Research & Reports
More Notes on Lincoln National’s New GLWB – and Other Matters
Due to this being a somewhat slow period in the variable annuity product pipeline, in this report we’ll delve a little further into a new guaranteed lifetime withdrawal benefit from Lincoln National scheduled to launch...
Highlights from Recent VA Filings from February and Early March
In this report we’ll get caught up with notable annuity product filings filed with the SEC from February and early March, including new contracts and benefits as well as modifications to existing ones…
Variable Annuity Sales Were Again Depressed in Q4 and Full Year 2016
After reviewing the results of selected publicly-traded insurers from their fourth quarter earnings calls and financial statements, we expect that the variable annuity industry as a whole reflected the experience of these companies, namely lower...
Putting Hartford’s Planned VA Fund Replacements in Perspective
In this commentary we’ll discuss Hartford’s plan to replace a large number of funds in its variable annuity contracts, and the controversy it has generated. We’ll also endeavor to put the proposed move in context...
Reviewing Variable Insurance Fund Filings from January, 2017
In this report we'll get started with our coverage of notable variable insurance fund filings for each month of 2017. During January we identified just one new registration, yet there were a good number of...
Some Comments on Recent VA Filings – Including New Contracts
Over the past couple of weeks we have seen a few interesting developments along the variable annuity product pipeline which we'll cover in this commentary, among them a new guaranteed lifetime withdrawal benefit (GLWB) and...
Update: Summaries of New Guaranteed Lifetime Withdrawal Benefits Filed with the SEC in 2016
This table is our final update to our coverage of new variable annuity lifetime withdrawal benefits filed with the SEC in 2016; it contains summaries of 19 riders…
Concluding Notes on VA Lifetime Withdrawal Benefits Filed in 2016
In this report we’ll offer up our reflections on the kinds of guaranteed lifetime withdrawal benefits (GLWBs) that were filed by the variable annuity industry last year. We anticipate that the same design concepts will...
Update: Summaries of New VA Contracts Filed with the SEC in 2016
This table is our final update to our coverage of new variable annuity contracts registered with the SEC in 2016; it contains summaries of 45 new contracts, 26 of them “wrap” products designed for fee-based...