Wink Sees Growth in [Structured] Annuity Sales

September 2, 2020 by Allison Bell

Sales of [structured] annuities were hot in the second quarter, and sales of non-variable products were not.

U.S. sales of all types of individual deferred annuities fell to $46 billion in the latest quarter, down 21% from the total for the second quarter of 2019, according to new issuer survey data from Wink Inc.

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Resources

• A copy of Wink’s latest survey summary is available here.
• An article about the Wink numbers for the previous quarter is available here

Wink’s note: While we appreciate ThinkAdvisor and Allison Bell’s coverage on Wink’s reporting very much, we would never refer to a structured annuity as a “variable indexed annuity.”  While everyone has their own name for structured annuities, we do not want to confuse regulators, such as FINRA. 

Originally Posted at ThinkAdvisor on August 27, 2020 by Allison Bell.