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MetLife Files a New Simplified Variable Annuity – With a GMAB

In recent reports we’ve opined about how slow activity along the variable annuity product pipeline has become this summer. Yet last Friday MetLife cut through the seasonal doldrums by registering an interesting new contract with...

Reviewing Variable Insurance Fund Filings from June, 2014

This commentary contains our regular coverage of notable variable insurance fund filings from the prior month. In June we saw fairly brisk rate of activity, including a number of new registrations…

Summer – A Good Time to Evaluate Directions in the Variable Business

In recent weeks we’ve seen a reduction in variable annuity product flings, which is typical for this time of year. This slower pace gives us the opportunity this week to reflect on currents of activity...

Principal Financial Files a New VA Contract – With an Optional DIA Module

Late last week Principal Financial registered a new variable annuity containing a deferred income annuity (DIA) sleeve, and because of that development we thought we’d take the opportunity to consider the progress of such features...

New Coverage: Notable VA Product Changes in 2014

This spreadsheet is our initial coverage of notable variable annuity product changes so far this year; we will provide periodic updates to this sheet in the future…

Identifying Trends in Variable Annuity Industry Product Changes in 2014

Since the start of the year we have been steadily tracking modifications to variable annuity products and in this commentary we’ll share what we think are prevailing trends from around the industry…

Jackson is Revamping its GLWBs – Adding Tiered Withdrawal Rates, Fees

Jackson National is an insurer that tends to make interesting – if not downright intriguing – product moves and late last week we saw another example of this in a filing that contained alterations to...

Update: Variable Insurance Volatility-Managed Portfolios

We have just posted an updated spreadsheet of variable insurance volatility-managed portfolios, with data through the first quarter of 2014. By our count there were 173 such portfolios in operation, containing $154.3 billion in assets…

Reviewing Variable Insurance Fund Filings from May, 2014

This report contains our coverage of notable variable insurance fund filings from the month of May, and to summarize that time period, most activity involved changes to existing offerings. We didn’t see any new registrations...