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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…

An Update on Managed-Volatility Portfolios With Data Through 4Q18

This report will conclude our tracking of variable insurance managed-volatility portfolios for 2018, referencing data we have gathered from trust annual reports. In addition to trends in fund assets and returns, we will discuss refinements...

New Contracts From Nationwide and AXA – Plus Other Developments

In recent weeks we’ve seen some interesting new contracts get filed with the SEC, which we’ll discuss in this commentary. They include a new structured annuity from Nationwide and next-generation variable annuities from AXA Financial....

Reviewing Variable Insurance Fund Filings from February, 2019

Historically February is when many new variable funds are filed in preparation for the May prospectus update season when such funds will be added to variable contracts. That pattern was very much in effect this...

Despite a Drop in Q4, VA Industry Sales Finished 2018 on a Strong Note

While most stock-traded insurers we follow regularly reported declines in variable annuity deposits in the fourth quarter, most had improved results year over year, which is what we had been expecting given the demise of...

Catching Up – With Developments Along the VA Filing Pipeline

In this commentary we’ll have much to cover, as a large number of interesting variable annuity filings came through in recent weeks and they ran the gamut: from new contracts and riders to changes in...

Reviewing Variable Insurance Fund Filings from January, 2019

In our view, the month of January was a rather busy one in terms of variable insurance fund filings, highlights of which we’ll cover in this commentary. In addition to multiple new registrations we saw...