At first glance, annuities may seem like the Swiss Army knife of retirement planning — abounding in helpful features. While they can’t help you open a can in the Alps, they can help provide guaranteed ...

The day you stop working, you expect your retirement savings to start paying you, not your provider. Yet for many retirees, a ...

You spent decades saving. Every paycheck, you squirreled away money for retirement, watching your account grow. Then you stop ...

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

Annuities can guarantee you lifetime income, but they have their drawbacks. Ramsey isn’t a fan of their high fees and commissions. A fixed annuity may also do a poor job of keeping up with inflation.

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YOUR pension pot could be secretly shrinking thanks to sky-high fees, according to specialists Pense. Some wealth managers ...

Insurance companies have been launching a barrage of annuities, new commission structures and platforms-aimed directly at fee-based and fee-only advisors. It could be starting to have an impact. Ten ...

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Fee-based annuity sales are finally growing significantly. ORLANDO – Sales of fee-based annuities are growing significantly, but at $8 billion, remain just a small portion of overall annuity sales.