Insurance Groups Blast Annuity Income Tax (Life & Health Insurance News) - Five insurance trade groups have joined to fight a section of H.R. 4872 -- the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act fixer bill -- that would impose a 3.8% tax on annuities.

Jackson Annuity Sales Validate Streamlined Strategy (MMExecutive) - After years of annuity companies adding bells and whistles, Jackson National finds simple is better.

ING to Launch Registered Indexed Annuity (Bank Investment Consultant) - The SEC doesn't yet require insurers to register indexed annuities, but wirehouse reps prefer it, ING CEO Ford said.

Open VA platform at Ameriprise may be less than open (Investment News.com)