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Industry orgs urge new Labor Secretary Acosta to delay Fiduciary Rule’s June 9 implementation

May 1, 2017

Just as soon as the U.S. Senate confirmed Alexander Acosta as Secretary of Labor on April 27, a variety of insurance and financial services industry ... Read more

Fidelity & Guaranty Life terminates $1.6 billion merger with Anbang

Brian Anderson

April 19, 2017

Fidelity & Guaranty Life has terminated its previously announced $1.6 billion merger agreement with Beijing, China-based Anbang Insurance Group, according to an April 17 statement ... Read more

Consumers like the idea of guaranteed lifetime income, but have little familiarity with annuities, study finds

Insurance Forums Staff

March 21, 2017

The greatest financial challenge facing retirees is determining how to make sure their money lasts as long as they do. That challenge is exacerbated by ... Read more

MetLife annuity and life products officially rebranded under Brighthouse Financial name

Insurance Forums Staff

March 6, 2017

Brighthouse Financial, an operating segment of MetLife, Inc., announced Monday, March 6, that it is now offering its suite of annuity and life insurance solutions ... Read more

DOL aims for initial 60-day delay in fiduciary rule effective date

Brian Anderson

March 1, 2017

It looks like a two-month delay – initially at least – instead of a six-month delay for the applicability date of the Department of Labor’s ... Read more

Protecting and expanding retirement security access is goal of IRI’s just-released 2017 advocacy blueprint

Insurance Forums Staff

February 27, 2017

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Insured Retirement Institute (IRI) released its 2017 Retirement Security Blueprint during a live conference call on Monday. The Blueprint is built ... Read more

Record-setting fixed, FIA sales in 2016 can’t keep overall annuity sales from 6% decline

Insurance Forums Staff

February 22, 2017

Total fixed annuity sales in 2016 hit a record-breaking $117.4 billion, 14% higher than 2015 levels and nearly $7 billion higher than 2009 (when sales ... Read more

Factors driving the growth of the income annuity market

Insurance Forums Staff

January 25, 2017

A new joint study by LIMRA Secure Retirement Institute and CANNEX reveals that even whilemarket forces have raised the cost of securing guaranteed lifetime income, ... Read more

Disruption leads to innovation in the annuity market

Insurance Forums Staff

January 17, 2017

There is little doubt that the Department of Labor’s (DOL) fiduciary rule – if indeed implemented – will disrupt the existing financial services’ business structure. ... Read more

‘Feeding Frenzy’ among IMOs looking to sign insurance-only agents ahead of DOL implementation

Brian Anderson

January 10, 2017

There will be a “feeding frenzy” among financial institution independent/field marketing organizations (IMOs/FMOs) going after a pool of insurance-only agents as the industry prepares for ... Read more

Industry orgs urge new Labor Secretary Acosta to delay Fiduciary Rule’s June 9 implementation

Fidelity & Guaranty Life terminates $1.6 billion merger with Anbang

Consumers like the idea of guaranteed lifetime income, but have little familiarity with annuities, study finds

MetLife annuity and life products officially rebranded under Brighthouse Financial name

DOL aims for initial 60-day delay in fiduciary rule effective date

Protecting and expanding retirement security access is goal of IRI’s just-released 2017 advocacy blueprint

Record-setting fixed, FIA sales in 2016 can’t keep overall annuity sales from 6% decline

Factors driving the growth of the income annuity market

Disruption leads to innovation in the annuity market

‘Feeding Frenzy’ among IMOs looking to sign insurance-only agents ahead of DOL implementation

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