Preserve Your Retirement · Guaranteed Lifetime Income
You spent 30 years building it. Now protect it — and get paid for life.
Near retirement, the goal changes from growing at all costs to keeping what you’ve built. Protect your principal from market crashes, keep growth potential, and turn your old 401(k) or IRA into a paycheck that keeps paying you for life — even if the account runs out of money.Zero-Floor ProtectionNo negative years
Growth PotentialIndex-linked upside
Income For LifeEven if it runs out
Age 59½ — or a job change — is your window.
Here’s what most people don’t realize: there are really only two moments you can move your 401(k) without taxes or penalties — when you leave your employer (or retire), and when you reach age 59½, when many plans let you roll it out even while you’re still working. Until then it’s locked in the plan. Either window lets you roll it into an account you own: protect it from market crashes, keep growth potential, and turn it into income for life.Why the rules change near retirement
Near retirement, three forces quietly work against your savings.
1. The 59½ strategy shift
A crash at 35 is a sale — you have decades to recover. But around age 59½, your money’s job changes: time to shift from chasing high growth to preserving what you have and setting up income.2. Sequence-of-returns risk
Since 1961, a bear market has hit about every 5.3 years, averaging a 33.7% drop. The danger isn’t just the drop — it’s when it lands. Withdraw for income during one and you sell at the bottom; the account may never recover.3. The break-even burden
A loss hurts more than an equal gain helps. The average bear market falls 33.7% — and takes a 50.8% gain just to break even. In 2008 the market fell 57%; it needed a 133% climb to recover.S&P 500 bear-market data, 1961–2025 (source: Macrotrends). A zero floor means you never take the loss — so there’s no climb back to make.
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Protect it. Grow it. Get paid for life.
Preserve your principal
A zero floor means a crash can’t take your credited gains negative. You’re never forced to sell at the bottom. What you built stays built.Keep growing
Linked to a market index, so you still capture upside in good years — growth potential without the full downside.Income for life — even if the money runs out
Drawing down savings can run out. Guaranteed lifetime income can’t: even if the account reaches zero, the checks keep coming. You cannot outlive it.Built-in care protection
If you get sick and can’t do it on your own, your income can double.
If a doctor certifies you can no longer perform 2 of 6 basic daily activities — bathing, dressing, eating, toileting, continence, or moving around — or you face a serious cognitive decline, many of these plans double your income to help cover care. No separate long-term-care policy, and no medical exam to qualify.
Straight talk: this works by paying your own money back to you faster when you need it most — generally for up to about five years — not free money from the insurer. On our call I’ll show you exactly how it would work for you.
Same money. Very different exposure.
Old 401(k), left as-is
- Fully exposed to the next market crash
- Forced to sell in a downturn if you need income
- No guaranteed income in retirement
- Easy to lose track of after a job change
Repositioned for preservation
- Zero-floor protection — no negative years
- Growth potential without the full downside
- Guaranteed income for life
- Care protection built in — no exam
Common questions, answered plainly
Will rolling over cost me taxes?
A properly executed direct rollover is generally not a taxable event. We walk through the right way to do it — and if it would trigger a tax problem for you, I’ll tell you.Do I lose access to my money?
Not the way most people fear. Many options allow penalty-free access to a portion each year, and income options are built to pay you for life.Is this the stock market?
No. Your money can be linked to an index for upside, but the principal isn’t invested directly in the market — that’s how the zero floor protects you in down years.What if I already have a good plan?
Then keep it. I’ll review what you have honestly. This is only worth doing if it closes a real gap between your risk and your timeline.See what your old 401(k) could become — protected, growing, paying you for life.
Your real numbers. Honest answers — including “leave it where it is” when that’s the truth. Book My Free 15-Minute Call →Educational information only — not financial, tax, or legal advice. Guarantees and income/care benefits are backed by the claims-paying ability of the issuing insurer and vary by product and state.
