Annuities - panel may tighten rules

Annuities - panel may tighten rules

Iowa panel may tighten rules on annuity sales
DesMoinesRegister.com, IA - Jul 12, 2006 Iowa's insurance regulators began looking at equity indexed annuity sales practices in 2005, when they met in private with a number of Des Moines-area insurers

AM Best Upgrades Ratings of American Equity
Business Wire (press release), CA - Aug 2, 2006 as a top five provider of indexed annuities (IA As such, American Equity's liability profile--with reserves of enhanced scale of the group's annuity block due

American Financial Group Announces Record Second Quarter and Six
MSN Money - Aug 1, 2006 At the end of the 2006 second quarter, shareholders' equity (excluding unrealized primarily reflects the re-entering of the indexed-annuity market, beginning

Aviva To Acquire AmerUs Group For $69/ Share Or About $2.9 Bln In
Trading Markets, CA - Jul 13, 2006 With the acquisition, Aviva is expected to gain a leading position in the fast growing equity-indexed annuity market, which is a core US tax-deferred savings

Aviva confirms 1.6 bln stg AmerUs purchase, 900 mln stg equity
Life Style Extra, UK - Jul 13, 2006 life insurance and is rated number three in sales of equity-indexed annuities, with AmerUs reported second-quarter annuity sales of 625.7 mln usd, up 21 pct on