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“Fun With Annuities” The Annuity Man Podcast

Jun 28, 2023

In this episode, The Annuity Man discussed: 

  • Lengthening your healthspan 

  • Taking care of both your healthspan and lifespan 

  • Committing to focus on what matters

 

 

Key Takeaways: 

  • Go after your bucket list items before you can’t function anymore; life is all about healthspan. Your healthspan is the period of...


Jun 21, 2023

In this episode, The Annuity Man discussed: 

  • Avoiding too-good-to-be-true products 

  • What are backtested numbers? 

  • Choosing contractual guarantees 

  • How the annuity industry can fix the problem

 

Key Takeaways: 

  • Be wary of agents that sell misleading, too-good-to-be-true products. Don’t buy a product...


Jun 20, 2023

In this episode, Stan The Annuity Man discussed: 

  • Lifetime income with SPIAs

  • DIAs are SPIAs that you defer

  • What counts as qualified money in QLACs? 

  • What an Income Rider is and what it isn’t 

  • Index Annuities are the annuity industry’s version of a CD

  • Variable Annuities, charitable gift annuities, and...


Jun 14, 2023

In this episode, The Annuity Man discussed: 

  • How do life insurance companies price annuities? 

  • Nobody knows where interest rates are going 

  • Annuities are commodity products 

 

Key Takeaways: 

  • MYGAs, the annuity industry’s version of a CD, has become very popular because the guarantees contractually are very...


Jun 7, 2023

In this episode, The Annuity Man discussed: 

  • The right product for the right situation 

  • What is lifetime income? 

  • Income from interest 

 

Key Takeaways: 

  • An agent selling an annuity product as a one-size-fits-all product is like a doctor prescribing one medication for everyone. There is a right product for the...