Annuity Market News articles from January 2005

Annuity Market News archives from January 2005

At Deadline.
January 1, 2005... Mergers Foreseen as Trend Continuing Into 05: Fitch Fitch Ratings has released its review of 2004 and outlook for 2005. Julie Burke, managing director and head of the life insurance sector, identified continued consolidation as an important...

Focus on Assets Could Boost VA Sales.(Variable Annuities)
January 1, 2005... NEW YORK-In an ever-changing market, with an ever-changing product, how can annuity manufacturers take the right steps for future growth? Even without the benefit of a crystal ball, speakers at the annual meeting of the National Association for...

Variable Annuity Sales Sluggish in 3Q.
January 1, 2005... Sluggishness plagued the variable annuity market during the third quarter of 2004. Net flows, or net sales, during the time frame declined 25.9% to $9.8 billion from $13.2 billion in 2004's third quarter, according to figures released by the...

Insurers Dangle New Carrot to Annuitize.
January 1, 2005... This is the first in a two-part series on the trend to make annuitzation more appealing to producers and consumers. Here, AMN looks at annuitization bonuses. Next month, we'll explore guaranteed lifetime income drawn from guaranteed minimum...

People Moves.
January 1, 2005... Manulife Fin'l Restructures Wood Logan Division Manulife Financial Corp. has restructured its Manulife Wood Logan division, which will also revert back to its original name, Wood Logan, early this year. Robert Cassato, formerly...

Stop Wasting Time Training.
January 1, 2005... By Cheryl Farrell / Director Annuity & Insurance Marketing / Robert W. Baird You take your wholesalers off the road for three days of training, and the feedback you get from them is they didn't really learn anything new. So you've lost...

Study Finds Surprises in Wholesaling Costs.
January 1, 2005... According to conventional wisdom, it's more expensive to sell variable annuities through independent brokers because they are more dispersed and harder to reach. This is one of the myths that was dispelled by the Cost of Annuity Sales report...

More Women Tune Into Retirement Needs.
January 1, 2005... What do we want? Advice! When do we want it? Now! Even without waving placards or burning bras, American women are sending the message that they need help planning for retirement yet don't know how to go about it, according to a recent...