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How Many VA Owners Will Bail Out?
Tue, Jun 29, 2010
Issuers of variable annuities with income benefits could face lower-than-expected lapse rates and higher reserve requirements over the next 18 months, says Oliver Wyman.
Industry Views
Annuity Issuers Embracing Social Media One Tweet At A Time
A growing number of annuity issuers are using creative approaches on Twitter to reach new audiences online.
Industry Views are special reports that are sponsored and independent from RIJ's editorial content.
DATA CONNECTION
Cover Stories
Plugging Leaks in VA Guarantees
Wed, Jun 23, 2010
VA issuers can’t keep bearing so many of the contract risks. Milliman's Ken Mungan (above) and Deep Patel suggest three ways to make VA manufacturing more sustainable.
For VAs, Roll-Ups Rule
Thu, Jun 17, 2010
Perhaps unintentionally, "roll-ups," aka deferral bonuses, have arguably become the key feature of variable annuities with GLWBs. But can they save VAs from becoming a niche business?
The ‘Senior’ Senator from Wisconsin
Thu, Jun 10, 2010
The soft-spoken Herb Kohl (D-WI) fights for retirees as chairman of the Senate Special Committee on Aging, which will hold hearings on retirement income June 16.
Featured Stories
"Too Good to Last"
Curiosity about investments in secondary market annuities, which earn up to 9%, is growing. But these “factored products” are scarce—and virtually unregulated.
Five Ways to Adjust to a New Tax Landscape
A consortium of advisors who represent Securities America offered these suggestions for how investors and their advisors can adjust to the expiration of EGTRRA and JGTRRA at the end of 2010.
News
NIH Devotes Only 11% of Budget to Elderly Studies
Wed, Jun 30, 2010
Although there has been moderate growth in spending at all 27 N.I.H. research centers, the growth is slower at the National Institute on Aging.
Orszag to Depart OMB Director Post
Wed, Jun 30, 2010
“Basically, the OMB Director is a brutal job and subject to quick burnout," commented one political blogger.
Towers Watson Explains New Pension Relief Law
Wed, Jun 30, 2010
A Client Alert details the implications of the "Preservation of Access to Care for Medicare Beneficiaries and Pension Relief Act of 2010."
The Guardian Offers New SPIA
Wed, Jun 30, 2010
As an inflation hedge, the product’s Annuity Payment Increase Benefit option increases the annuity payment each year by a fixed dollar amount.
The Global Distribution of Millionaires
Wed, Jun 30, 2010
In Singapore and Hong Kong, millionaire households account for 11.4% and 8.8%, respectively, of all households, according to Boston Consulting Group.
