http://www.annuitycashouts.com Your Guide for Cashing Out Your Annuity Thu, 10 Apr 2008 03:57:58 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Right now people are cashing out their annuities & structured settlements to: Go back to school or pay for childrens' college expenses Go on vacation Pay off high interest credit card debt Pay off home equity lines Get cash for a downpayment on a new home Buy a new car If you have a structured settlement or ... http://www.annuitycashouts.com/reasons-to-cash-out-your-annuity/ Many people inherit annuities or receive structured settlements and don't want to wait to get their cash out. Some annuities can take decades to pay out everything, what if you need cash now? Fortunately there are lots of companies that will pay cash for your structured settlement or ... http://www.annuitycashouts.com/cash-out-your-inherited-annuity/ If you are trying to sell a structured settlement annuity, you may find it difficult to find a buyer willing to pay cash for annuity payments. Whether you're trying to find a total cash buyout or looking for a partial sale of your annuity, don't worry. There are ... http://www.annuitycashouts.com/list-of-buyers-for-your-structured-settlement-annuity/ A story yesterday at the Washington Post addressed a reader's question about whether or not they should cash out their annuity to pay off a student loan, and what effect the annuity might have on their ability to get financial aid for graduate school. If you have a remotely ... http://www.annuitycashouts.com/cash-out-annuity-to-pay-student-loans/ I found this on MoneyWeb: Managing the money that is paid to you upon retirement requires careful planning and an honest, realistic assessment of your current situation and whether you are able to maintain your standard of living given what you have put away. Upon retirement, the Pension Funds Act obliges you ... http://www.annuitycashouts.com/15/ I found this on money.telegraph: Married people are far more likely to buy an annuity that provides an income for their spouse when they die if they get independent advice, according to new figures from pension companies. Shoe shop Shop around: make sure your annuity fits snugly with your needs The revelation comes just ... http://www.annuitycashouts.com/shop-carefully-for-your-annuity/ I found this in the The Daily Independant: I’m a big fan of annuities, both fixed and variable. They combine many of the attributes that retirement conscious investor’s desire: safety of principle, asset growth, income guarantees and tax deferral. Many of the newer variable annuities (VA) are equipped with some pretty nifty ... http://www.annuitycashouts.com/is-upgrading-your-variable-annuity-a-good-idea/ I found this in the LA Times (warning: registration required): If two insurance trade groups have their way, all investors will discuss that question with their insurance agents before buying. The American Council of Life Insurers and the Insurance Marketplace Standards Assn. recently announced a push to extend "suitability" protections to every ... http://www.annuitycashouts.com/is-a-tax-deferred-annuity-a-good-investment-for-you/ I found this on the DailyBreeze: Whether equity-indexed annuities, EIAs for short, are a godsend or quicksand does, in fact, depend on whom one speaks to. The attraction is obvious: EIAs, offered through insurance companies, are structured to incorporate market-driven movement with the guaranteed return of an annuity. That might give ... http://www.annuitycashouts.com/some-annuities-may-not-be-right-for-you/ I found this at The Tallahassee Democrat: In what I would think would be an obvious sales practice, a major insurance industry group has agreed to support regulation by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) to make sure annuities sold to all consumers are appropriate for their financial objectives. Inappropriate annuity ... http://www.annuitycashouts.com/confused-about-annuities-youre-not-alone/