Moore On the Market, 8/19/2026
August 18, 2026 by Sheryl J. Moore
Good morning!
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ANNUITY
08/17/26: Talcott Resolution Life and Annuity Insurance Company introduced the Balanced Rate Guarantee and Equity Focused preset asset allocation models. Some big changes were announced for their EverGuard Assurance 10’s Guaranteed Lifetime Withdrawal Benefit product: they reduced the GLWB benefit base bonus, increased the rollup (for the first 3-years of the rollup accumulation period), and both increased/reduced payouts at select ages on the Early Path GLWB. In other news, the company introduced a premium bonus and benefit base bonus, reduced the rollup in years 11-15, reduced the deferral bonus and increased payouts on the Future Path GLWB, which flanks the EverGuard Assurance 10 indexed annuity. And for the win, Talcott increased the low-band premium bonus on the EverGuard Aspire indexed annuity as well.
08/17/26: American General Life Insurance Company (whom I call the product development machine) made changes both last week and this week. They introduced two new variations of the Power Index 5 Plus with Protected Growth Benefit and the Power Index Plus Annuity with Protected Growth Benefit. These indexed annuities, which are proprietary to an existing Corebridge financial institution partner, have all the variations that you would expect a financial institution to change. How do these products vary from the national versions? The rates, indexing methods and asset allocation models are tailored for this distributor.
08/17/26: Symetra Life Insurance Company increased select payouts on the Guaranteed Lifetime Withdrawal Benefit (GLWB), which is found on the Income Edge Plus indexed annuity.
08/15/26: Pruco Life Insurance Corporation increased GLWB payouts on the Prudential Fixed Annuity with Daily Advantage Income Benefit, Prudential Fixed Annuity with Daily Advantage Income Select Benefit, and Prudential Elevate Income indexed annuities.
08/14/26: Athene Annuity and Life Company is in the news again because they increased the benefit base bonus on the Stacked Growth Option Max available with the Balanced Allocation Lifetime Income Rider (BALIR) GLWB, which is on their Athene BCA 8 2.0, Athene BCA 10 2.0, and Athene BCA 12 2.0 indexed annuities. The company also increased the rollup on both the Stacked Growth Option Max and Flex Growth Options on the BALIR GLWB and increased payouts on the BALIR GLWB; all products available on the Athene BCA 8 2.0, Athene BCA 10 2.0, and Athene BCA 12 2.0 indexed annuities.
08/14/26: Fidelity and Guaranty Life Insurance Company increased GLWB payouts on the Safe Income Advantage and SecureIncome 7 indexed annuities.
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LIFE INSURANCE
Life insurance launches and product changes are not nearly as frequent as for those on the annuity side. Hit us up next week…we may have something to report on then.
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-sjm
