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

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

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

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

Issues around financial security are deeply personal, especially when life shifts unexpectedly around you. For me, that moment came when my company relocated me from Hong Kong to New York City. My ...

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

An all-star team of retirement experts explains why life annuities are so valuable for older adults, yet so disliked by ...

With results from 2023 investments for both life/annuity and property/casualty insurers in, we see life/annuity insurers continue to reach for yield through illiquid assets, such as mortgages and ...

US annuity sales totalled $107.4 billion in the first quarter of 2026, up 1% from a year earlier and the latest in a ...

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 ...