Annuity Market News articles from December 2007

Annuity Market News archives from December 2007

Mutiny Against Morningstar: Dominance of Variable Annuity Data is Challenged.
December 1, 2007... Over the past summer, rumors surfaced that major participants in the annuity industry-carriers and broker/dealers-were dissatisfied with Morningstar's VARDS service, on which they rely for crucial variable annuity information, such as product...

To Be or Not to Be an RIA? Agents Who Sell Indexed Annuities Appear Flummoxed.
December 1, 2007... LAS VEGAS-Should an insurance agent become an investment adviser in order to keep selling indexed annuities? That was perhaps the most frequently asked question at the National Association for Fixed Annuities' thinly attended Marketing...

Wealth2k Focuses on Retirement Income.
December 1, 2007... Within the retirement income subculture, David Macchia seems to show up almost everywhere these days. Macchia's financial services multi-media content company, Wealth2k, just announced that it's giving away web-based marketing tools to...

At Deadline.
December 1, 2007... Lincoln Financial Ads Bend Space-Time A 30-year-old man stands outside the nursery of a hospital peering at his newborn baby through the glass. He looks up to see himself as he will look at age 60 or so-his future self. Or, as Lincoln...

People Moves.(Company overview)
December 1, 2007... AXA Names Methot as Annuity Developer, McDermott as Head of Retirement Planning & Kahal as Nat'l Sales Mgr. AXA Equitable recently hired three key executives. Claude Methot has joined the firm as senior vice president and chief...

New Report Competes with VARDS.(Report)
December 1, 2007... Morningstar's VARDS online variable annuity tracking and product information reports face new competition. Advanced Sales Corp. of Oakbrook Terrace, Ill., now has an online variable annuity report, designed for broker/dealers, but also...