How insurance ratings protect your retirement — what to know about annuities, private credit, and financial strength.

Driven by favorable interest rates and an aging Baby Boomer demographic, U.S. annuity sales are expected to hit a near-record ...

Learn what annuities are, how fixed, variable, indexed, immediate, and deferred annuities work, and how they can help provide steady retirement income.

Three decades after the first insurance company tied a product return to an index, those now-fully mature indexed products continue to dominate sales, innovation and regulatory discussions. The allure ...

When it comes to insurance products, here’s one piece of advice: The key isn’t what the product is — it’s what the client wants to do with it. We’ve been trained to think each product has one specific ...

There are so many different types of annuities that to say "you hate annuities is like saying you hate all restaurants," says ...

Quick ReadA $300,000 SPIA's 7.6% payout mixes interest and returned principal, with the insurer keeping whatever remains at ...

The annuities marketplace is banking on continued investment from private equity to keep up with product demand, as US annuity sales increased 8 percent year-over-year to a record $119.2 billion in ...

"Guaranteed growth, choice on how to receive the benefit and no waiting period - that's a powerful combination for clients who want to build a legacy and keep options open for the people they love," ...

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