Annuity Market News articles from April 2004

Annuity Market News archives from April 2004

At Deadline.
April 1, 2004... Nationwide Tool Addresses Accumulation & Distribution Nationwide Financial has introduced a new Web tool for sales professionals to help them work with investors to better plan for accumulation and distribution of retirement assets. ...

Mutual Fund Pricing Rules Could Hurt VAs.
April 1, 2004... Proposed mutual fund pricing rules intended to prevent market-timing arbitrage may adversely affect variable annuities that are offered in pension plans. That's the word from Carl B. Wilkerson, vice president and chief counsel for...

Regaining Investors' Market Trust via EIAs.(Equity index annuities)
April 1, 2004... SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. - Equity index annuities (EIAs), while not a large market, are still a promising one, speakers said at the National Association of Variable Annuities Variable Insurance Products conference here in February. With the stock...

Lifetime Payouts: Anyone, Anyone?
April 1, 2004... SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. - Investors and financial planners still have yet to uncover the tremendous benefits of annuity lifetime payouts but are slowly getting the message, thanks to such efforts as those of Ben Stein, this year's honorary chairman...

Bull or Bear? VA Guaranteed Benefits in Transition.
April 1, 2004... Over the past few years, I've been carefully following the many changes occurring within variable annuity secondary benefits, which have been the major driver of industry sales over that time - and, truth be told, this task has kept me "more...

Real Estate, Dynamic Capital Round Out Fidelity VIP.
April 1, 2004... Fidelity has injected extra flexibility and personalization into its variable annuities. By adding three new funds - a real estate, a dynamic capital appreciation and a value strategies portfolio - Fidelity's annuities offer greater...

Bank Sales of VAs Zoomed in 2003.
April 1, 2004... While fixed annuity sales through banks sagged last year, variable annuity sales surged. Sales of VAs through banks last year jumped 48% to $18.2 billion, compared to $12.3 billion in 2002, according to data compiled by Annuity Market News...

Quiet Company' About to Pump Up the Volume.
April 1, 2004... The "quiet company" is about to make a little more noise in the financial services market. Northwestern Mutual, which has touted itself as a subdued firm for decades, has launched a national marketing campaign to induce consumers to "have...

Gen X Self-Sufficient in Buying Insurance.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2004... In a new kind of "Me Generation" age dominated by high-speed Internet and color-screen Palm Pilots, it's not much of a revelation that young Y adults are less likely than their older counterparts to walk into an insurance office and deal with...