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Various Changes Carriers Have on Tap – for Q4 and Onward

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Lately we’ve turned our attention back to the SEC filing pipeline and uncovered a variety of changes insurers have in store for late this year and early next, a good number of them involving enhancements...

Reviewing Variable Insurance Fund Filings from September, 2026

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The prevailing trends in variable fund filing activity this year continued last month, consisting mostly of mergers and reorganizations, reclassifications of existing portfolios to non-diversified status, and an assortment of tweaks to fees and expenses…

Random Annuity Industry Thoughts – as Q4 Gets Underway

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We are starting to think that the annuity business will finish on a strong note this year, because rising interest rates are allowing insurers to offer very attractive crediting rates, index caps and bonuses, such...

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Summaries of New Registered Index-Linked Annuities (RILAs) filed in 2026

This table contains summaries of new registered index-linked annuities (RILAs) filed with the SEC in 2026. The table covers four registrations…

Summaries of RILA Dual Direction Strategies in 2026

This table contains summaries registered index-linked annuity (RILA) strategies we have determined to be based on the Dual Direction concept, which, under certain circumstances, can turn index losses into gains; this version contains two entries...

Update: Variable ESG Portfolios

This spreadsheet is an update to our coverage of variable Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) portfolios with data through the fourth quarter of last year; at that time we counted 26 portfolios in operation, which...