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Soleares Research, LLC is a market research and consulting firm servicing the annuity and life insurance businesses. We provide, through our website, periodic articles that cover important industry trends; we also offer clients phone or on-site consultations, executive briefings and presentations. We pride ourselves on first-class customer service and responsiveness to our clients. We aim to be an indispensable resource to the marketplace.

Notable VA and Benefit Rate Sheet Changes in 2024

This spreadsheet commences our coverage of VA product change activity this year and has two sections: one with contractual VA product changes, the other a rate sheet tracker, mostly covering changes to guaranteed lifetime withdrawal...

An Update on Notable VA Changes and Related Developments

In this report we’ll get started with coverage of noteworthy changes made to traditional variable annuities and registered index-linked annuities (RILAs) so far this year, along with tracking of rate sheet updates…

On RILAs in the Pipeline and Other Variable Annuity Developments

Already this year we have devoted a few of our weekly commentaries to developments related to registered index-linked annuities (RILAs) but so much has been going on with those products of late that we need...

Notes on 4Q23 Results of Selected Stock-Traded Annuity Insurers

Annuity sales for stock-traded insurers we monitor regularly went fairly well in the fourth quarter, reflecting momentum the industry sustained throughout 2023, but not all was positive: we did see a few instances where profits...

Discussing New RILA Filings from Early 2024 – and Related Things

In this report we’ll delve into noteworthy filings from the beginning of the year involving registered index-linked annuities (RILAs), which we think provide evidence that the traction this product type generated last year will persist...

Update: Summaries of New Registered Index-Linked Annuities (RILAs) filed in 2023

This table contains summaries of new registered index-linked annuities (RILAs) filed with the SEC in 2023. The table covers eight contracts…

Update: Notable VA and Benefit Rate Sheet Changes in 2023

This is the final 2023 update to our spreadsheet containing two sections: one with contractual VA product changes, the other a rate sheet tracker, mostly covering changes to guaranteed lifetime withdrawal benefits (GLWBs)…

Our Wrap-up of Annuity Filing Activity and Thoughts on 2023 Sales

Normally each January we wrap up our coverage of product filings from the prior year and in this commentary we will do that, and also give some context on preliminary 2023 sales numbers from LIMRA...

Random Notes From Annuity Product Filings of Late 2023

In this report we’ll cover an assortment of SEC filings, mostly containing changes to existing annuities, which came through towards the end of last year. Most had to do with registered index-linked annuities (RILAs), although...