Conning–2017 Individual Life-Annuity Growth and Profit Leading Companies Announced

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By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Insurance Weekly News -- Conning releases its eighth study of successful individual life-annuity companies in three size categories with analysis of common leading company characteristics.

"Our ongoing study of growth and profit leading individual life-annuity companies continues with this 2017 edition, which includes a detailed analysis of the leading small, midsized and large company segments," said Terence Martin, a Director, Insurance Research at Conning. "We identified seventeen companies that met our multi-year success criteria across the three analyzed size categories. Of those successful companies, thirteen also met the criteria in last year's analysis, which is a significant accomplishment in this challenging environment for new sales and low interest rates."

The Conning study, " Individual Life-Annuity Growth and Profit Leaders: Preparing to Change Tack" analyzes individual life-annuity insurer performance, identifies the most successful firms based on Conning's multi-year leadership criteria, and identifies shared characteristics among the successful firms.

"Companies that met our criteria to be considered growth and profit leaders did so by successfully managing through operating and market complexity," said Steve Webersen, Head of Insurance Research at Conning. "Leading companies of all sizes consistently exhibited faster capital growth than their peers and had bond portfolios of longer maturity than the remaining companies. Overall, annuity products performed better in the period than life insurance, which explains the predominance of annuity specialist among the leading companies. As we look ahead at the possibility of rising interest rates, it will be interesting to see if these Leading companies will be able to maintain their investment performance advantage."

" Individual Life-Annuity Growth and Profit Leaders: Preparing to Change Tack" is available for purchase from Conning by calling (888) 707-1177 or by visiting www.conningresearch.com.