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MetLife’s Brighthouse Financial Launches First Annuity Product

On Monday, the consumer life insurance and annuity unit from MetLife Inc., Brighthouse Financial, launched its first new product, a deferred annuity product. The performance of Shield Level 10 is tied to one of three investment indexes, according to a recent article from Business Insider. …

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American Equity Not Giving Up on IMOs for FIA Sales

This morning, the president of American Equity Investment Life Insurance Co. stated that the company will not steer sales away from the independent agent channel amidst a drop in fixed indexed annuity (FIA) sales. According to a recent InsuranceNewsNet article, FIA sales at the company …

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Fee-based FIAs Gaining Momentum

The new Department of Labor’s fiduciary rule was designed to steer distributors away from commission-based sales, which has many insurers making changes to their line-ups. Included in these changes are new fee-based fixed indexed annuities for independent marketing organizations. But this sector, which has sold …

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UPDATE: TargetBenefit Indexed Annuity from Aviva USA

I just updated a blog post from October 2010 about Aviva USA.  Their newest fixed indexed annuity, TargetBenefit, offers consumers more flexibility and much longed for simplicity.  This is the latest in a decade or so of changes made to continue Aviva USA’s growth, especially …

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