Kerry Pechter

• Too Much Annuity Talk, Too Little Action

  By Kerry Pechter  |  July 1, 2010

  When life insurance executives and annuity product managers gather at trade shows and retirement conferences, they talk about what can be done to entice more...

• Forget Stocks, Buy and Hold Annuities Instead

  By Kerry Pechter  |  June 1, 2010

  At the Retirement Income Industry Association's spring conference, you could almost see Jeremy Siegel standing on his head. Almost... Siegel, author of "Stocks for the Long...

• Finally, our 15 minutes of annuity fame

  By Kerry Pechter  |  May 1, 2010

  Annuities are getting noticed, for better or worse. In January, the president endorsed annuities, in principle, as a way to help retirees maintain their living...

• Simplicity, Growth and the Smog-Free Immediate Variable Annuity

  By Kerry Pechter  |  April 1, 2010

  Like the all-electric automobile, the immediate variable annuity is a technology development that always lies just beyond the marketplace horizon. Ever popular with purists for...

• What Color Is Your Retirement Zone?

  By Kerry Pechter  |  March 1, 2010

  Occasionally people come along who not only know their business, but can share what they know through clear writing and speaking.

• The illusion of liquidity

  By Kerry Pechter  |  February 1, 2010

  Of the annuities from which advisors and clients can choose, variable annuities are still the most popular. Although the financial crisis forced issuers to boost...

• The value of new (and flexible) income annuities

  By Kerry Pechter  |  January 23, 2010

  The income annuity used to be a straightforward if somewhat opaque gadget. You exchanged a chunk of money for a monthly or quarterly income stream...

• SPIAs still ahead of their time

  By Kerry Pechter  |  November 1, 2009

  As we ate at our usual Chinese take-out spot not long ago, a fee-based advisor told me he was wrestling with his conscience. That says...