The structural rise of structured products
Structured credit has shifted over the past decade.
Retirement income conversations have changed their tone.
Read more LIMRA today announced the launch of its Lifetime Income Initiative, a campaign designed to expand awareness and education around protected lifetime income with annuities positioned as a cornerstone of U.S. retirement security.
Persistent, rising health care costs coupled with longer lifespans are driving a sharp rise in retirement anxiety, according to MetLife’s new 2026 Paycheck or Pot of Gold Study.
Planning for a retirement that could last to age 100
Increasing longevity should change the way people prepare for, transition to and live in retirement.
Indexing the industry for IULs and annuities
Clients are terrified of doing everything “right” and still running out of money.
Annuities: A key tool in battling inflation
Inflation is one of the most persistent and least appreciated risks retirees face.
Suitability standards for life and annuities: Not as uniform as they appear
Suitability standards for life insurance and annuities haven’t stood still.
What will 2026 bring to the life/annuity markets?
Last year proved to be a strong year in both the individual life and annuity markets. What will 2026 bring?
Retirement experts from Athene, Apollo and Vitera find that retiree demand is driving a structural return to pension-like income security across the retirement system.
Prudential Financial announced the launch of FlexGuard 2.0, the next evolution of the company’s flagship retail registered index-linked annuity (RILA) U.S. retirement product lineup.
Life insurance and annuities: Reassuring ‘tired’ clients in 2026
When people ask me what I see for life insurance and annuities in 2026, I always start here: Clients are tired.
Removing barriers to annuity adoption in 2026
Current trends point to a meaningful uptick in annuity adoption in the coming year.
LTC annuities and minimizing opportunity cost
The premise of opportunity cost especially exists when we are talking about long-term care insurance, where the traditional LTCi policies were once the only game in town.
3 tax planning strategies under One Big Beautiful Bill
Advisors can use the One Big Beautiful Bill Act in three types of strategies under the new tax environment that the bill creates.
Gen X’s retirement readiness is threatened
When it comes to retirement, the baby boomers get all the attention but it is Generation X that faces a retirement crisis.
Annuity sales edge up in Q3, Wink reports
Sales were up 1.8% when compared to the previous quarter and up 1.5% when compared to the same period last year.
High inflation, market volatility, potential Social Security cuts and lengthening lifespans have investors grappling with unprecedented anxiety about financial security in retirement – but those who own an annuity are feeling significantly more optimistic than their peers.
Annuity regulations and products will evolve in 2026
As complexity rises, some financial professionals may scale back, leaving households without the support they depend on.
Annuities: Strengthening the three-legged retirement stool
The three-legged stool of retirement planning has grown a bit wobbly over the years as fewer workers can rely on a pension during their post-employment years.
