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IRI ISSUES SECOND QUARTER 2019 ANNUITY SALES REPORT

September 19, 2019

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Overall annuity sales rose 5.2 percent in the second quarter of 2019, with combined sales of fixed and variable annuities totaling $60.7 billion as compared to sales of $57.7 billion in the first quarter of 2019, according to the Insured Retirement Institute (IRI), which today announced final Q2 2019 market data for the U.S. annuity industry based on data reported by Beacon Research and Morningstar, Inc.

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IRI - NEW YORK DFS GUIDANCE SHOULD ELIMINATE MARKETPLACE CONFUSION

September 12, 2019

WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Insured Retirement Institute (IRI) said that guidance issued yesterday by the New York State Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) should eliminate uncertainty involving a disclosure provision affecting insurers and distributors of certain similar fee-based and commission-based annuities. 

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STATE LEGISLATOR ORGANIZATION JOINS CHORUS OF SECURE ACT SUPPORTERS

September 12, 2019

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The National Conference of State Legislators (NSCL) wrote a letter to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) urging enactment of the Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement (SECURE) Act today.

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