Research & Reports

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...

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…

About this time last year, we weighed in on final annuity sales figures from LIMRA from the prior year and will do so again in this commentary, and consider factors that led to immense growth...

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...

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...

Earlier this month, MetLife filed to offer owners of vintage guaranteed minimum income benefits (GMIBs) an incentive to trade them in for a fixed annuity, a risk reduction move the likes of which we have...

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)…

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...

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...