A strategic balance of annuitization and systematic withdrawals is key to optimal retirement outcomes, a new study found.

Even when you're done with work, the harsh financial reality of life is that you're not done with taxes. After you retire, ...

A new study titled “How Much Do People Value Annuities and Their Added Features?” from the Center for Retirement Research at ...

Another national employer has been sued for its decision to transfer its pension obligations to an insurance company — but a different one than had been challenged in suits thus far.

Annuities are divided into two phases — the accumulation phase, when you make contributions to the account and your funds grow, and the annuitization phase, when you start receiving payments.

Withdrawing money from an annuity contract after annuitization begins is difficult, if not impossible. Many annuities offer a ...

Single-premium deferred annuities differ from immediate contracts in that they grow tax-deferred for a period of time before annuitization. They also differ from flexible-premium deferred annuity ...