Benefits of annuities

Potential for growth and protection

With fewer employer-sponsored retirement plans available, you are probably looking for strategies to help grow and protect your hard-earned assets to fund the retirement you want. Annuities may provide an opportunity for growth and protection for income that can last your lifetime.

Discover the benefits Jackson's annuities may offer:

Income protection

Many people are living longer, healthier lives, so reliable income that lasts is essential to any retirement. Jackson annuities offer a variety of add-on benefits* that can provide lifetime income to meet the challenge of longevity head-on.

Growth potential

The market can be a powerful tool for growing your assets. Some annuities offer protection against market ups and downs—helping to make investing less intimidating. They can even offer market access that provides opportunities for growth through a variety of investment options.

Growth potential from tax deferral

You want to keep more of your earnings to invest in your retirement. And that's one of the advantages of annuities. You can defer taxes on your interest and investment earnings until you take income from them.

Legacy benefits

Sometimes there’s more to retirement than living a good life. With add-on benefits that preserve and grow assets in an annuity, planning for future generations has never been easier. And once it’s time to pass your legacy, it can go directly to your beneficiaries, tax-deferred. 

What is an Annuity?

Annuities are long-term, tax-deferred vehicles designed for retirement. Variable annuities involve investment risks and may lose value. Earnings are taxable as ordinary income when distributed. Individuals may be subject to a 10% additional tax for withdrawals before age 59½ unless an exception to the tax is met. 

There is no guarantee that a variable annuity with an add-on living benefit will provide sufficient supplemental retirement income.

Why Jackson annuities?

Our annuities allow you to focus on one area, or many areas of retirement planning at the same time. Once you've worked out your financial plan, it may be time to choose the type of annuity that works for you.

*Add-on benefits that provide income for the length of a designated life and/or lives may be available for an additional charge in addition to the ongoing fees and expenses of the variable annuity and may be subject to conditions and limitations. The amount of income that these benefits may provide can vary depending on age when income is taken, and how many lives are covered when the benefit is elected. The cost of these benefits may negatively impact the contract's cash value.

Lifetime income of the add-on lifetime benefits available with variable annuities becomes effective at issue if the designated life is age 59½ at issue, or upon the contract anniversary following designated life's 59½ birthday, provided the contract value is greater than zero and has not been annuitized.

Tax deferral offers no additional value if an IRA or a qualified plan, such as a 401(k), is used to fund an annuity and may be found at a lower cost in other investment products. It also may not be available if the annuity is owned by a legal entity such as a corporation or certain types of trusts.

This material on this website is prepared to support the promotion and marketing of Jackson annuities. Jackson, its distributors and their respective representatives do not provide tax, accounting, or legal advice. Any tax statements contained herein were not intended or written to be used and cannot be used for the purpose of avoiding U.S. federal, state, or local tax penalties. Tax laws are complicated and subject to change. Tax results may depend on each taxpayer’s individual set of facts and circumstances. You should rely on your own independent advisors as to any tax, accounting, or legal statements made herein.

Before investing, investors should carefully consider the investment objectives, risks, charges, and expenses of the variable annuity and its underlying investment options. The current contract prospectus and underlying fund prospectuses provide this and other important information. Please contact your financial professional or the Company to obtain the prospectuses. Please read the prospectuses carefully before investing or sending money.

Guarantees are backed by the claims-paying ability of Jackson National Life Insurance Company or Jackson National Life Insurance Company of New York and do not apply to the principal amount or investment performance of a variable annuity’s separate account or its underlying investments. They are not backed by the broker/dealer from which this annuity contract is purchased, by the insurance agency from which this annuity contract is purchased or any affiliates of those entities, and none makes any representations or guarantees regarding the claims-paying ability of Jackson National Life Insurance Company or Jackson National Life Insurance Company of New York.

The latest maturity date or income date allowed under an annuity contract is age 95, which is the required age to annuitize or take a lump sum. Please see the prospectus for important information regarding the annuitization of a variable annuity contract.

Annuities are issued by Jackson National Life Insurance Company (Home Office: Lansing, Michigan) and in New York, by Jackson National Life Insurance Company of New York (Home Office: Purchase, New York).  Annuities are distributed by Jackson National Life Distributors LLC, member FINRA. These contracts have limitations and restrictions. Jackson issues other annuities with similar features, benefits, limitations, and charges. Contact Jackson for more information.

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