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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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Year in review report
Q1 Earnings Calls of Public Insurers Illustrate Need for Continued Sales Growth
Last week we listened to first quarter earnings conference calls of five publicly-traded insurers who do business in the U.S. variable space, and for some of these companies, annuity sales improved, although surrenders – more...
Q4 Roundup: Variable Annuity Results Stay Relatively Strong in 2005
In the second installment in a regular commentary of The Soleares Report, we are going to review variable annuity business fourth quarter reports and consider what happened in 2005 as a whole. In future weeks...
Initial Comment: Considerations on the Current State of the Annuity Business
In approaching the annuity business, we must admit, at times, to conflicting feelings. For one thing, we believe in the value of these products, regardless of type: fixed, variable, index, deferred, immediate and all types...