Annuities provide periodic payments for an agreed-upon period of time, either now or in the future, for the annuitant or beneficiary. You can annuitize the annuity by making monthly, semiannual, or ...

We recently wrote a piece showing how much income you can expect to receive every month from different types of annuities, including fixed, immediate income annuities and deferred income annuities.

An annuity is an insurance contract you purchase to receive payments for a specific period, such as 30 years, or for the rest of your life. By applying a mathematical formula consisting of variables ...

Anyone approaching retirement in the UK is likely to have noticed soaring annuity rates over the past year or so. Powered by rising interest rates and gilt yields, rates have risen by almost 50% ...

Source: Flickr user Simon Cunningham. Many insurance providers sell fixed annuities as an alternative to bank certificates of deposit, with guaranteed interest rates for a fixed period of time and the ...