Learn what annuities are, how fixed, variable, indexed, immediate, and deferred annuities work, and how they can help provide ...

Laurie Sepulveda is a MarketWatch Guides team senior writer who specializes in writing about personal loans, home equity loans, mortgages and banking. She lives in North Carolina and has taught and ...

FORT WORTH, Texas, Nov. 19, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Independent Life Insurance Company, the only insurer dedicated primarily to structured settlements, today announced the launch of new-business ...

Sales of structured annuities surged to new highs in 2024, increasing 39.6 percent from 2023 to set a record of $62.9 billion for the year, according to a new report from Wink. In its latest sales and ...

A decade ago, the insurance industry made a huge annuity sales pitch to pre-retirees, offering them “variable” or “indexed” ...

An overwhelming majority of structured settlement annuity recipients, 96%, report that they are happy that they chose to receive their settlement as monthly annuity payments rather than a lump sum and ...

Americans love the idea of participating in the stock market, especially when they’re not risking any losses. That is a true win-win, and is the concept driving indexed products to spectacular sales ...

Annuity sales might have peaked, judging by the still-strong first-quarter sales data released Friday by Wink, Inc. Total Q1 sales for all annuities were $98.2 billion, according to Wink's Sales and ...

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- An overwhelming majority of structured settlement annuity recipients, 96%, report that they are happy that they chose to receive their settlement as monthly annuity ...