Analyzing the financial strength of a financial institution is the final critical component of your annuity investment process. The four major independent ratings agencies are:
A.M. Best Standard & Poors Moody’s Fitch
All of these agencies are online and you can find the strength rating they have assigned to each insurance company. It is recommended [...]
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Nearly every time we send out an email with new secondary market annuity offers, several inquiries come back with people asking how the return is calculated.
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This distressing article highlights the issues pensions face meeting their promises to retirees. According to the article, 14% of the nations workforce still participates in some sort of employer sponsored, defined benefit plan. Yet, "The third quarter 2011 was the second worst in history for pension liabilities," due primarily to unrealistic assumptions and enduring low [...]
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