Several annuity companies are now offering what the Insured Retirement Institute calls an innovative product: the growth-oriented variable annuity (GOVA). The annuity, IRI said, is designed to grow and protect the annuity holder’s asset base, knowing that it can be converted to a guaranteed income stream at a later date.
The GOVA market is expected to grow in 2014 as more companies begin to offer this product, IRI said.