There are many financial tools that seniors can leverage. Some build wealth or provide income, while others offer protection for heirs or ensure that end-of-life costs are covered. "Both are valuable ...

When it comes to insurance products, here’s one piece of advice: The key isn’t what the product is — it’s what the client wants to do with it. We’ve been trained to think each product has one specific ...

Customer apathy toward annuities and life insurance is a perennial challenge for providers. Satisfaction is rising as more clients engage with digital tools and start using life insurance and ...

If you want to update a cash-value life insurance policy or annuity, you may have heard of the 1035 exchange. This IRS provision, based on Section 1035(a)(3) of the IRS code, allows you to exchange ...

TROY, Mich.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Could the latest generation of mobile apps and websites hold the keys to solving the decades-old challenge of customer apathy toward life insurance and annuities?

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Talcott Financial Group has entered the retail annuities market with a suite of three products and a technology-driven ...

Discover how state guaranty funds protect you if your insurance company fails and what steps you can take for additional ...

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 ...

Symetra Life Insurance Co. of Bellevue, Wash., today launched its Symetra Freedom Income annuity. This single-premium deferred payout annuity allows clients to purchase a stream of guaranteed income ...

Annuities are often marketed as a safe and reliable source of income, especially in retirement. They come with the promise of steady payments — a sort of paycheck replacement designed to offer peace ...