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Rising Tide – Variable Annuity Insurers See Deposits Lift in Q2

We were somewhat surprised to find that variable annuity deposits for most of the stock-traded life insurance companies we monitor regularly were quite strong in the second quarter. Therefore we now suspect the industry as...

Change is Constant – and Probably Unavoidable for VA Issuers

Lately we have found the kind of product adjustments and upgrades occurring around the variable annuity business to be rather interesting and revealing about the priorities of insurers, their distribution partners and clients. We imagine...

Q2 Expectations – For Variable Annuity Industry Sales, Net Flows

Second-quarter earnings season for insurance companies is now underway and we’re looking forward to learning how variable annuity sales went, however we are not very optimistic about how the industry as a whole fared, for...

Lincoln’s VA/LTC Combo – Still in the Pipeline and a Topic of Conversation

Sometimes it takes an annuity insurer several attempts to get a new product up and running, especially if it is a first for the industry. Such has been the case with a long-term care benefit...

VA Contract Update – Designs Moving in Specialized Directions

Judging by new variable annuities we’ve seen registered with the SEC this year, we get the impression that a good number of them were built to meet very specific needs and issues of distributors. It...

Competitive Notes – “Must Have” Features for VA Products, Riders

Over the recent past, product filing around the variable annuity industry has been somewhat slower than usual, which to us suggests that any moves companies are making are meaningful from a competitive standpoint. In this...

GLWB Update – Newest Riders Contain Risk-Related Components

There’s little doubt variable annuity insurers are carefully monitoring their benefit risk levels, leading them to come out with new Guaranteed Lifetime Withdrawal Benefits (GLWBs) with elements that will make adjustments to ward off the...

Reviewing Variable Insurance Fund Filings from April, 2010

During the month of April most variable insurance fund filings with the SEC were routine prospectus updates, and we didn’t identify a great many substantive changes and adjustments, but in this report we’ll share with...

Odds and Ends – Catching Up on Product Filings, Tweaks Around the Business

The prospectus update season might have been quieter than usual, but in recent weeks we’ve seen an interesting assortment of variable annuity product and feature filings, most of which will take effect during July and...