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

According to the Insured Retirement Institute, its Digital First for Annuities program has decreased cycle times for annuity ...

Social Security and a pension - there was a time when they went together like coffee and cream. Together, they provided a guaranteed source of automatic retirement income - no management by retirees ...

If you don’t have a pension from your company when you retire but need to set up a steady stream of income, you may consider purchasing an immediate annuity. This is essentially an insurance plan that ...

Except as noted below, to the extent that contributions are made after February 28, 1986, to a deferred annuity contract held by a corporation or another entity that is not a natural person, the ...

If volatile markets are driving your clients to consider locking in lifetime income through a variable annuity guaranteed lifetime withdrawal benefit, deals soon could improve. New on the horizon: ...

Nonprofit groups around the country are making changes in the way they handle a popular type of donation — the charitable gift annuity — as the economy calls into question the basic assumptions that ...

Once upon a time, before the era of 401(k) plans and takeover capitalists eviscerating many company pension funds, defined-benefit pension plans were America’s primary supplement to Social Security.

ALBANY, N.Y. – In recognition of Gold Star Parent Day this Sunday, Sept. 28 the New York State Department of Veterans’ Services is once again highlighting the expansion of the Gold Star Families ...