Annuities
Doing business with The Standard is good for you — and for your clients.
Innovative product design, desirable rates, competitive compensation and excellent industry ratings all come with selling our annuities.
So does excellent service.
Think of us as your back-office support team. We do all we can to provide customer service that meets — and usually exceeds — your expectations.
Why do brokers consider our service excellent?
- Easy contracting and commission payments
- Speedy new-business turnaround times
- Online support that enhances, rather than replaces, our personalized service
Fixed Annuities
Find the right combination of safety, tax deferral and choice.
Focused Growth Annuity 3, 5, 7 and 10
Advantage Growth Annuity 5 and 7
Flexible Premium Deferred Annuity
Index Annuities
Help your clients share in some stock market gains while enjoying specified guarantees.
Immediate Annuities
Offer your clients a choice of guaranteed income options.
Refreshed Index Select Annuity
Take a look at our enhanced Index Select Annuity. We've added a participation rate crediting option for even more ways to earn interest.
Broker-Focused Service
Sales Support
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You'll find our sales professionals have the right training to help boost your sales. They'll make sure you get expert technical support, training materials, industry updates, and regulatory and legislative alerts. All this adds up to sales support where it matters — your bottom line.
Marketing Support
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We know your primary relationship is with your clients. To help you look good, we can provide support to meet a variety of marketing needs.
Solid Reputation
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Since 1906, we've earned a strong reputation for financial strength and a commitment to service. We aren't the largest annuity carrier in the industry, but many of our brokers and partners think we're one of the best. Just as we weigh all options before launching a product or establishing a distribution partnership, we know you'll look closely at us before joining our team. We're confident: The more you know about us, the better you'll understand how we can help you on your path to success.
By Chris Conklin, Vice President of Individual Annuities. Reprinted with permission from AdvisorToday.
Share the insights in this article to get your clients out of their comfort zone so they can realize the opportunity an annuity can provide for growing their money.
In the Media
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Advisor Today
Get clients thinking about their long-term goals and how annuities can help meet them. Read the Advisor Today article by Chris Conklin, vice president of individual annuities at The Standard.
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InsuranceNewsNet
Chris Conklin, vice president of individual annuities at The Standard, highlights the variety of new annuity options as ways to meet clients' financial goals. Chris suggests focusing on options that are easy to understand, use of well-known indices and flexible surrender charge periods when considering solutions for clients.
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ThinkAdvisor
Rich Lane, second vice president of annuity sales and marketing at The Standard, highlights several ways you can improve rapport with your clients and encourage them to consider adding an annuity to their financial plan.
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ThinkAdvisor
It isn't one-size-fits-all when choosing a new annuity. Are you helping your clients find the best fit? See highlights of several new index annuity features that can tailor solutions to a client's financial goals in the ThinkAdvisor article, 4 Ways New Annuity Market Options Can Open Doors, by Chris Conklin, vice president of Individual Annuities at The Standard.
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ThinkAdvisor
The recently launched enhanced Index Select Annuity from The Standard offers consumers a simple and understandable way to grow and protect their assets. Read the ThinkAdvisor article, Eagle Life, Standard Add Index Annuities.
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Talk to Your Clients About Fixed Annuities
March is a good time to talk with your clients about the advantages of fixed annuities. While taxes are top of mind, use our sales idea below to help show clients the benefits a fixed annuity can offer.
Rich Lane
Vice President of Sales and Marketing, Individual Annuities