Annuities

Quarterly fee payments save the day, as new product sales suffer from a market dip.

Low rates on fixed annuities force advisors to branch out into life insurance sales, hitting a home run.

Advisors are turning to annuities, using tactical asset allocation and continuing to move to fee-based business models, as they cope with the effects that the sluggish economic climate is having on their practices, according to findings from the latest Russell’s Financial Professional Outlook, released last week.

Allianz survey demonstrates the need to dispel myths and educate on such annuity innovations as access to the market upside.

Vanguard Annuity Access is designed for individuals seeking a guaranteed stream of income in retirement to augment their retirement savings and Social Security benefits.

The creator of the highest daily value rider saw bank sales shoot up by 144% year-over-year in the second quarter.

Things look up for the bank channel after a challenging few years.

Fixed annuities, which experienced a sales boom last year in banks, stem the bleeding, while variable annuities finally start trending upward, Kehrer-Limra says.

While 2010 fixed-annuity sales can’t hold a candle to freakishly high sales a year ago, widening spreads are making it a pretty good year.

Fixed annuities drag the overall numbers down, but variable annuity sales are growing at a healthy clip.

Sales of fixed annuities rose in recent months despite a negative spread with CDs.

Rising costs and adjusted benefits don’t put annuity buyers off.

Kehrer-LIMRA’s latest annuity forum finds bankers are optimistic about indexed annuities, too.

Sales turned positive after their worst year in decades, according to LIMRA.

Fixed and variable annuities and mutual funds all rise at the end of the first quarter, but will the run last?

Despite a significant decline in sales in the past years, advisors and industry executives remain upbeat about annuities because the products are expected to protect principal and provide retirement income.

Fixed annuities’ terrible sales figures drag down the total; VA sales remain largely flat.

Wholesaler support and better client-focused materials are vital to annuities’ sales growth.

Sales struggle as dwindling variable annuity riders make 1035 exchanges less likely, compelling insurers to reinvent the wheel, according to a study.

The low interest rate environment is helping keep fixed annuity rates unattractively low, creating interest in income-paying alternatives.