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Deferred Income Annuity, aka Longevity Insurance

Deferred income annuities, or longevity insurance, are being introduced by more and more mutual insurance companies.  These annuities are becoming increasingly popular due in part to the the low interest rate environment and a volatile stock market.  Investment News’ Darla Mercado talks about why mutual …

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Prudential & AIG Pick Up MetLife’s Variable Annuity Business

As MetLife scales back on their variable annuities, other companies are picking up the market share.  According to Bloomberg Business News’ “Prudential Joins AIG Taking Annuities Share From MetLife,” Zachary Tracer says that Prudential and AIG are the main companies who have capitalized on MetLife’s …

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Variable Annuity Products Will Remain In Demand

Cogent research recently released study results in their Advisor Brandscape 2012 report.  They polled close to 2,000 financial advisors, all of whom maintain assets under management of at least $5 million.  This information comes from Financial Advisor magazine’s “Variable Annuity Demand To Stay Strong, Says …

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Variable Annuity Changes from MetLife, Prudential, Hartford

Three life insurance companies are changing their variable annuities in the wake of some tumult in the industry.  MetLife, Prudential, and the Hartford are either updating products or scaling down on variable annuity business, according to Darla Mercado of Investment News.  In her article, “VA …

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