Reminder on Anti-Money Laundering (AML) for Annuities

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As you conduct business, it’s important to watch for signs of illegal activities such as money-laundering; a series of financial transactions that aim to conceal the identity, source and destination of illegally obtained money. Money-laundering facilitates a broad range of serious underlying criminal activities and ultimately threatens the integrity of the financial services industry.

Source of payments
As part of our AML program, we ask that you take care to identify the ownership and source of payments received (e.g. premium payments and loan payments) according to these guidelines.

 

Acceptable sourcesNot acceptable sources
  • Personal, business, cashier’s or certified check drawn on a U.S. Bank (must originate from customer’s account)
  • Electronic funds transfer from a U.S. Bank (must originate from customer’s account)
  • Producer or agency checks
  • Cash
  • Checks drawn on foreign banks
  • Generic or starter checks
  • Money orders
  • Third party checks
  • Traveler’s checks
  • Western Union transfers

Find out more about our AML policy and more in the compliance guide on the training center of our website.