Research & Reports
The Year in Review: the Industry Sustained its Record Pace
It has been customary for us to devote our last commentary to an appraisal of the annuity business, as the year is drawing to a close, to help our readers start their process of evaluation...
The U.S. Annuity Business In 2022 – Looking at a New Sales Record
In this, our last commentary of the year, we will give our thoughts on how the U.S. annuity business performed in 2022, based on sales and other data we have to date. It is admittedly...
Our Year-End Comments on How the Industry Performed In 2021
Each year we devote our last commentary to a consideration of how the U.S. annuity business performed – mostly on the variable annuity side, as it still is our primary focus – however over time...
The Year 2020 Was Fraught With Challenges for Annuity Insurers
This will be our customary year-end report, based on what we know from U.S. annuity industry data through the third quarter. It certainly goes without saying that 2020 was a trying one for us all,...
Our Customary Quick Take on How the VA Industry Performed In 2019
Since we started publishing The Soleares Report, at the end of each year have provided a review – like this one – of how the variable annuity industry fared based on currently-available data, which is...
Our Year-End Review of How the VA Industry Performed In 2018
If we were to characterize the year 2018 for the variable annuity business based on what we know thus far, we would call it a time of renewal, as sales started to recover, an improvement...
Our Variable Annuity Industry Year In Review: 2016 Was a Trying Time
As we have done since first publishing The Soleares Report, we are devoting this last issue of December to a quick look back on the year that was in the variable annuity industry. Our view...
On 2015: A Time of Shifting Realities For the Variable Annuity Business
Each year we provide, with our last issue of December, a quick rundown of how the variable annuity business performed so far, from our perspective, and a few forward-looking thoughts for the New Year. While...
VA Sales in 2014 Were Slow Again, Reflecting a Retooling Environment
Each year we devote the last commentary of December to taking a quick look back at the past year in the variable annuity business, and we’ll do so again this time, and also make some...
