Annuity Rates Online 2012

Here are some valuable and useful sources for annuity rates in this post.  If you go looking for “annuity rates,” you will come across mostly sites that require you to enter your personal information.  You will then get called by 4 insurance people trying to sell you an annuity.  Would you like to get current annuity rates and avoid that?  Here are sites that show you the annuity quotes without the need to complete any on-line form or get any calls. Note that you need to understand different types of annuities and how they work or else these annuity uotes won’t be of much value to you.  You cannot buy directly from the annuity company anyway–almost all annuities must be purchased through an annuity agent. “CD-Type” or “Multi-year Guarantee” Annuity Rates These first sites list what are called “CD Type” annuity rates or “multi-year guarantee” annuity rates. These annuities guarantee a fixed rate for a period of years, typically anywhere from 3 to 10 years. The typical fixed annuity or deferred annuity, that is not of this multi-year guarantee variety,  has a rate that changes annually so you never know what you will get after the first year. “CD Type” [...]

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