http://annuitynews.com/category/Exclusive_AnnuityAnnuityNews.com Exclusive_Annuity recent articles.60http://AnnuityNews.com/Article/Annuity_Carrier_Exits_Tsunamis_or_Small_Waves/342725The Aviva CEO's exit is the latest in a string of annuity industry shakeups, but should we worry?...Wed, 16 May 2012 11:11:00 GMThttp://AnnuityNews.com/Article/See_Annuity_Sales_Growth_with_Lens_of_Success/341824Picture this lens like a giant magnifying glass that instead of enlarging the subject matter, instantly exposes any illegitimate offer, program, business model or come-on...Wed, 09 May 2012 12:43:00 GMThttp://AnnuityNews.com/Article/Information_Pays_as_it_Sways_Income_Annuity_Buyers_/340827Tell them and they will buy, according to a study that showed that when advisors tell pre-retirees about income annuities, at least 30 percent said they were likely to purchase one...Wed, 02 May 2012 09:50:00 GMThttp://AnnuityNews.com/Article/Why_Annuities_Are_Now_Cool_/339911Large broker-dealers and wirehouses are tuning into income annuities, to the point that they are asking for support and information about the products, according to CANNEX...Wed, 25 Apr 2012 16:33:00 GMThttp://AnnuityNews.com/Article/To_Use_Exclusive_Annuity_Distribution_or_Not/338903Many insurance agents are curious about exclusive distribution arrangements for indexed annuities but they also find the arrangements to be a bit of a puzzle...Wed, 18 Apr 2012 11:25:00 GMThttp://AnnuityNews.com/Article/Three-Legged_Retirement_Stool_Part_II_Personal_Savings/338168Those making over $250,000 a year have become the target of discussion where potential tax increases are concerned... Wed, 11 Apr 2012 23:11:00 GMThttp://AnnuityNews.com/Article/United_States_of_Annuities/337443The federal endorsement will increase opportunities for advisors - but they may also come to view their annuity bedfellow with a guarded eye...Mon, 02 Apr 2012 10:53:00 GMThttp://AnnuityNews.com/Article/DTCC_Analysis_Shows_Fixed_Annuity_Activity_Uptick/336496According to DTCC data there was a 34 percent increase in fixed annuity inflows, when comparing March 2010 to February 2012 figures...Wed, 28 Mar 2012 10:38:00 GMThttp://AnnuityNews.com/Article/Prosecutor_Admits_Not_Proving_Agent_Knew_Client_Had_Dementia/335564Dementia was a central element in the case against Glenn A. Neasham, an insurance producer in California who was convicted of felony theft for selling an annuity to an 83-year-old woman...Thu, 22 Mar 2012 09:54:00 GMThttp://AnnuityNews.com/Article/Bail_Granted_for_Neasham_Keeping_Him_Out_of_Jail_until_Appeal/335188California agent who was convicted of theft for selling an annuity can stay out of jail if he posts $20,000 bail by April 19...Tue, 20 Mar 2012 15:34:00 GMThttp://AnnuityNews.com/Article/Wholesaler_Sees_Chilling_Effect_in_Annuity_Agent_Conviction_Allianz_Calls_Case_‘Unique/335094The wholesaler who worked with Glenn Neasham, who was convicted of theft for selling an annuity, says the producer would have documented any signs of dementia in a client...Tue, 20 Mar 2012 08:36:00 GMThttp://AnnuityNews.com/Article/Annuity_Agent_Loses_License_After_Hearing/334771Glenn A. Neasham was convicted of felony theft in California for selling an annuity to an 83-year-old woman. The state revoked his insurance license after he lost his request for a new trial...Fri, 16 Mar 2012 09:15:00 GMThttp://AnnuityNews.com/Article/Advisors_Face_More_Scrutiny_in_the_‘Alternative_Zone/333297The guidance that FINRA has laid out for securities firms may subject advisors who recommend “alternative investment” options inside of variable annuities to greater scrutiny...Wed, 07 Mar 2012 10:37:00 GMThttp://AnnuityNews.com/Article/Advisors_Eyeball_SPIAs_Valued_At_Over_$200000/332181Financial advisors ran searches on single premium income annuities valued at an average of $231,000 last year, according to a 2011 report from an income annuity database...Wed, 29 Feb 2012 14:32:00 GMThttp://AnnuityNews.com/Article/Regulators_Call_for_Annuity_Income_Guarantee_Scrutiny/331062NAIC group recommends a different treatment of popular annuity guarantees...Thu, 23 Feb 2012 11:11:00 GMThttp://AnnuityNews.com/Article/Watch_Your_‘Lesser-Known_Indexes/329964Regulators say that talking about some indexes in indexed annuities gets a little close to the financial advising line...Wed, 15 Feb 2012 10:00:00 GMThttp://AnnuityNews.com/Article/Watch_Your_‘Lesser-Known_Indexes/329892Regulators say that talking about some indexes in indexed annuities gets a little close to the financial advising line...Wed, 15 Feb 2012 10:00:00 GMThttp://AnnuityNews.com/Article/Contingent_Annuities_May_Emerge_as_Income_Option/328128What are contingent annuities? They might be an answer for some clients' guaranteed income needs...Wed, 01 Feb 2012 12:29:00 GMThttp://AnnuityNews.com/Article/How_Annuities_Could_Be_a_Health-Care_Cost_Cushion/326407A recent report endorses the growing trend of using annuities for health-care expense planning...Wed, 18 Jan 2012 15:35:00 GMThttp://AnnuityNews.com/Article/More_Policyholders_Keeping_Their_Indexed_Annuities/325645If you have been thinking the indexed annuity owners have been keeping their annuities for longer and longer periods in the past few years, you are right! But why they are keeping them, that's the surprise...Wed, 11 Jan 2012 13:45:00 GMT