We are impatient. We decided to create our own quick-and-dirty annuity sales data comparisons.
For a look at third-quarter annuity sales for eight publicly traded companies that used similar terminology to describe their annuity sales, see the gallery accompanying this article.
The companies in the gallery combined for $29 billion in total reported annuity sales during the quarter, or 7% more than they reported for the third quarter of 2024.
Methods: Annuity issuers have many different ways to describe annuities and product sales.
For purposes of creating this article, we included only figures that companies explicitly call "sales" figures, in an earnings release, in an earnings financial supplement or during an earnings call.
We used the sales figures only if the companies said those figures were for "annuities," not if they used some other term to refer to the products.
What it means: For outside observers, watching sales figures grow may be exciting.
For insurers, changes in product sales may reflect strategic decisions about how to trim the corporate sails to handle the current headwinds, tailwinds and whirlwinds.
But, for now, the annuity sales figures show that clients want more help with saving for retirement and insurers are still interested in meeting that need.
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