Your article was successfully shared with the contacts you provided. In a previous blog entry I described the basic mechanics of structured note variable annuities (SNVAs). The products’ partial or ...

Structured variable annuity sales in the second quarter rose 36 percent to $1.8 billion compared with the year-ago period. The product subcategory now accounts for 7 percent of the variable annuity ...

Organizational structure is the fundamental design of a company. A company's structure establishes lines of authority and decision making while describing where employees from different functional ...

Life and annuity insurers, with memories still fresh about promises they struggled to keep, don’t want to make the same mistakes twice. More than a decade ago, insurers sold variable annuities with ...

Recent stock market volatility has some investors wanting more downside protection. One type of annuity promises less exposure to loss, but with less opportunity for gains. "What goes up must come ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract A nonlinear model is presented for the dynamics of a population in which each individual is characterized by its chronological age and by an ...