Annuity Issuers Armor Up Against Private Equity Players

May 30, 2024 by Allison Bell

Private equity firms’ pressure on the U.S. individual annuity market will keep the supply of registered index-linked annuities growing, according to Swiss Re Institute analysts.

The traditional annuity issuers have been armoring up with captive insurers and sidecars to push back against the private equity-backed newcomers.

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Wink’s Moore on the Market: I don’t know, Swiss Re…

The SPX is up. People like VAs when the market is upward-trending.

I agree that structured annuity/RILA sales are going to increase.

I think indexed annuity sales are going to increase too.

I just don’t think you should count variable annuities out. They might surprise you. -sjm

Originally Posted at Think Advisor on May 29, 2024 by Allison Bell.