Research & Reports
Several Insurers Filed New VA Contracts That Will Debut Later This Year
Last week a few insurers registered new variable annuity contracts that won’t launch until several months from now – and some of their key elements not yet fully fleshed out – so in this commentary...
Forethought Registers New VA Contract With Enriched GLWBs
For the most part, variable annuity insurers have been scaling back on the generosity of their guaranteed benefits, but there are a few out there who are not afraid to offer rather aggressive features, and...
Update: Summaries of New VA Contracts Filed with the SEC in 2014
This table is our final update to our coverage of new variable annuity contracts registered with the SEC in 2014…
Update: New Guaranteed Lifetime Withdrawal Benefits (GLWBs) Filed in 2014
This table is our final update to our coverage of variable annuity Guaranteed Lifetime Withdrawal Benefits (GLWBs) filed with the SEC in 2014…
Update: Notable VA Product Changes in 2014
This spreadsheet is our final update to our coverage of notable variable annuity product changes from 2014…
Jackson National Files to Offer New Death Benefits in April
If anyone had doubts that Jackson National wants to maintain its leadership position in variable annuity sales, those would have to be dispelled by the company’s filing last week of new guaranteed minimum death benefits...
Reviewing Variable Insurance Fund Filings from December, 2014
This past December we saw no new registrations of variable insurance funds, but that isn’t out of the ordinary because filing activity usually slows down late in the year. In any event, plenty of other...
Getting Clarity on Transamerica’s Recent VA Product Moves
Last week we noted how Transamerica filed to remove optional guaranteed death and living benefits from one of its variable annuity contracts – something we found quite intriguing – and in this report we will...
The VA Industry’s Product De-Risking Theme Is Continuing Into 2015
In this commentary we will get caught up with recent variable annuity filings – a good number of them involving de-risking – that we think provide great examples of how industry trends and themes that...