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The importance of lifetime income and annuities

Last Updated: December 3, 2018 BY Michelle Schroeder-Gardner - 2 Comments

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The importance of lifetime income and annuitiesThe following is a sponsored post in collaboration with TIAA.

TIAA is a different kind of financial services company. They help people in the academic, research, medical and governmental fields meet their financial goals.. As a leading financial services provider, they serve over 15,000 institutions and 5 million individuals.

It makes sense that TIAA is a founding member of the Alliance for Lifetime Income, a nonprofit dedicated to educating Americans on the importance of lifetime income.

Lifetime income can be an important factor in having a well-thought out retirement plan. TIAA offers annuities because they believe everyone deserves to have retirement savings they won’t outlive.

Investing in annuities can ensure a guaranteed income stream an individual can’t outlive, typically through annual or monthly payments to supplement income from social security and other savings. An annuity can give contributors financial stability with a “salary” in retirement that can help cover their everyday living expenses and is guaranteed despite stock market ups and downs.

 

The importance of lifetime income and annuity

Based on households in the 45- to 72-year-old age range with $75,000 to $1.99 million in investable assets, according to Alliance for Lifetime Income (2018 consumer survey and analysis of Federal Reserve data).

As you can see in the image above, many people do not have protected monthly income other than their Social Security. But, many people would likely be interested in having more if they knew what to look for.

TIAA recently helped celebrate Protect Your Retirement Income Day in New York City. The day included events such as a virtual reality truck experience in Times Square, to raise awareness of how annuities help protect lifetime income.  Lori Dickerson Fouché, Senior Executive Vice President and CEO of Retail & Institutional Financial Services at TIAA, said, “TIAA and our Alliance colleagues see too many people approaching their retirement years ‘unprotected’— that is, their retirement savings lack products that can help protect depletion of one’s portfolio from longevity risk, rising healthcare costs and market volatility.”

Saving for retirement can seem confusing or complicated, especially if you are just starting out. Even if you’ve been investing for years, the different retirement investment options can be difficult to navigate!

TIAA offers educational tools like Retirement Advisor, Retirement Income Planner, and more to help people understand how lifetime income can help them enjoy a secure financial future.  

All guarantees are based on the claims-paying ability of the issuing company.

What do you think of lifetime income? Is it a part of your retirement plan?

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About Michelle Schroeder-Gardner

Michelle is the founder of Making Sense of Cents, a blog about personal finance and traveling. She discusses how her business has evolved in her side income series. She paid off $40,000 in student loans by the age of 24 mainly due to her freelancing side hustles. Click here to learn more about starting a blog!

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  1. DNN says

    January 7, 2019 at 3:39 am

    I’m surprised no one commented on this post. If it were up to me to choose between the annuity and lump sum and didn’t have teaching in me, I’d take the lump-sum and here’s why. The annuity is invested at a certain percentage. When i take the lump sum, I can either re-invest it at a higher interest rate, or use the money to run PPC ads and diversify into purchasing real estate for transforming into income properties. Residual real estate income, that is. 🙂

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  2. Damian Hunter says

    January 30, 2019 at 4:25 pm

    Truth is, TIAA is really doing their best to ensure that every American saves up a lot of money they won’t outlive, but it’s really not working as intended. You see, many people love to spend and spend and forget that they need to save for rainy days, especially in the States. So I think TIAA needs to do more than just write a handful of sponsored posts on every major blog.

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