How Annuities Can Lend Safety and Stability to Your Retirement Plan ~~~ An annuity can be a powerful tool for reaching goals in life that are basic to security. An Investment that you cannot outlive. [...]

What Is a Multi-Year Guaranteed Annuity (MYGA)? ~~~ Get a guaranteed interest rate with this tax-deferred investment strategy. Multi-year Guaranteed Annuities (MYGAs) are fixed annuities that promise a set rate of return for a period [...]

Indexed Annuities Offer Security with a Limited Amount of Risk ~~~ You can think of an indexed annuity as a cake, with a solid layer of security topped by a sweet icing of market exposure. [...]

Understanding the Difference Between Fixed And Variable Annuities ~~~ Do you know how much the fees and expenses associated with your retirement investments are? Annuities offer tax sheltered growth which can result in significant long-term [...]

Fixed Indexed Annuities ~~~ These conservative investments have become a popular alternative to bonds. Fixed indexed annuities can be very useful investments. As the name implies, FIAs are fixed annuities with a rate of return [...]

Guaranteed Lifetime Income Rider and Living Benefits Basics ~~~ Over a little more than a decade, guaranteed lifetime income riders have become all the rage as an attached benefit to deferred annuity policies. A deferred [...]

What Are Annuities? ~~~ An annuity is a tax-deferred savings vehicle set up using a contract between a person or entity (contract owner) and an insurance provider or broker. The contract owner then contributes money [...]

Annuity Lifetime Income Riders: How Rollup Rate and Payout Rate Affect Income ~~~ Lifetime income riders offer guaranteed minimum lifetime income, but these two rates significantly affect the payout you receive. An income rider is [...]

How a Woman Can Fund Her Own Retirement ~~~ It makes sense -- and can bring real peace of mind -- for a woman to manage her own retirement plan. Women do so much for [...]