Fourth
quarter indexed annuity sales totaled $ 14.7 billion, a 7 percent rebound from prior quarter and a 5 percent increase, compared with fourth quarter 2016 results.
In addition, 12 percent of fourth
quarter indexed annuity sales went to a fixed (bond) index, Wink reported.
Not exact matches
Indexed annuity sales for the fourth
quarter were $ 13.6 billion; up 6.4 % when compared to the previous
quarter, and up 2.3 % when compared with the same period last year.
Fifty - eight
indexed annuity providers, 52 fixed
annuity providers, and 60 MYGA companies participated in the 82nd edition of Wink's
Sales & Market Report for 4th
Quarter, 2017.
Wink will begin this process by requesting
sales of
indexed variable
annuities (a.k.a. structured variable
annuities, collared variable
annuities, and buffered variable
annuities) beginning first
quarter, 2018.
Overall, the
indexed annuity market cooled significantly at the end of last year as fourth
quarter sales fizzled 13 percent to $ 14 billion compared with the year - ago period, according to industry tracker LIMRA Secure Retirement Institute.
With the exception of second
quarter 2014, fixed
index annuity (FIA)
sales were «greater this
quarter than in any other second
quarter in the history of the product line,» said Sheryl J. Moore, president and CEO of both Wink Inc. and Moore Market Intelligence.