Annuity sales grew 4 percent in the second quarter, LIMRA reported on Monday, totaling $57 billion. Despite those gains, sales fell 8 percent from the same period a year ago. Sales for the first half of 2012 were nearly $112 billion.
"The current economic conditions remain challenging for most insurers, driving overall annuity sales down," Joseph Montminy, assistant vice president for LIMRA annuity research, said in a statement. "The one bright spot this quarter were indexed annuity sales, which are on pace to have a record year."
Indexed annuity sales topped $8 billion, up 6 percent since the second quarter of 2011. For the first half of the year, they're up 10 percent over the same period in 2011. LIMRA also noted that this is the fourth consecutive quarter that indexed annuities have outperformed traditional fixed annuities, taking nearly half of the fixed annuity market.
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Guaranteed lifetime withdrawal benefits are leading indexed annuity sales. LIMRA found 87 percent of indexed annuities offered those benefits.
Variable annuities fell 5 percent from the second quarter of 2011, but increased 5 percent from the first quarter of 2012 to $36.4 billion. Fixed immediate annuities also fell over their year-ago period, dropping 14 percent to nearly $2 billion.
LIMRA highlighted the top 20 annuity producers for the second quarter along with their total annuity sales:
- Jackson National Life $10.9 billion
- MetLife $10.564 billion
- Prudential Annuities $10.561 billion
- TIAA-CREF $7.5 billion
- AIG Companies $6.6 billion
- Lincoln Financial Group $6.1 billion
- Allianz Life of North America $4.9 billion
- AXA Equitable $4.6 billion
- New York Life $3.8 billion
- Nationwide Financial $3.1 billion
- RiverSource Life Insurance $3 billion
- Pacific Life $2.9 billion
- AEGON USA $2.5 billion
- AVIVA $2.3 billion
- American Equity Investment Life $1.8 billion
- Great American $1.67 billion
- Thrivent Financial for Lutherans $1.62 billion
- Protective Life $1.5 billion
- Security Benefit Life $1.2 billion
- Fidelity & Guaranty Life $1.0 billion
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