Although its overall fourth-quarter report disappointed Wall Street, American Equity reported eye-popping annuity sales. Fourth-quarter gross annuity sales of $1.8 billion doubled from the year-ago ...

American Equity is making big changes to its annuity portfolio in response to new economic realities, executives said today. A leading provider of fixed indexed annuities, American Equity struggled ...

For the millions of Americans looking for more flexible accumulation options as they grow their nest egg, American Equity Investment Life Insurance Company launches a new fixed index annuity – ...

Please Note: Blog posts are not selected, edited or screened by Seeking Alpha editors. California insurance agent Glenn Neasham has been convicted of a felony and ordered to serve 90 days in jail for ...

Every so often, a new investment product comes along and attracts a lot of interest from investors – but not a lot of scrutiny. That might be the case with “equity-indexed annuities.” Sales of this ...

Private equity firms are buying up insurers — and the policies they hold — at a feverish pace. Some groups, namely financial advisors, fear the trend may be bad for consumers who own annuity and life ...

WEST DES MOINES, Iowa--(BUSINESS WIRE)--American Equity Investment Life Insurance Company ®, a leading underwriter of index and fixed rate annuities, announced a new fixed index annuity product to its ...

A 73-year-old retiree with a $1.2 million dividend portfolio generating $5,400 a month faces a quieter retirement problem ...

At first glance, it seems like a case of extremely bad timing. Tom Gochenour invested the bulk of his inheritance in the stock market Sept. 1, then stock prices plunged after the Sept. 11 terrorist ...