An Outlook on the Summer 2021 Variable Annuity Product Pipeline

Variable annuity filing activity tends to slow down during the summer, however this year we expect things to be a bit different. A good number of insurers have not weighed in with certain in-favor products, such as fee-based (I-share) contracts, registered index-linked annuities (RILAs), and imitators of the latter. Thus we suspect more new ideas to emerge in the coming months...