Research & Reports
Another Update – On Variable Annuity Product Filings of Recent Weeks
In this report we’ll get caught up on variable annuity products that were filed from mid-February into early March. Included in this batch were a few enhancements to guaranteed living benefits, making us think that...
An Update Regarding Recent Variable Annuity Product Filings
In recent weeks we’ve seen an uptick in product filings coming through around the variable annuity industry, including new contracts, guaranteed benefits and other changes that we’ll cover in this commentary…
More Notes on VA Product Filings – and a Few Clarifications
In this report we’ll cover recent competitive tweaks insurers are making to their annuity product offerings, including new registrations and benefit enhancements, and we’ll also have some follow-up comments regarding last week’s report…
Reviewing Variable Insurance Fund Filings from December, 2017
This commentary contains our regular coverage of noteworthy variable insurance fund filings from the prior month. We saw no new registrations in December, and most filing activity centered around changes to existing funds…
Our Customary Look Back on the Variable Annuity Industry In 2017
As usual, our last commentary of December is a reflection on how the variable annuity business performed this year, based upon what we know thus far from sales levels and product developments…
Reviewing Variable Insurance Fund Filings from November, 2017
During November the rate of variable fund filing tends to slow down, and such was the case this year. We noticed no new registrations and only a moderate amount of other activity…
Reviewing Variable Insurance Fund Filings from October, 2017
This report contains our coverage of noteworthy variable fund filings from October. It was a fairly active time – during the month we saw new fund registrations along with numerous changes to investment platforms…
Reviewing Variable Insurance Fund Filings from September, 2017
Last month we saw a good number of interesting variable insurance fund filings, including new registrations, shareholder votes on various issues, and sub-advisory replacements, which we’ll cover in this report…
Some Noteworthy VA Product Changes from Recent Filings
While activity along the variable annuity product pipeline has been slower than usual of late, we did manage to find a few interesting developments in recent SEC filings which we’ll cover in this report…