<rss version="2.0"><channel><title>InsuranceNewsNet.com - Today's Annuity News Picks</title><link>http://insurancenewsnet.com/news.aspx?type=Annuity</link><description>InsuranceNewsNet.com Annuity News recent articles.</description><ttl>60</ttl><item><title>Lincoln Financial Group Expands Fund Options For VAs</title><link>http://insurancenewsnet.com/article.aspx?id=382068&amp;type=Annuity</link><description>Lincoln Financial Group introduced several new investment options for its variable annuity product lines... </description><pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 10:09:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Companies Give New Emphasis To DIAs</title><link>http://insurancenewsnet.com/article.aspx?id=381792&amp;type=Annuity</link><description>A recent LIMRA study suggests a growing interest in deferred income annuities as nine companies currently offer one and an additional eight companies are planning to introduce their own deferred income annuity (DIA).</description><pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 11:20:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Majority Of IA Carriers Adding New Features</title><link>http://insurancenewsnet.com/article.aspx?id=381374&amp;type=Annuity</link><description>A recent joint LIMRA/CANNEX study finds that a majority of the companies offering income annuities have added features designed to address consumer concerns and attract new sales...</description><pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 17:12:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>New Retirement Gap Is Blue- And White-Collar </title><link>http://insurancenewsnet.com/article.aspx?id=381257&amp;type=Annuity</link><description /><pubDate>Sun, 12 May 2013 09:13:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Pacific Life Launches New Variable Annuity</title><link>http://insurancenewsnet.com/article.aspx?id=381163&amp;type=Annuity</link><description>Pacific Life has introduced a new variable annuity giving investors and advisors the ability to select features and fees...</description><pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2013 15:02:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Prudential, Wells Fargo Offer Guaranteed Lifetime Income Product</title><link>http://insurancenewsnet.com/article.aspx?id=380801&amp;type=Annuity</link><description /><pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2013 14:02:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Americans Prepared To Work Longer, But Not Live Longer</title><link>http://insurancenewsnet.com/article.aspx?id=380638&amp;type=Annuity</link><description>Just over half of Americans say they're financially prepared to live to the age of 75, yet 10 percent expect to work into their 80's, according to new research... </description><pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2013 09:01:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>MetLife Introduces Shield Level Selector</title><link>http://insurancenewsnet.com/article.aspx?id=380539&amp;type=Annuity</link><description>MetLife announced the launch of MetLife Shield Level Selector, a new single premium deferred annuity designed to help investors protect and build assets for retirement...</description><pubDate>Mon, 06 May 2013 14:35:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Commonwealth And First Allmerica Placed Under Review</title><link>http://insurancenewsnet.com/article.aspx?id=380377&amp;type=Annuity</link><description>A.M. Best Co. has placed under review with negative implications the financial strength rating of A- (Excellent) and issuer credit ratings (ICR) of “a-” of Commonwealth Annuity and Life Insurance and its subsidiary, First Allmerica Financial Life Insurance...  </description><pubDate>Fri, 03 May 2013 16:50:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Athene Selling Aviva USA Life Business </title><link>http://insurancenewsnet.com/article.aspx?id=380351&amp;type=Annuity</link><description>Athene announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to sell, through a reinsurance arrangement, Aviva USA’s life insurance business to Commonwealth Annuity and Life...</description><pubDate>Fri, 03 May 2013 13:17:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Prudential Annuities Adds Six Funds To Highest Daily Investment Platform</title><link>http://insurancenewsnet.com/article.aspx?id=380217&amp;type=Annuity</link><description /><pubDate>Thu, 02 May 2013 11:28:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>LIMRA Shows Why People Really Buy Annuities</title><link>http://insurancenewsnet.com/article.aspx?id=380068&amp;type=Annuity</link><description>Here is a good one for annuity buffs. What is the top reason that adults aged 40-plus buy deferred annuities? Growth potential, perhaps? Maybe tax deferral? How about tax deferral plus liquidity? What about the product guarantees?...</description><pubDate>Wed, 01 May 2013 11:14:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Jackson Expands Elite Access Variable Annuity Offerings</title><link>http://insurancenewsnet.com/article.aspx?id=379953&amp;type=Annuity</link><description /><pubDate>Tue, 30 Apr 2013 16:18:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Growing Opportunity In Small And Mid-Sized Pension Market</title><link>http://insurancenewsnet.com/article.aspx?id=379888&amp;type=Annuity</link><description>Insurers have a significant opportunity to expand assets in the small and midsized pension market, according to a new study by Conning...</description><pubDate>Tue, 30 Apr 2013 09:30:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Social Security To Face Staffing Shortages</title><link>http://insurancenewsnet.com/article.aspx?id=379762&amp;type=Annuity</link><description>The increase in the number of Social Security Administration (SSA) employees who are expected to retire over the next decade is going to pose long-term challenges for the agency...</description><pubDate>Mon, 29 Apr 2013 16:20:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Industry Hits Back At "Frontline"</title><link>http://insurancenewsnet.com/article.aspx?id=379507&amp;type=Annuity</link><description>Two powerful industry groups representing life insurers and corporate retirement plan sponsors have hit back against PBS’ show “Frontline” for Tuesday night’s airing of “The Retirement Gamble,” which took the industry to task over retirement plan fees...</description><pubDate>Thu, 25 Apr 2013 15:14:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>'Immediate Society' Trumps Long-Term Planning</title><link>http://insurancenewsnet.com/article.aspx?id=379480&amp;type=Annuity</link><description>As a society, we suffer from distracted driving — indeed some of us have died from it. Nor is there a Gen Xer or Gen Yer who hasn’t suffered the brunt of distracted socializing — even if they haven’t called it that yet. So why not distracted financial planning?...</description><pubDate>Thu, 25 Apr 2013 09:34:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Will The Romance Last?</title><link>http://insurancenewsnet.com/article.aspx?id=379356&amp;type=Annuity</link><description>Is the consumer romance with fixed indexed annuities likely to continue next year or might it start to fizzle as consumers seek other eligible prospects?...</description><pubDate>Wed, 24 Apr 2013 11:11:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Most In Denial About Long-Term Care Need</title><link>http://insurancenewsnet.com/article.aspx?id=379322&amp;type=Annuity</link><description>We're in denial: Americans underestimate their chances of needing long-term care as they get older -- and are taking few steps to get ready...</description><pubDate>Wed, 24 Apr 2013 08:19:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Maine Bill Highlights Option For LTC: Life Insurance</title><link>http://insurancenewsnet.com/article.aspx?id=379270&amp;type=Annuity</link><description>Maine seniors and the state's cash-strapped MaineCare program could both win under new legislation up for debate in the Legislature, according to the bill's supporters...</description><pubDate>Wed, 24 Apr 2013 01:42:00 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>