Since the company's initial public offering in 2013, Voya has reduced
the number of variable annuity policies with living benefits in its closed block by 35 percent to 199,000 policies at the end of the first quarter.
If you own a variable annuity and think your principal is protected just call the customer service
number of your variable annuity company and ask them «Is my account value guaranteed or protected from loss?»
Not exact matches
Within deferred
annuities, there are a
number of subsets including fixed, equity indexed and
variable.
Immediate
annuities start making payments today, deferred
annuities start making payments in the future,
variable annuities can provide some market upside with some downside protections, and some
annuities make set payments for a set
number of years, Hopkins explained.
«Think
of a
variable annuity as a mutual fund with a selection
of different investment options, together with a
number of implicit and explicit guarantees,» he says.
Whereas a fixed
annuity relies upon the insurance company's general account to support the contract, a
variable contract involves investments in any
number of sub-accounts (potentially dozens) consisting
of various classes
of assets such as stocks, bonds and money market accounts.
With the above distinctions in mind, there are a
number of pros and cons
of variable annuities to consider as follows:
Breaking those
numbers down, 83 percent
of all
annuities sold are
variable annuities and 17 percent are fixed
annuities.
Variable annuities provide the opportunity for market appreciation through a
number of different investment options.
Two broad types
of annuities exist — fixed and
variable — and each contains a
number of subcategories.
Annuities can't match the
variable inflation protection that a declining
number of workplace pension plans still offer.
Given a dizzying
number of features and restrictions, contracts for some
annuities —
variable and otherwise — can run 300 pages or more.
In addition to life insurance, MetLife also offers a variety
of fixed and
variable annuities, as well as a
number of investment and other retirement savings and planning products.
It has 374 subaccount choices, which results in having more than twice the
number of asset classes than most
variable annuities.
You are rarely going to be shown this type
of income strategy, because most agents want to sell you a
variable annuity and will «juice» the
numbers to make the returns look great.
In addition, as subsidiary
of the Lincoln group, the company is also included in the accolade given to the group:
number 27 on Fortune 500,
number three company when it comes to insurance sales,
number five company with the largest amount
of variable annuity plans sold, and
number nine in overall ranking for total sales
of fixed
annuity plans.
Since the roar
of the stock market in the mid -»90s, when consumers poured money into
variable annuities and
variable life products, many life insurers have increased the
number of sub-accounts available within their
variable products.
Variable Annuities - A High - Level Primer A variable annuity is a tax - deferred financial product that pays benefits to the annuitant over a specified number of years and a death benefit to the annuitant's benefi
Variable Annuities - A High - Level Primer A
variable annuity is a tax - deferred financial product that pays benefits to the annuitant over a specified number of years and a death benefit to the annuitant's benefi
variable annuity is a tax - deferred financial product that pays benefits to the annuitant over a specified
number of years and a death benefit to the annuitant's beneficiaries.
With the above distinctions in mind, there are a
number of pros and cons
of variable annuities to consider as follows:
Whereas a fixed
annuity relies upon the insurance company's general account to support the contract, a
variable contract involves investments in any
number of sub-accounts (potentially dozens) consisting
of various classes
of assets such as stocks, bonds and money market accounts.