Together, we can offer a promise.
A promise that your employees will never run out of money. A promise they’ll get a retirement paycheck for life. A promise that honors their work, their life, and their promises.
Imagine...
with the promise of a paycheck for life, what could your employees dream?
Kristen is giving back
“My parents have a home in Florida that we’ve been able to use periodically. I’ve also been able to give back by volunteering in my community [taking groceries to families in need].” - Kristen, 70
Gail is fulfilling her goals
“I’ve been reading about Africa for six years; it’s something I never got to do during my career. Now I’m actually writing a book. On an average day I get up and exercise, then write.” - Gail, 70
Angela wants freedom of choice
“I’m planning to save substantially more than I need. I want to save money to give me the freedom to do whatever I want to do. Even if I’m just playing video games or painting or whatnot.” - Angela, 33
Gary is helping his family
“I go with the flow every day. One thing my wife and I have been doing is taking care of our granddaughter three to four times per week.” - Gary, 68
Sally is making an impact
“I retired to work full time on making an impact. My work mostly centers around climate issues. I stay busy collecting signatures on petitions to legislators that strengthen protections for people, and the environment.” - Sally, 70
Our promise
Discover what’s behind TIAA’s retirement promise
For 100 years TIAA been helping people retire, knowing they’ll have income for the rest of their life.
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TIAA Traditional* protects a portion of their money now so their income never runs out later. People who consistently contributed to TIAA Traditional throughout their careers got an average of 22% higher payments.
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TIAA Traditional acts like insurance against market swings so your money will gradually increase every year, no matter what. And TIAA can even increase your payments – we’ve done it 15 times in the past 25 years, including a 3% increase for 2023 payments.
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Founded in 1918 as a not-for-profit helping to improve teachers lives’, today we’ve delivered strong results to millions of individuals and thousands of institutions. Together, TIAA and Nuveen have spent 125 years helping people build towards retirement.
$3B
In just the last three years, TIAA has shared $3 billion annually with more than 2 million fixed annuity customers.
*TIAA Traditional is issued by Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association of America (TIAA), New York, NY.
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TIAA Traditional is a fixed annuity product issued through these contracts by Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association of America (TIAA), 730 Third Avenue, New York, NY, 10017: Form series including but not limited to: 1000.24; G-1000.4; IGRS-01-84-ACC; IGRSP-01-84-ACC; 6008.8. Not all contracts are available in all states or currently issued.
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