Annuity payments are usually a safe and dependable source of income, especially in retirement. But sometimes, selling those payments can provide access to your cash when you need it most. Whether ...

Annuities have become an increasingly popular retirement tool, with total annuity sales hitting $119.2 billion in the second quarter of 2025, an uptick of about 8% compared to Q2 2024, according to ...

Lindsey Crossmier has been a financial writer since 2022, and has been regularly quoted as an expert in outlets such as U.S. News, GOBanking Rates and Yahoo! Finance. She leverages her Yale financial ...

Annuities may have had a reputation as a complex, difficult product for advisors to sell, but George Esposito, head of insurance platforms, Zinnia, believes AI is breaking that barrier down. “There is ...

Julia Kagan is a financial/consumer journalist and former senior editor, personal finance, of Investopedia. Yarilet Perez is an experienced multimedia journalist and fact-checker with a Master of ...