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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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More Q3 Thoughts – on Industry Competitive Conditions

In this report we’ll delve a bit more into the LIMRA annuity industry sales figures for the third quarter, focusing on two product types that have great traction, namely fixed-index annuities (FIAs) and registered index-linked...

Notable VA and Benefit Rate Sheet Changes in 2024

This spreadsheet updates our coverage of VA product change activity this year and has two sections: one with contractual VA product changes, the other a rate sheet tracker, mostly covering changes to guaranteed lifetime withdrawal...

Another Update on VA Product Changes and Benefit Rate Sheets

In this report we will get up to date with our coverage of traditional variable annuity and registered index-linked annuity (RILA) product changes…

Summaries of RILA Dual Direction Strategies in 2024

This table contains summaries of 12 registered index-linked annuity (RILA) strategies we have determined to be based on the Dual Direction concept, which, under certain circumstances, can turn index losses into gains…

A Discussion of a Popular RILA Strategy: Dual Direction

For a while we have been meaning to delve into a product feature we think has become a must-have for serious competitors in the registered index-linked annuity (RILA) space, namely Dual Direction, which has the...

Thinking a Bit – About Current RILA Buyer Preferences

Lately we have been contemplating what is drawing consumers to the registered index-linked annuity (RILA) – given its immense sales growth of the past few years – and recently we’ve gained some insights on that...

A RILA Product Pipeline Update – and Other Notable Things

We’ve said it often enough in these pages: that the registered index-linked annuity (RILA) side of the business has been humming with activity throughout the year and we don’t expect that to change anytime soon....

Some Notes on VA Rate Sheet Updates, and Other Filings

In this report we’ll once again get up to speed with developments along the variable annuity product pipeline, putting a special emphasis on benefit rate sheet updates, which we believe are in response to very...

Various Thoughts – on 2Q24 Annuity Industry Sales

A few months ago, we published a report when LIMRA released final annuity industry sales for the first quarter and we will do so again this time, as 2Q24 numbers came out not long ago…