Julia Kagan is a financial/consumer journalist and former senior editor, personal finance, of Investopedia. Vikki Velasquez is a researcher and writer who has managed, coordinated, and directed ...

Driven by favorable interest rates and an aging Baby Boomer demographic, U.S. annuity sales are expected to hit a near-record ...

If you’re saving for just yourself, a single life annuity may be the perfect choice. Your beneficiaries won’t see a payout, ...

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US annuity sales totalled $107.4 billion in the first quarter of 2026, up 1% from a year earlier and the latest in a ...

The annuities marketplace is banking on continued investment from private equity to keep up with product demand, as US annuity sales increased 8 percent year-over-year to a record $119.2 billion in ...

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 ...

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Issues around financial security are deeply personal, especially when life shifts unexpectedly around you. For me, that moment came when my company relocated me from Hong Kong to New York City. My ...

Jackson National Life Insurance Company (Jackson®), the main operating subsidiary of Jackson Financial Inc. 1 (NYSE: JXN), has been named the 2026 Annuities Provider of the Year by InvestmentNews. The ...

An all-star team of retirement experts explains why life annuities are so valuable for older adults, yet so disliked by consumers. And they suggest what to do about it.