Research & Reports

In a commentary of a few weeks ago we discussed recent developments related to structured annuities and now it’s time to follow up on that subject, as we’ve seen some new registrations and a possible...

This report contains our customary roundup of notable variable insurance fund developments from last month, a time of relatively light filing activity…

In this report we’ll comment on variable annuity benefit launches that have occurred of late plus touch on adjustments and tweaks insurers have been making during the May prospectus update season…

Despite last year’s sales drop fixed-index annuities (FIA) have been doing better than variable annuities in recent years thus it’s only natural that some ideas from the former should migrate to the latter. Such was...

We normally cover noteworthy variable insurance fund filings each month but lately we’ve gotten behind on that task so in this commentary we’ll cover filing activity from the first two months of this year, a...

Given that not much variable annuity product filing activity has occurred since our last update, this week we will provide a simple reflection on current conditions in the industry…

In this report we’ll get caught up on variable annuity products that were filed from mid-February into early March. Included in this batch were a few enhancements to guaranteed living benefits, making us think that...

In recent weeks we’ve seen an uptick in product filings coming through around the variable annuity industry, including new contracts, guaranteed benefits and other changes that we’ll cover in this commentary…

With this report we’ll conclude our coverage of variable annuity contracts registered last year and provide some thoughts on current directions in product design…