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A Filing Assortment: New RILAs, Rate Sheet Changes and More

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...

Scattered Thoughts on the Annuity Business in Early Q4

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...

More Thoughts on Sales Trends – and Notes on Product Filings

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...

A Random Discussion of Various Annuity Market Themes

At present we are in a reflective mood, given that earnings season for insurance companies has concluded and we are waiting for LIMRA to release final sales numbers for the second quarter. This is not...

Notes on 2Q23 Results of Selected Stock-Traded Annuity Insurers

In this, our quarterly review of annuity business results for stock-traded insurers we monitor, we have much to discuss. The second quarter was marked by increased sales – mostly on the fixed side – but...

Thoughts on the Business in Q2 – Based on Preliminary Data

Earlier this week LIMRA came out with preliminary annuity industry sales data for the second quarter, and in this commentary we will give our take on the numbers and what they might portend moving forward…

An Update on Notable VA Changes and Benefit Rate Sheets

In this report we will get caught up with changes and modifications insurers have been making this year to their traditional variable annuities and registered index-linked annuities (RILAs)…

Catching Up With Happenings Along the VA Product Pipeline

In this report we will get caught up with noteworthy filings related to traditional variable annuities and registered index-linked annuities (RILAs) that have come through in recent weeks. While the volume of filings is well...

Notes on 1Q23 Results of Selected Stock-Traded Annuity Insurers

Earnings season for stock-traded insurers we track ended recently so in this commentary we will provide our thoughts on annuity business results for this group.  For most of them, annuity sales reflected trends in the...