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Earnings Review: VA Insurers Sales Results Were Strong in 3Q19

As per usual, we reviewed third quarter variable annuity results for a few selected stock-traded insurers and found that most had pretty strong performance, especially on a sequential basis – reflecting how industry sales were...

An Update on Variable Annuity Product Filings from Recent Months

In this report we’ll get caught up with some variable annuity product filings submitted to the SEC from October through the middle of this month. It was an interesting mix, including new contracts and riders...

Reviewing Variable Insurance Fund Filings from September and October, 2019

In this commentary we’ll get caught up with two months’ worth of noteworthy variable insurance fund filing activity. During that time there were quite a few interesting developments, and new registrations...

An Update on New VA Lifetime Withdrawal Benefits Filed in 2019

In this report we’ll provide an update on new variable annuity guaranteed lifetime withdrawal benefits (GLWBs) filed with the SEC this year, as we’ve seen a few come through recently – some on new contracts...

Another Update – on New Variable and Structured Annuity Filings

Last month we saw a “bumper crop” of new registrations submitted to the SEC, a group that included multiple variable annuities and a new structured product. We’ll discuss them in this commentary...

An Update on Managed-Volatility Portfolios With Data Through 2Q19

In this report we’ll get caught up with our coverage of variable insurance managed-volatility portfolios, as we have just finished compiling data through the first half of this year…

Reviewing Variable Insurance Fund Filings from August, 2019

During the month of August, we didn’t see a great deal of variable fund filing activity. One new registration came through, but the most prevalent occurrences were changes to sub-advisors, portfolio fees and expenses...

On Recent Rate Sheet Updates and Other Variable Annuity Product News

Since interest rates have been dropping of late, variable annuity carriers have started adjusting their guaranteed living benefit (GLB) rider elements via rate sheet, and in this report, we’ll cover some of those moves and...

Protective Registers New VA Contract with Lifetime Withdrawal Benefit

Not long ago we saw a variable annuity filed by Protective Life which contained a new guaranteed lifetime withdrawal benefit (GLWB) whose elements will be subject to change via rate sheet – a first for...