Julia Kagan is a financial/consumer journalist and former senior editor, personal finance, of Investopedia. Vikki Velasquez is a researcher and writer who has managed, coordinated, and directed ...

Julia Kagan is a financial/consumer journalist and former senior editor, personal finance, of Investopedia. Vikki Velasquez is a researcher and writer who has managed, coordinated, and directed ...

Learn about Qualified Annuities, including its definition, features, types, tax implications, benefits, and drawbacks.

This is the Part 3 of a six-part series on annuities. Part 1, an introduction to annuities, can be found here. Longevity is generally considered a blessing. But what if you live so long that you run ...

A deferred annuity is an insurance contract that generates income for retirement. In exchange for one-time or recurring deposits held for at least a year, an annuity company provides incremental ...

As part of your retirement planning, you may have invested in a deferred annuity. And, hopefully, over the years you’ve enjoyed tax deferred growth in the contract. The annuity may be a fixed annuity, ...

Total U.S. annuity sales increased 16% to $79.4 billion in the second quarter, according to LIMRA’s U.S. Individual Annuity Sales Survey. Fixed-rate deferred (FRD) and registered index-linked (RILA) ...

Although annuity sales are still seeing record highs, investor interest may eventually shift away from fixed-rate deferred annuities and towards other annuities products that have more growth ...

The latest preliminary data release from LIMRA show advisors leaning into RILAs, income annuities and protection strategies ...

Ashley Donohoe is a personal finance writer, Financial Planning and Wealth Management Professional and Certified Financial Education Instructor based in Cincinnati. She covers banking, loans, ...

While rising interest rates might make things difficult for life insurance company risk managers, they were great for individual fixed annuity sales in the fourth quarter of 2022. According to new ...

The first three months of 2024 proved to be a blockbuster quarter for US individual annuities as total US sales in the sector hit $106.7 billion, according to Limra. Limra’s US Individual Annuity ...