Structured annuity sales up 61% in 3Q2019, YoY: Wink Inc.
December 11, 2019 by Editorial Staff
Total sales for all deferred annuity products in the third quarter of 2019 was $55.2 billion, a decline of 5.2% from the previous quarter, according to the 89th edition of Wink’s Sales & Market Report, issued November 26.
Total variable deferred annuity sales—including structured annuities and conventional variable deferred annuities—were $25.9 billion in the third quarter, up 3.4% from the previous quarter.
“Some may be surprised to see that variable-type products are increasing in sales where fixed product types are not,” said Sheryl J. Moore, president and CEO of Moore Market Intelligence and Wink, Inc., in a release. “This is due to sales of structured annuities, the rising star of deferred annuity offerings.”
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