By Steve Cain of LTCI Director of Sales and Business Development Leader For Advisor Use Only For decades, retirement planning has centered around a familiar set of questions: How much have you saved? Will your portfolio generate enough income? What rate of return do you need? When should you claim Social Security? These are important questions. But there's another one that often gets overlooked: What happens if retirement lasts longer, costs more, and includes a long-

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There’s a number by which every FIA is judged: the S&P 500 cap. It’s the figure that dominates sales presentations, drives competitive positioning, and often determines whether a product flies off the shelf or collects dust. But here’s what most people don’t realize. That shiny, competitive cap plastered across marketing materials might actually be a modest crediting budget wearing a very expensive disguise. View Resource

Wirehouses’ Volume of Individual Annuity Sales Rose 18% in 2025 Wirehouses’ Volume of Individual Annuity Sales Rose 18% in 2025 - Life Annuity Specialist Sales of RILAs at the four full-service national broker-dealers rose 37% year-over-year, according to a new report on annuity distribution An "investor-savvy client base" within a wirehouse would stomach higher risk tolerance than that of other distribution channels such as banks, said Giesing... View Resource