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How Are You Paying for Your Child’s College Education?
College is looming ahead for your teenager and you are panicking. No, it’s not about them going away and leaving home (well maybe just a little) but instead it is the fear of how you are going to pay for this new, huge expense that will soon be entering your family finances. InForce™ Secondary Annuities could very well be the answer to your prayer. Some ...
Guess What the Best Investment Is?
In today’s economy, many people are lacking confidence in Wall Street and turning to new places to put their money. The problem is, finding good options can often be a challenge. There are plenty of investments out there that have been “sure things” at one point or another. They include everything from real estate to precious metals. In the end they all were ...
Boost Your Yields
The secondary market annuity category is a finite asset class with limited inventory available each year. More and more investors are learning about and participating in this sector, which is affecting yields and raising prices due to increasing demand. Most secondary market annuities can provide a high yield (usually 4% to 6%, or more) and the buyer chooses the ...
7 Best Companies to Gain Lifetime Income
You probably don't lie awake at night worrying that you'll live too long. But maybe you should. The biggest financial risk retirees face isn't volatile investment returns — it's longevity. Will your money last as long as you do? In a world of increasing life spans, disappearing pensions, and crashing markets, an immediate annuity is an insurance policy against a ...
Which Option Works for You?
There are many annuity options to choose from when you are looking into expanding your financial portfolio. Many wealthy people, after maxing out tax deferred options such as their 401(k) and IRA, put their most tax inefficient investments into a low cost variable annuity. These low-cost annuities come with unexpected benefits. For instance, by not offering income ...
3 Mistakes Made with Annuities
According to a panel of experts at a MarketWatch Retirement Adviser event in New York, you may be making some key mistakes when you are evaluating annuities that you don’t even realize. Mistake #1: Comparisons that don’t add up One mistake is to assess the value of a variable deferred annuity as though all of its costs are pure overhead. That can lead to viewing ...
Understanding Structured Settlement Annuities
Secondary market annuities are a fairly new area on the financial landscape. However, a recent LIMRA study found that 61 percent of annuity consumers conduct their research online. What does this mean? That buyers all across the nation find out about secondary market annuities online so they know what to ask when they look for someone to help them with the transa...
Are you Complying?
When dealing with secondary market annuities you want to use an intermediary to ensure that compliance is handled in the correct way. Secondary market annuities can/will unravel if applicable federal and state laws governing the underlying structured settlement factoring transactions have not been complied with. This intermediary can research to make sure that there ...
Interview with John Bulbrook In LIFE & Health ADVISOR Magazine
by Carolyn Ellis Ms. Ellis is Features Editor for LIFE&Health Advisor. Connect with her by e-mail: cellis@lifehealth.com John Bulbrook is CEO of Bulbrook/Drislane Brokerage, a Wellesley, MA., wholesaler of life and annuity products. We talked with John about secondary market annuities, new to the retail arena for the safe money portion of a client’s ...
Is This Right for You?
When you buy a secondary market annuity, you are buying the rights to contractually guaranteed payments to you, and the issuing insurance company retains full ownership of the annuity. In order for you to buy the rights to the payments, a judge has to approve this contractual change of annuity benefits. The issuing insurance company has to approve the transaction ...