Retirement Redefined

For decades, the insurance and annuity industry has solved for one problem: running out of money. But our survey of 1,000+ adults over 50 reveals that, as they age, financial fear drops, and something else begins to define their retirement.

Retirement Redefined

For decades, the insurance and annuity industry has solved for one problem: running out of money. But our survey of 1,000+ adults over 50 reveals that, as they age, financial fear drops, and something else begins to define their retirement.

Where demand is heading

Where demand is heading

Older adults are increasingly placing their attention, their fears, and their own money on staying healthy, sharp, and independent, and less on the financial risks the industry was built around. The result is a clear distance between what they value and what today’s products deliver, and an opportunity for insurance carriers paying attention.

Older adults are increasingly placing their attention, their fears, and their own money on staying healthy, sharp, and independent, and less on the financial risks the industry was built around. The result is a clear distance between what they value and what today’s products deliver, and an opportunity for insurance carriers paying attention.

What you’ll find inside 

The research explores
three questions

01

The demand: What clients want from retirement planning beyond the financial guarantees every carrier offers

02

The shift: How those priorities shift across the decades life and annuity carriers already serve

03

The opportunity: Where the opening lies to differentiate in an increasingly commoditized market

The Case for
Doing Insurance Differently

The Case for
Doing Insurance Differently

42%

more people fear losing their health than their savings

68%

chose aging-well support over the benefits carriers commonly offer today.

57% → 24%

The fear of running out of money falls sharply with age, as health fears climb.

83%

want an advisor who understands the life they want, not just the financial targets.

Inside the full report: the decade-by-decade shift, where distribution is already ahead of the product shelf, and what it means for product design.

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Assured Allies partners with insurance carriers to create retirement solutions that protect both health and wealth.

© 2025 Assured Inc.