In May 2026, MetLife introduced a new liquidity feature to its MetLife Guaranteed Income Program immediate income annuity, ...

If there is one rule the annuity industry should be applauded for, it is your right to a “free look” that comes with every commercial annuity sold. In other words, you can get out of the annuity and ...

In his Estate Planning and Philanthropy column, Cummings & Lockwood principal Conrad Teitell discusses a scenario for a donor who plans to a create a charitable remainder annuity trust with ...

BenaVest expands Baltimore annuity contracting for 2026, helping agents offer retirement income and asset protection solutions. Expanding our annuity partnership with Baltimore Life gives our agents ...

Strictly speaking, the term “annuity” refers to a series of payments over time in which the principal (or purchase price) and interest are amortized over the payout period, so that no value remains at ...

Six-plus years into a rising stock market, many Americans continue to crave financial certainty and shun risk, which helps to explain why annuity sales have held up so well. It’s not just the ...

Annuities have a reputation for being a high-fee financial product. Is this reputation deserved? We address this for different types of annuities throughout the book, starting with income annuities.