EAGLE Star has released new business figures for last year showing strong growth in pension sales but a significant decline in sales of life assurance products. The pattern reflects the industry wide fall in sales of unit linked bonds, according to Eagle Star. Sales of annual premium pensions were £5.2 million, an increase of 36.7 per cent, wile sales of single premium pension products rose by 57.2 per cent to £17.76 million. Annual premium life product sales fell by 18.4 per cent to £5.27 million while single premium life products sales declined by over 55 per cent to £29.06 million.