Why Indexed Annuity Sales Are So Strong

Many factors are driving the increase in indexed annuity sales: More manufacturers, better products, more distributors, competitive commissions, aging boomers, and relaxed regulation. But does the bubble contain the seeds of its own deflation?
What Comes Next?

What Will Fuel The Next Recovery?

By Adair Turner
'So we are back to facing the same question as in 2016: What to do if stagnation threatens when interest rates are already close to zero? Among the proposed answers are variants of monetary finance.' writes our guest columnist, chairman of the Institute for New Economic Thinking.

Different folks, different retirement strokes

By Editorial Staff
MassMutual sponsored interviews with Americans of several different ethnicities and found striking differences in their attitudes toward and expectations of retirement.

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March 28, 2019

Lessons from a Living (DC) Experiment

By Kerry Pechter
Israel has found that even a mandatory defined contribution system can’t resolve all of the behavioral, economic, or administrative issues that prevent low-income and minority workers from saving for retirement. (Photo: Mahane Yehuda market...
March 21, 2019

What Advisors Want from Annuity Issuers

By Kerry Pechter
This week, RIJ received a press copy of “What Advisors Want from Annuity and Insurer Providers-2019,” a study by Practical Perspectives, a Boxford, MA-based financial services market research firm.
March 14, 2019

Talking Annuities with AIG’s Todd Solash

By Kerry Pechter
Solash, who leads AIG's Individual Retirement business, spoke with us about the company's approach to the annuity market. The NAIC recently reported AIG's overall Life and Retirement businesses as having an industry-leading $18.4 billion...