If there is one rule the annuity industry should be applauded for, it is your right to a “free look” that comes with every commercial annuity sold. In other words, you can get out of the annuity and ...

For decades, the conventional wisdom among economists has been that almost all households, unless they want to leave wealth to heirs, should annuitize their investments, since doing so will allow them ...

If you've got a client in the market for an income annuity, there's no need to shop around. The best deal going – hands down – comes from an unexpected source: Social Security. Annuities can help ...

Six-plus years into a rising stock market, many Americans continue to crave financial certainty and shun risk, which helps to explain why annuity sales have held up so well. It’s not just the ...