Departures, De-Risking Dampened Variable Annuity Sales in 1Q12

As we usually do on each quarter, we compiled variable annuity sales results for 10 stock-traded insurers we watch on a regular basis, because performance of this group has proven to be a good early indicator of how the industry is moving. The upshot is that it looks like the industry, for the first quarter of 2012, sustained its second consecutive decline in deposits...