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Early Impressions of 2Q09 VA Sales Results, Who is Gaining Momentum

Recently we’ve been soliciting opinions (and, we must admit, a few rumors) from our industry contacts on which variable annuity players got some sales momentum during the second quarter, to help us get some early...

On the Rebound? Plotting the Trajectory of the VA Industry in 2Q09

Now that the second quarter is wrapping up we figured we’d take a few moments to take quick stock of that period, how the variable annuity industry might have performed. It’s our opinion that when...

Digging Into the Details: Movements in VA Designs, Applications

As this week begins, we’ve been combing through variable annuity contract registrations – including ones from this year we haven’t commented on yet – and so far we’ve been finding interesting designs and approaches getting...

Uncovering Meaning in Recent Rounds of VA Industry Repositioning

Since the second half of last year, the variable annuity business has been in transition, and a nearly constant stream of adjustments have been made to contracts, riders, not to mention other things, these certainly...

Variable Annuity Product Amendments Indicate Insurers’ Concerns, Priorities

Reviewing Variable Insurance Fund Filings from January, 2009

Since February is drawing to a close, we need to provide you with our regular run-down of filings of variable insurance portfolios from the prior month, and we’ll start off by saying during January we...

Q3 Commentary Part II – Risks, Returns are Main Themes in VA Insurers’ Reports

In wrapping up our third quarter reporting on selected variable annuity insurers, we’ll say that it seems clear that for now, investors are still reluctant to purchase VAs during troubling market conditions such as the...

Our Q3 Commentary Part I – Variable Annuity Insurers Face a Difficult Time

This is the first installment of our third quarter commentary on variable annuity results for selected insurers we monitor regularly, and next week we’ll follow up on others that have not yet reported. Thus far,...

Musing on the State of Variable Annuities During the Current Market Turmoil

Recently we’ve been contemplating the “value proposition” of the variable annuity, how the product might be positioned and sold given the existing market climate. Earnings season is now underway and we think results from last...