Tag: Annuities

A recent National Bureau for Economic Research study offers some telling stats about the challenges of retirement: Even wealthy NFL players struggle to create a reliable plan for...

There are some informative discrepancies between current workers' expectations for retirement and the circumstances actually experienced by people leaving the U.S. workforce, EBRI says.

Deferred income annuities can help reduce the overall cost of retirement, according to a research paper from Northwestern Mutual and a team of academic experts.

Americans fear that health care costs, inconsistent returns and lifestyle expenses will drain their savings.

Research from Cerulli Associates suggests financial advisers face a lack of new income products and approaches, due mainly to low interest rates and weaker financials among insurers.

Scott Kaplan has been named head of the pension risk transfer business team at Prudential Retirement, effective immediately.

Plan participant age metrics can be a critical factor in setting liability-driven investing strategies, according to Nuveen Asset Management.

The GAO recommends that the Department of Labor require defined benefit plan sponsors to notify the agency when they offer lump-sum payment windows.

The market is poised for accelerated defined benefit pension plan risk transfer activity, according to speakers featured in a Mercer webcast.

The good news from a new TIAA-CREF survey is that Americans acknowledge the importance of a lifetime income plan. The bad news: few take action to create one.

The quest to help participants manage their assets after the accumulation phase continues.

The Timken Company has agreed to purchase a group annuity from Prudential to pay retirees’ future pension benefits.

Plan sponsors and advisers should consider the steps that go into a prudent process for selecting a provider if they want to include a lifetime income solution in...

The surviving spouse of a fully vested participant in a FedEx pension plan claims she is being unlawfully denied a survivor annuity benefit owed to her by the...

FINRA’s Annual Regulatory and Examination Priorities Letter highlights issues of importance to FINRA's regulatory programs.

Widely misunderstood and often not well represented, annuities still attract a lot of interest because they represent what most people desire most: fixed guaranteed income for life. 

With invigorated provider interest and new guidance from key regulators, 2014 turned out to be an important year for annuities in employer-sponsored retirement plans.

Lincoln Financial Distributors, the wholesale distribution subsidiary of Lincoln Financial Group, appointed Tad Fifer as a national sales manager responsible for distribution of Lincoln’s annuity solutions.

The DCIIA has released a FAQ document about new regulations for qualifying longevity annuity contracts in retirement plans.

The availability of in-plan lifetime income improves participant satisfaction, confidence and outcomes due to better long-term investing behaviors, according to a white paper from Prudential.