Founded in 1997, Beacon Research is known as the insurance industry’s foremost source of fixed annuity data, unique in its accuracy, comprehensiveness and timeliness. Our AnnuityNexus database -- updated as often as hourly, every business day -- is the only U.S. fixed annuity information source to feature 100% carrier-approved product profiles. We are also the only source to track and analyze product-level sales for all types of fixed annuities on a quarterly basis. The Beacon Fixed Annuity Index: Average Benchmark Seriessm is the industry’s first credited rate benchmark series.