How to Talk to Clients About Annuities
About This Episode
With Americans living longer and deferring retirement for lots of reasons, the retirement planning landscape is changing. Employers are not offering pensions. All these factors make planning for retirement income crucial. We’ll explore this in depth with my guest, Matt DiGangi.
About Our Guest
Matt DiGangi is head of annuity distribution at MassMutual Strategic Distributors, a division of MassMutual, now offering diverse product solutions across the industry, all backed by the strength of MassMutual.
He started the third-party annuity business for MassMutual in 2013 and has grown it to over $9.5 billion in annual sales. In his expanded role, Matt builds and grows strategic partnerships and oversees the company’s overall third-party distribution strategy, including wholesaling, key account management, marketing strategy, client services and delivery.
During Matt’s more than two decades with MassMutual, he also provided leadership in the distribution of annuity, life, disability income, and long-term care insurance products in domestic and international markets. His financial services career began in a variety of service and sales positions with American Skandia.
Matt is a member of the LIMRA Annuity Executive Advisory Board and actively participates in several industry roundtables.
Matt maintains his CLTC designation, series 6 and 26 licenses. He is a graduate of Sacred Heart University and earned his MBA from Quinnipiac University.
Show Notes
Learn More about MMSD Annuity Solutions and Check Rates - https://mmsd.massmutual.com/products/annuities
- For more thought leadership, follow Matt DiGangi and MMSD on LinkedIn
- In Retirement Planning, It's What You Don't Know That Can Hurt Them - https://fieldnet.massmutual.com/public/ltc/pdfs/sdp6026.pdf
- Fixed Annuities and Consumer Literacy Study - https://fieldnet.massmutual.com/public/ann/pdfs/sdp5045.pdf
- Health Care Costs in Retirement - https://fieldnet.massmutual.com/public/ann/pdfs/an6722.pdf
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