Retirement planning has evolved, and in 2025, more retirees than ever are turning to fixed index annuities, or FIAs, to ...

Other types of annuities, like variable annuities and indexed annuities, share certain features with a fixed annuity but may offer greater payouts—and greater risks. Many financial professionals ...

Annuity rate of return is classified one of three ways—variable, fixed and index. Annuities may be further classified by how long their payments last: either over a set term or a lifetime.

Allianz Life is a great option for investing as it offers both fixed index annuities and registered index-linked annuities (RILA), which limit risk while still offering growth based on an ...

There are different types of annuities, including fixed, variable, and indexed formats. A fixed annuity provides a guaranteed rate of return. A variable annuity is tied to the performance of a ...

The Annuity Guru highlights the benefits of upgrading outdated fixed indexed annuities (FIAs) for retirees. Newer FIAs offer ...

U.S. annuity sales hit an all-time high last year, and that momentum is expected to continue for the next couple of years, according to Limra. Sales in 2024 skyrocketed to $432.6 billion, an increase ...

There are two pretty entrenched camps on indexed universal life and annuities. And those two camps don’t seem to like each other very much. I wouldn’t classify the conflict on the level of the ...

The estimated cost to transfer retiree pension risk to an insurer in a competitive bidding process edged up to 101.7% from ...