The original ‘baby boomers’ are now entering retirement, and much has been said about their lifestyles and approach to finances over the years. But recently attention has now turned to the so-called younger ‘baby boomers’ in their late forties.
The recent recession has apparently caused many of this newer generation to become far more worried than their predecessors about their financial stability in later life. A recent study called ‘Reclaiming the Futures’ by Allianz Life Insurance Company of North America studied the attitudes of Americans aged 44-74, and found that, though a small majority (54%) felt that they were unprepared for retirement ,many showed an increased awareness about the necessity of having to plan for their financial futures.
New Baby Boomers more likely to buy Life Insurance Products to Fund Retirement
47% of the younger generation surveyed – compared with just 35% of the older people questioned, stated that they wished to attain greater security and financial stability, and 41% as opposed to just 30% of their older counterparts said they wished to reduce financial ‘vulnerability’.
84% of respondents said that financial planning was more important than it had been pre recession.”The economic downturn has woke up many Americans to the challenges of retirement income but this younger boomer segment seems to have taken the lesson even more seriously” according to Gary G Bhojwani, president of Allianz Life. He also stated that “security and guarantees with retirement income are now very important to Americans.” Also, the younger boomer generation is also more comfortable with the idea of working with financial professionals – at 47%, 20% higher than the total overall of the group studied.
Agreed Annuities and Mutual Funds most Popular
Income products such as those with agreed annuities figured high in the opinions of the young baby boomers – and of those that own annuities around 80% considered themselves happy with them, with mutual funds the next highest at 63%.
Allianz Life Insurance Company has been in operation since 1896 and the company specializes in life insurance and mutual funds .
Source: InsuranceNews.net
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