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Carefully and thoughtfully chosen annuities can ensure that consumers don’t outlive their assets, and protect against the volatility of the stock market, benefits not offered with other investment vehicles like stock or mutual funds. Today, insurers offer a wide variety of contract types with a wide array of features.

Those considering annuities typically have plenty of questions about their potential purchase. In particular, retirees and those nearing retirement age are concerned about several possible scenarios. They need to ensure that they don’t outlive their money.

Have you heard anything lately about the baby boomers retiring? You’d pretty much have to be living under a rock to answer that question with a “no.” As a Center for Financial Security, we serve a variety of audiences across current topics that have the potential to affect our industry’s future.

Matt DeMargel and his wife, Misti, never considered obtaining a 30-year mortgage, because the amount of interest they would pay would equate to 60% of the cost of their house. Instead, the public relations executive opted for a 15-year mortgage when he bought a 2,542-square foot home in Kingwood, Texas, a suburb of Houston.