There are many financial tools that seniors can leverage. Some build wealth or provide income, while others offer protection for heirs or ensure that end-of-life costs are covered. "Both are valuable ...

Annuities and life insurance provide solutions for different life needs, though each are offered by insurance companies. Annuities provide a stream of income while you or your family are alive, ...

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 ...

Customer apathy toward annuities and life insurance is a perennial challenge for providers. Satisfaction is rising as more clients engage with digital tools and start using life insurance and ...

Most insurers pay out policies in a lump sum, but some companies offer installment payments. Many, or all, of the products featured on this page are from our advertising partners who compensate us ...

Discover how state guaranty funds protect you if your insurance company fails and what steps you can take for additional ...

Talcott Financial Group, an international life insurance group and leading provider of comprehensive risk solutions, today announced its official launch in the retail annuity market segment with three ...

If you want to update a cash-value life insurance policy or annuity, you may have heard of the 1035 exchange. This IRS provision, based on Section 1035(a)(3) of the IRS code, allows you to exchange ...

Private equity firms are buying up insurers — and the policies they hold — at a feverish pace. Some groups, namely financial advisors, fear the trend may be bad for consumers who own annuity and life ...

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 ...

Matt Wion did not set out to specialize in the annuities business, let alone end up leading the retail unit of one of the biggest providers in the country. “Circumstance really brought me to annuities ...