Total bank annuity sales climbed to $3.7 billion in August, up 6% from the total for August 2005, according to Kehrer-LIMRA.
Sales of variable annuities through banks rose to $1.9 billion, from $1.8 billion, and sales of fixed annuities rose to $1.8 billion, from $1.7 billion, Kehrer-LIMRA reports.