Jeremy Alexander

• U.S. Sales of Fixed Annuities Saw 18% Jump in Q2

  By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne  |  September 1, 2010

  U.S. sales of fixed annuities totaled an estimated $19.4 billion in the second quarter, an 18% jump from first-quarter sales, according to Beacon Research's Fixed Annuity Premium Study released Monday.

• IRI: Variable Annuity Sales at 'Record High'

  By Danielle Andrus, AdvisorOne  |  August 26, 2010

  Variable annuity sales posted record highs in the second quarter of 2010, the Insured Retirement Institute reports. A LIMRA report earlier this month also showed...

• IRI: Variable Annuity Sales in Q2 at 'Record High'

  By Danielle Andrus, AdvisorOne  |  August 25, 2010

  Variable annuity sales posted record highs in the second quarter of 2010, the Insured Retirement Institute (IRI) reported Wednesday.

• Fixed Annuity Sales Drop 51.9% in Year, IRI/Morningstar/Beacon Report Shows

  By Joyce Hanson, AdvisorOne  |  May 18, 2010

  Fixed annuity sales plummeted 51.9% in the first quarter of 2010 compared to a year ago, the IRI said in its first-ever quarterly annuity sales report, released Tuesday, May 18, with data provided by Morningstar Inc. and Beacon Research.