared with those of banks, analysts say.
Aiming to curb the number of individuals who are likely to outlive their retirement savings, the Treasury Department soon will offer guidance on lifetime income options that 401(k) plan participants should have available when they retire
Aviva Life and Annuity Co. late last month filed suit in federal court against a handful of life insurance agents, claiming that they fraudulently sold coverage to some 119 church members
