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A Few New Names on Annuity ‘Leaderboard’

by Kerry Pechter

Wed, Sep 09, 2009

Since the end of 2008, Sun Life, American Equity Investment Life and MassMutual have joined the list of the top 20 annuity sellers, while Genworth Financial, Principal Financial, and Allstate have slipped off.

Despite Crisis, Total Annuity Sales Lag By Just 3%

by Kerry Pechter

Wed, Sep 09, 2009

Almost 90% of purchasers of new variable annuity contracts are electing living benefits and almost 60% are electing guaranteed lifetime income riders, despite industry-wide pull-backs in those benefits.

It’s Spee-Ahz, By a Nose!

It’s Spee-Ahz, By a Nose!

by Kerry Pechter

Wed, Sep 09, 2009

Gaobo Pang and Mark Warshawsky's study supports a strategy of combining income annuities with mutual funds in retirement.

A Chat with Jackson’s Clifford Jack

A Chat with Jackson’s Clifford Jack

by Kerry Pechter

Wed, Aug 19, 2009

'We talk all the time about not being the team that performs extremely well for eight and two-thirds innings just to screw it up on the final out,' said the Jackson National EVP.