Key 2019 Annuity Trends: Mergers, Simplification, Amazon-ification

January 14, 2019 by Kent Sluyter

The previous year had more than its share of big news for the annuities industry.

Ambiguity around the Department of Labor’s fiduciary rule led to a bit of a muted start to the year. Despite the rule’s eventual pullback, the industry forged ahead with procedures and policies designed to help increase clarity and simplicity, and provide even greater access and understanding to advisors and investors.

With an industrywide sales rebound in 2018, there are reasons to be optimistic this year.

What does 2019 have in store for annuities? Based on the ripples that are starting to show, we expect four key trends to define the industry in the year ahead.

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Originally Posted at InsuranceNewsNet on January 8, 2019 by Kent Sluyter.