Ameriprise Financial Fixed Annuity — Amortization of deferred acquisition costs remained flat by 0.0% to $1.00M in Q1 2026 compared to the prior quarter. Year-over-year, this metric declined by 50.0%, from $2.00M to $1.00M. Over 4 years (FY 2021 to FY 2025), Fixed Annuity — Amortization of deferred acquisition costs shows a downward trend with a -11.1% CAGR. This is a positive signal — lower values indicate better performance for this metric.
Increasing amortization may signal a maturing book of business or changes in expected policy persistency.
The periodic expense recognized in the income statement representing the systematic write-down of capitalized acquisitio...
Standard expense line item for all insurers with significant deferred acquisition cost assets.
amp_segment_fixed_annuity_amortization_of_deferred_acquisition_costs| Q2 '21 | Q3 '21 | Q4 '21 | Q1 '22 | Q2 '22 | Q3 '22 | Q4 '22 | Q1 '23 | Q2 '23 | Q3 '23 | Q4 '23 | Q1 '24 | Q2 '24 | Q3 '24 | Q4 '24 | Q1 '25 | Q2 '25 | Q3 '25 | Q4 '25 | Q1 '26 | |
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| Value | $2.00M | $2.00M | $2.00M | $2.00M | $2.00M | $2.00M | $2.00M | $3.00M | $2.00M | $3.00M | $2.00M | $2.00M | $2.00M | $1.00M | $2.00M | $2.00M | $1.00M | $1.00M | $1.00M | $1.00M |
| QoQ Change | — | +0.0% | +0.0% | +0.0% | +0.0% | +0.0% | +0.0% | +50.0% | -33.3% | +50.0% | -33.3% | +0.0% | +0.0% | -50.0% | +100.0% | +0.0% | -50.0% | +0.0% | +0.0% | +0.0% |
| YoY Change | — | — | — | — | +0.0% | +0.0% | +0.0% | +50.0% | +0.0% | +50.0% | +0.0% | -33.3% | +0.0% | -66.7% | +0.0% | +0.0% | -50.0% | +0.0% | -50.0% | -50.0% |