fpPathfinder

Helping Diligent Advisors Ensure They're On The Right Planning Path

Already a Member? Login
Need Help?
Refer Friends
GUIDES
All Guides
Categories
General
Cashflow Important Dates & Numbers Recurring New Client Family-Related Service Calendar Debts Caring Loved Ones Divorce Planning College Planning / Funding Deliverable Age-Related Planning 20s-30s Age-Related Planning 40s-50s Age-Related Planning 60s Age-Related Planning 70s
Working / Accumulation Phase
Employee Benefits-related Planning Issues Business Owners Saving For Retirement Stock Options
Retirement / Decumulation
Social Security Healthcare Distributions Misc. Charitable Giving
Tax Planning
Business Owners Review Tax-related Documents Misc Sale of Asset Deductions & Credits Important Tax Concepts & Numbers Taxable Distributions
Insurance Planning
Medicare Property Annuities Life Insurance Long-Term Care Insurance Health Insurance
Estate Planning
Chartible Giving Inheritance Loss of Loved One Step Up Estate Planning Documents
Assets and Investment Planning
HSAs IRAs Annuities House and Home Investments Stock Options
Life Events
Child-Related Job-Related Death Marriage Divorce Sudden Wealth Event Moving/Home-Related Starting Or Selling A Business Starting Social Security Unique Life Event/Other Starting Retirement Medicare-Related Starting RMDs
One-Click Downloads
Full List Of Guides
Guide Recommendation Tool
Guide Recommendation Tool
Go Back
Category:
Insurance Planning

Does An Annuity Fit Within My Financial Plan?

Updated 12/01/2024

Securing a predictable income stream in retirement is likely a very common goal across your client base. There are numerous products and strategies available, and your clients rely on you to guide the complex analysis required to establish an optimal retirement income plan.

Annuities can offer income protection as well as several other advantages that may work well within your clients’ financial plans. Depending upon individual needs and circumstances, annuities can be used to protect clients’ initial investments (premiums), supplement recurring income streams, allow tax-deferred growth, fund long-term care, and/or achieve wealth transfer goals, among other advantages.

An annuity strategy merits consideration before either being dismissed or implemented. To help you navigate an annuity analysis with your clients, we have created this checklist. It covers key considerations, including:

  • Variable, fixed, and indexed annuities
  • Immediate and deferred income annuities
  • Purchase/funding methods
  • Riders and other features
  • Tax considerations
Related Guides
What Issues Should I Consider When Reviewing My Existing Annuity?
Category: Insurance Planning, Assets and Investment Planning
Common Annuity Products
Category: Insurance Planning, Assets and Investment Planning
What Issues Should I Consider When Doing A Section 1035 Exchange?
Category: Tax Planning, Insurance Planning

What Customers Are Saying About Us

Hundreds of other advisors are actively using fpPathfinder. Read what those lovely people have to say about us.
“fpPathfinder has been critical in my execution of financial planning. They provide well thought resources for when clients face specific problems, and I use them over and over again.”
— Roger Whitney, CFP®️, CIMA®️, CPWA®️
“fpPathfinder is one of a few tools that I use most often in my practice. It has improved my process and the client outcomes.”
— An advisor is Texas
“You just continue to put out great content on fpPathfinder. The 'What Issues Should I Consider Before The End Of The Year' checklist is fantastic.”
— Chris, an advisor in Illinois
“I really love the concept of fpPathfinder because I spend so much time reinventing the wheel when communicating planning concepts to clients. Moreover, the flowchart format can be used time and time again to produce consistent results.”
— Kevin P, an advisor in Illinois
“The fpPathfinder information is easy to find by topic and has been helpful in prepping for client meetings.”
— An advisor in New York
“Checklists don't make the planner smarter or more skilled, but do help to ensure that the planner maximizes the knowledge and skill he/she already has.”
— Michael Kitces, Publisher and Editor-In-Chief at Kitces.com
“I had my own internal set of workflows, but by piggybacking fpPathfinder, I've saved who knows how many hours. It's a great product and I'll be a subscriber for years.”
— An advisor in Texas
Become a Member

Sign Up to Receive Updates

Join our mailing list to be updated as we release new flowcharts and checklists that might be of interest.
  • This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged.
Close