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Indexed life sales lead the way in strong third quarter, Wink reports

Indexed life sales lead the way in strong third quarter, Wink reports.
By Staff Reports

Indexed life insurance continues to drive growth, despite regulation pressures and other disruptions, according to the latest Wink’s Sales & Market Report.

Indexed life sales for the third quarter were $670.7 million, down 2.1% when compared with the previous quarter, and up 11.3% as compared to the same period last year. Indexed life sales include both indexed universal life and indexed whole life.

“A significant indexed life company had a sizeable decline in sales this quarter,” said Sheryl J. Moore, CEO of both Moore Market Intelligence and Wink, Inc. “This resulted in the product line experiencing a drop in sales for the quarter, but it will be a record year for the product line.”

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State insurance regulators are again looking at tightening indexed universal life illustrations, an effort that insurers say could impact the market.

Items of interest in the indexed life market included National Life Group with the No. 1 ranking in indexed life sales, with a 14.4% market share, Transamerica, Pacific Life Companies, John Hancock, and Nationwide rounded out the top five, respectively.

Transamerica Life’s Transamerica Foundation IUL was the No. 1 selling indexed life insurance product, for all channels combined. The top pricing objective for sales this quarter was Cash Accumulation, capturing 77.9% of sales. The average indexed life target premium for the quarter was $13,162, an increase of more than 8.0% from the prior quarter.

Courtesy of Wink, Inc.

Overall, non-variable universal life sales for the third quarter were $766.8 million, down 2.9% when compared to the previous quarter and up 6.8% as compared to the same period last year. Non-variable universal life (UL) sales include both indexed UL and fixed UL product sales.

Noteworthy highlights for total non-variable universal life sales in the third quarter included National Life Group with the No. 1 overall sales ranking for non-variable universal life sales, with a market share of 12.7%. Transamerica Life’s Transamerica Foundation IUL was the No. 1 selling product for non-variable universal life sales, for all channels combined.

Courtesy of Wink, Inc.

Fixed UL sales for the third quarter were $96 million, down 8.2% when compared to the previous quarter and down 16.6% as compared to the same period last year. Noteworthy highlights for fixed universal life included the top pricing objective of No Lapse Guarantee capturing 55.3% of sales. The average UL target premium for the quarter was $5,515, a decline of more than 7% from the prior quarter.

“Universal Life sales are the lowest they have ever been," Moore said. "It will be a record low for 2022 as well.”

Courtesy of Wink, Inc.

Whole life third quarter sales were $1.1 billion, down 0.3% when compared with the previous quarter, and down 0.1% as compared to the same period last year. Items of interest in the whole life market included the top pricing objective of Final Expense capturing 55.7% of sales. The average premium per whole life policy for the quarter was $4,074, an increase of nearly 16% from the prior quarter.

Courtesy of Wink, Inc.

Wink currently reports on indexed universal life, indexed whole life, universal life, whole life, and all deferred annuity lines’ product sales. Sales reporting on additional product lines will follow in the future, Moore said.

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