New research urges annuity policyholders to understand and set the right expectations on volatility control indices in the current rate cutting cycle.
The American insurance market has been struggling to explain custom indices to financial professionals as volatility control indices gain in ground with over a hundred offered in the fast-growing indexed-linked annuity space in the recent years. As the segment’s convergence with traditional structured products continues, The Index Standard (TIS), a New York-based independent provider of ratings and forecasts on indices, has released a white paper ‘Beyond the benchmark, i