Ameriprise Financial Variable Annuity — Deferred Sale Inducement Cost decreased by 2.7% to $107.00M in Q1 2026 compared to the prior quarter. Year-over-year, this metric declined by 10.1%, from $119.00M to $107.00M. Over 2 years (FY 2023 to FY 2025), Variable Annuity — Deferred Sale Inducement Cost shows a downward trend with a -10.0% CAGR.
An increasing balance indicates a focus on product competitiveness, while a decrease reflects the aging of the portfolio or reduced reliance on incentives.
This captures the unamortized balance of costs associated with specific sales inducements offered to policyholders, such...
Similar to Sales Inducement Assets (SIA) reported by peer life insurance companies.
amp_segment_variable_annuity_deferred_sale_inducement_cost| Q4 '21 | 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Value | $166.00M | $151.00M | $147.00M | $143.00M | $139.00M | $136.00M | $133.00M | $129.00M | $126.00M | $122.00M | $119.00M | $116.00M | $113.00M | $110.00M | $107.00M |
| QoQ Change | — | -9.0% | -2.6% | -2.7% | -2.8% | -2.2% | -2.2% | -3.0% | -2.3% | -3.2% | -2.5% | -2.5% | -2.6% | -2.7% | -2.7% |
| YoY Change | — | -9.0% | — | — | — | -9.9% | -9.5% | -9.8% | -9.4% | -10.3% | -10.5% | -10.1% | -10.3% | -9.8% | -10.1% |