By Warren S. Hersch | May 18, 2020 | Life Annuity Specialist Low interest rates are spurring creativity among issuers of fixed-indexed annuities. They have to adjust to long-term rates [...]
Joint Trades Letter to Congress WASHINGTON (May 5, 2020) -- Support is growing for an Insured Retirement Institute (IRI) initiative to help retirement savers who have lost jobs, access to participate in [...]
CARES Act — Small Business Provisions: Paycheck Protection Program and Economic Injury Disaster Loans On March 27, 2020, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (H.R. 746, CARES) [...]
Last week, NAFA members received an update on the NAIC’s approval of significant revisions to its Suitability in Annuity Transactions Model Regulation. This is the culmination of a process [...]
Wealthmanagement.com details the potential impacts of the proposed H.R. 2474, Protecting the Right to Organize Act, and why groups like NAFA are weighing in to protect independent distribution from adverse [...]
On August 2, NAFA submitted the following letter to the editor of Bloomberg Opinion regarding the piece "Congress's SECURE Act Could Ruin Your 401(k)" published by Ethan Schwartz on July [...]
April 17, 2019 Re: Why I still hate annuities: Here are the reasons these investments are bogus To: Nicole Carroll, Editor USA Today Dear Ms. Carroll, In response to Kenneth [...]
NAFA Provides Support to Critical Industry Victory WASHINGTON (Mar. 21, 2019) — In a unanimous decision, the Illinois Supreme Court has affirmed the judgment of the Illinois Appellate Court [...]
NAFA Signs Two Comment Letters Pinpointing Concerns WASHINGTON (Feb. 15, 2019) — NAFA, the National Association for Fixed Annuities, submitted a letter in response to the NAIC Life Insurance [...]
NAFA, the National Association for Fixed Annuities, submits this letter in response to the NAIC Annuity Suitability Working Group’s (the Working Group) request for comments and suggested revisions to the [...]