Research & Reports

This year we’ve had our hands full following developments related to registered index-linked annuities (RILAs), as that part of the market is: a) on pace to set a new annual sales record and b) highly...

Our coverage group of stock-traded insurers performed well in the third quarter we thought. As has been the case this year, fixed annuity carriers fared the best, although we saw some flashes of growth on...

This spreadsheet contains two sections: one with contractual VA product changes, the other a rate sheet tracker, mostly covering changes to guaranteed lifetime withdrawal benefits (GLWBs); it is an update of a sheet we published...

This report will be another installment in our periodic coverage of product change and rate sheet activity related to traditional variable annuities and registered index-linked annuities (RILAs)…

Not long ago, LIMRA released preliminary annuity industry sales numbers for the third quarter, which indicated that we are on pace to set a new annual record; moreover, we think the data revealed some interesting...

We took a thorough look through the annuity filing pipeline and discovered we are overdue for an update, so in this commentary we will touch on some registrations of registered index-linked annuities (RILAs) from insurers...

We have just finished the first two weeks of the fourth quarter, therefore we think it’s a good time to take a quick look back at the prior quarter, make note of some recent product...

In this report we’ll get caught up with the latest developments in registered index-linked annuities (RILAs) as that side of the market has been a very lively one this year, to say the least…

In this report we’ll share some of our thoughts on final second quarter annuity sales numbers – as LIMRA released them not long ago – and also have some commentary on happenings from the annuity...