Publicly traded U.S. companies are once against posting their quarterly results, and once again holding public conference calls with securities analysts.
The calls can give insurance agents, investment advisors and retirement planners an idea of how investors see insurers and their products.
This earnings release season, the list of popular topics is likely to include rising interest rates, inflation and the status of the COVID-19 pandemic.
You and your clients may want a life insurance policy or annuity that offers X, Y and Z, but, ultimately the insurer has to earn enough on the product to send money to the investors, through dividends and share buybacks, or the analysts on the calls will start asking about "strategic alternatives."
