Strong equity market performance fueled Saltzman Associates Composite Group growth in June. Overall annuity sales increased 8 percent in the month as registered annuity products surg the fixed annuity segment to the registered annuity segment. Despite the geopolitical uncertainty and declines in the equity markets in Q1, investors seemed to be unphased and strong growth in both traditional VA products and registered index-linked (RILA) products drove the Composite Group annu

Drawing on data collected since 2024 across 25+ banks and broker-dealers, the report delivers a rare, firm-level look at how annuity programs operate inside institutional distribution — and gives carriers, distributors, and product teams a benchmark to measure themselves against.

The first quarter of Institutional Distributor annuity sales experienced a shift away from the fixed annuity segment to the registered annuity segment. Despite the geopolitical uncertainty and declines in the equity markets in Q1, investors seemed to be unphased and strong growth in both traditional VA products and registered index-linked (RILA) products drove the Composite Group annuity market sales up.