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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.
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Another Reflection – on Annuity Industry Surrenders

Annuity surrenders are very much on the radar screen of the industry, because multiple studies say that in recent years surrender activity has increased – and is expected to rise this year as well –...

Quick Thoughts – on LIMRA’s Preliminary 2Q25 Sales Figures

Last week LIMRA issued preliminary second quarter sales data and in this commentary, we will give our thoughts on those numbers, which indicate the industry is maintaining its upward momentum – thanks to but a...

Our Customary Thoughts – on LIMRA’s 1Q25 Sales Figures

Last week, LIMRA issued final first quarter sales data and in this commentary we will give our thoughts on those numbers, focusing mainly on deferred annuities…

Contemplating Annuity Surrenders – and Their Link to Sales

A few months ago, some insurance equity analysts said they are forecasting heightened annuity surrenders during calendar year 2025, and that may generate increased sales into certain products at the expense of others, given the...

Notes on 4Q24 Results of Selected Stock-Traded Annuity Insurers

Annuity sales improved this past fourth quarter for most of the publicly-traded insurers we cover regularly, as did profitability, although not all the news was positive, as some companies reported issues with declining interest rates,...

Various Early-Year Thoughts on the Indexed Annuity Market

We were planning to weigh in with some thoughts on the indexed annuity side of the industry and, just before we were ready to publish this report, noticed that LIMRA came out with preliminary fourth...

Notes on 3Q24 Results of Selected Stock-Traded Annuity Insurers

Third quarter annuity sales were up nicely for most of the publicly-traded insurers we cover regularly, as conditions continue to be very favorable for fixed, indexed and registered-index linked annuities (RILAs), although traditional VAs had...

A Discussion of a Popular RILA Strategy: Dual Direction

For a while we have been meaning to delve into a product feature we think has become a must-have for serious competitors in the registered index-linked annuity (RILA) space, namely Dual Direction, which has the...

Sharing Our Suspicions About 2Q24 Annuity Industry Sales

Being that the second quarter ended not too long ago we’ll weigh in – as we do every so often – with some thoughts on how deferred annuity sales may have fared during that period....