Web-based retirement scenario platform RetireUp has expanded itsmodeling capabilities to include illustrations of fixed indexannuities (FIAs) from Allianz LifeInsurance Company of North America, including Allianz 222 andAllianz Core Income 7 annuities, directly within its clientretirement income models.

RetireUp’s computer-based modeling system allows financialprofessionals to present a more complete visual presentation oftheir clients’ retirement income strategies using defined income(Social Security, variable annuities, fixed index annuities,pensions) and other assets.

With increasing interest in FIAs--not just among individualslooking for sources of lifetime income, advisors advocatingannuities as a means of obtaining that income, companies thatprovide annuities, and even regulators—a tool that can model howspecific products will work in a specific situation could add toFIAs’ allure—particularly in the wake of a working paper last year finding thatimmediate annuities may not be getting enough attention from plansponsors and participants.