Indexes must evolve with inflation, rising rates, says NAFA panel

June 22, 2022 by John Hilton

Industry veteran Sheryl Moore noted the growth of indexes during a recent Wink, Inc. webinar. When Moore started Wink, an industry intelligence firm, 17 years ago there were a dozen indexes. Today, there are at least 150 different indexes, many of them proprietary indexes developed by major carriers.

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Wink’s Note: When I started Wink, Inc. 17 years ago, there were precisely 12 different indexes available on indexed annuities.
Today, there are 150.
I keep thinking that the market is saturated with indices. And I keep being wrong because more and more get introduced.
If indices evolve for the current market environment, that number of indices is only going to increase. -sjm

Originally Posted at InsuranceNewsNet on June 17, 2022 by John Hilton.