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Beware Advisors Who Only Recommend Annuities

In the Dallas Morning News Business section, Scott Burns answered a reader’s question about using annuities for retirement.  The question, “My advisor recommends annuities only. What should I do?,” brings up the issue of advisor ethics.  It’s hard to ensure that your advisor has your …

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Might Be Time For An Immediate Fixed Annuity

In Bankrate’s “Annuity Can Offer Reliability In Retirement,” Dr. Don Taylor, CFA, CFP answers a retirement question about annuity products.  A woman asks if she and her husband, who is 79 and in fair health, should buy an annuity with some of their $200,000 in …

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More Can Sell Pacific Life’s Fixed Annuities

Pacific Life Insurance Company will now have even more distributors for their fixed annuity products.  Their new Pacific Life Producer Alliance was just introduced by their Retirement Solutions Division.  It will allow many more distributors to sell Pacific Life’s fixed annuities and gain access to …

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Annuity Focus Changing Globally

I found an article in Australia’s Investor Daily by Samantha Hodge talking about the purpose of the annuity changing.  In “Annuity focus reprioriti(z)ed,” Hodge says that advisors are more focused on battling longevity risk than they are on accumulating more wealth now.  I think this …

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