Retirement holds a lot of promise.
And with TIAA, you get our promise: a retirement paycheck for as long as you live, so you’ll never run out of money.
Why TIAA
Not just a provider, a trusted partner.
Lifetime income, guaranteed growth, no-cost guidance and advice. It’s why millions of Americans have chosen TIAA as their retirement services provider.
Our promise
We work for you,
not shareholders
Unlike other providers, TIAA shares profits with you, not with investors. We have no shareholders, so we’re able to return money to our participants.
22%
TIAA Traditional* protects a portion of your money now so your income never runs out later. People who consistently contributed to TIAA Traditional throughout their careers got an average of 22% higher payments.
15
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.
125
Founded in 1918 as a not-for-profit helping to improve teachers lives’, today we’ve helped generations of Americans retire with security. 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
Learn more about TIAA Traditional, our flagship product that guarantees a monthly retirement paycheck no matter what.
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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.
TIAA Traditional is issued by Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association of America (TIAA), New York, NY.
All guarantees are based on TIAA’s claims-paying ability. TIAA Traditional is a guaranteed insurance contract and not an investment for federal securities law purposes. Past performance is no guarantee of future results.
TIAA may share profits with Traditional Retirement Annuity owners through declared additional amounts of interest and through increases in annuity income throughout retirement. Additional amounts are on TIAA Traditional Annuity contracts available within an employer-sponsored plan. Additional amounts may be increased the longer accumulation occurs before annuitization. These additional amounts are discretionary, and are not guaranteed.
Paycheck is the annuity income received in retirement. Guarantees of fixed monthly payments are only associated with TIAA's fixed annuities.
Annuities issued by Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association of America (TIAA), New York, NY.
©2024 Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association of America-College Retirement Equities Fund, New York, NY