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LIMRA Numbers are in: A Few Thoughts on 2025 Industry Sales

LIMRA issued final 2025 annuity sales data not long ago, so in this report we’ll take the opportunity to weigh in on the numbers, in order identify prevailing trends and suggest how conditions might play...

Update: Variable Defined Outcome Portfolios

This spreadsheet contains data on variable defined outcome portfolios through the four quarter of 2025. At quarter’s end we counted 17 portfolios in operation which held $603.8 million in assets…

An Update on Variable Defined Outcome Portfolios Through 4Q25

In this commentary we’ll take the opportunity to get caught up with variable defined outcome portfolios, which have been declining in number steadily. Our intention is to conclude our coverage of them since we expect...

An Update on RILA Filings and Various Product Changes

About now we are getting clues as to where annuity product development is headed this year: we think there’s evidence that registered index-linked annuities (RILAs) will be in the forefront of activity, which makes sense...

Reading the Tea Leaves: About 4Q25 Annuity Industry Sales

We are still waiting for LIMRA to release final fourth quarter and full year 2025 annuity industry sales data so short of that we did see that WINK, Inc. released figures so we will discuss...

Reviewing Variable Insurance Fund Filings from February, 2026

Variable fund filing activity in February is usually pretty active as industry players prepare for the May prospectus update season. This time around we saw one new registration along with an interesting batch of managerial...

Notes on 4Q25 Results of Selected Stock-Traded Annuity Insurers

Fourth quarter annuity business results for publicly traded insurers we track regularly were mixed in our view, with some carriers even saying they purposely lowered sales in order to be disciplined and “not chase a...

Considering the Shape of Product Changes Thus Far in 2026

We are still waiting for official fourth quarter 2025 sales numbers from LIMRA – we expect their release imminently – so we will comment on those when they arrive. For now, we will share thoughts...

Update: Variable ESG Portfolios

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