The academic literature is tremendously supportive of the power of longevity pooling (through the purchase of income annuities) to create better retirement outcomes for retirees. For example, Wade ...

SPRINGFIELD, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Cboe Vest U.S. Large Cap 10% Buffer Strategies VI Fund (“the buffer fund” or “the fund”) has been added to MassMutual Envision SM Variable Annuity (MassMutual ...

Lincoln National Corporation LNC recently unveiled LVIP American Funds Vanguard Active Passive Growth Fund, a new investment option offered exclusively within its American Legacy and Lincoln Investor ...

MARLBOROUGH, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--DALBAR, Inc., is pleased to announce the release of its latest edition of the nation’s leading study on investor behavior, Quantitative Analysis of Investor ...

MassMutual introduced two new riders built around market performance and guaranteed growth in MassMutual Envision, its ...

NEW YORK — Fee income from variable and fixed annuities, and mutual funds, sold by banks declined by 0.6% last year to $19.33 billion, from $19.46 billion in 2005, according to a recent study. The ...

The Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company, a more than 165-year-old company, announces its new Smart Foundation Variable Annuities and optional benefits that offer consumers guaranteed retirement income ...

If you're about to make the plunge into a variable annuity with living benefits, I'd like to make a suggestion. Don't. Just as people were once urged to buy term life insurance and invest the ...

When it comes to investing, what images first pop up. Is it the chaotic New York Stock Exchange trading floor? Maybe it’s the stock symbols you anxiously keep an eye on? Or, perhaps, it’s your annual ...

I would like to add my comments to the letter “ The Most Misunderstood Investments .” Those extra fees associated with variable annuities are used to pay the investment adviser—me. When I recommend an ...

At its core, a variable annuity is designed to provide a steady stream of income during retirement. But these financial products are more complex, costlier and riskier than other types of annuities.