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  Factoid - Monday, August 10, 2026
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LIMRA reported that U.S. annuity sales totaled a record $123.9 billion in Q2’26, per preliminary results, representing the 11th consecutive quarter in which total annuity sales surpassed $100 billion. The second quarter’s tally pushed total annuity sales to $231.3 billion in the first half of the year, also a record high. Fixed-rate deferred and fixed indexed annuity sales were $44.7 billion and $30.7 billion, respectively, in Q2’26, representing increases of 26% and 14% quarter-over-quarter.

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