Research & Reports
Reviewing Variable Insurance Fund Filings from April, 2019
In April we saw an increase in variable insurance portfolio filing activity, with quite a few new registrations and a number of interesting modifications to insurers’ investment platforms…
1Q19 Outlook: Signs Point to Lower Variable Annuity Industry Sales
Based on our review of results of selected stock-traded insurers, we are of the opinion that, in all likelihood, variable annuity industry sales fell in the first quarter. In the meantime, fixed and fixed index...
Another Update – Covering a Wide Variety of Filings from April, 2019
In this report we’ll get caught up with noteworthy variable annuity filings from the month of April. During that time we saw a few new registrations, amendments to contracts currently in the pipeline, and plenty...
Reviewing Variable Insurance Fund Filings from March, 2019
In our view, variable insurance portfolio filing activity was slow during March, thus this commentary will be a brief one compared to past fund reports. During the month we didn’t identify any new registrations, but...
New Coverage: Summaries of New VA Guaranteed Lifetime Withdrawal Benefits Filed With the SEC in 2019
This table commences our coverage of new variable annuity Guaranteed Lifetime Withdrawal Benefits (GLWBs) filed with the SEC so far this year and contains summaries of 10 riders…
Notes on New VA Lifetime Withdrawal Benefits Filed This Year
In this report we’ll comment on new variable annuity guaranteed lifetime withdrawal benefits (GLWBs) filed with the SEC so far this year. While filing activity of such riders has been increasing, it is still well...
New Coverage: Summaries of New VA Contracts Filed With the SEC in 2019
This table commences our coverage of new variable annuity contracts filed with the SEC in 2019 and contains summaries of eight new products…
More Thoughts – on New VA Contracts Coming to Market in 2019
In this report we’ll provide more perspective on the kinds of new variable annuity contracts that are being registered this year with the SEC. A common tendency has been for insurers to “bracket” key elements...
Update: Variable Insurance Volatility-Managed Portfolios
This spreadsheet concludes our coverage of variable insurance volatility-managed portfolios for 2018. By our count, at the end of the year there were 207 such portfolios in operation, containing $254 billion in assets…