Independent Annuity, Insurance, and Retirement Planning Services

Shawn Plummer, CRPC

Retirement Planner, Financial Advisor, Annuity Broker, and Insurance Agent

Compare. Shop. Buy with clarity—without being sold a house product.

We compare 50+ top-rated insurance companies to find stronger guarantees, better pricing, and more reliable protections across retirement income, insurance, and healthcare planning. You get independent advice—not a captive sales pitch tied to one carrier. This is a free service.

Call us now at 770-755-1565 or schedule a free consultation below

Independent Annuity Brokerage & Income Solutions

We act as your annuity broker, not an insurance company representative.

Annuities are long-term contracts. Choosing the wrong one can lock you into weak income, high opportunity cost, or inflexible riders for years. Our role is to evaluate the full market and align contract design to how—and when—you actually need income.

What we help you compare and buy

  • A fixed annuity for principal protection and predictable accumulation
  • Fixed indexed annuities for downside protection with market-linked growth
  • Immediate annuities are used when the lifetime income must begin right away
  • Guaranteed lifetime withdrawal benefits (GLWBs) when income and control both matter

Who this is for

  • People who are turning savings into contractually guaranteed income
  • Retirees comparing annuities vs CDs, bonds, or drawdown strategies
  • Pre-retirees building a personal pension for future cash flow

Already Have an Annuity Pitch on the Table?

If you recently attended a “free dinner” seminar or received a 50-page illustration from a captive agent, don’t sign until we look under the hood. We offer a zero-BS, complimentary review to expose hidden fees, actual surrender schedules, and realistic growth caps.

Get Your Free Annuity Second Opinion →

Learn More About Our Annuity Brokerage

Life Insurance Brokerage & Legacy Planning

Life insurance is often the risk-transfer layer that protects everything else.

As an independent life insurance broker, we compare carriers, underwriting rules, and pricing structures to secure coverage that actually holds up long term—not just what’s easiest to sell.

How we help

  • Term life insurance for income replacement and family protection
  • Permanent life insurance for estate and legacy planning
  • Life insurance strategies to protect a surviving spouse.
  • Coverage placement for health conditions, captive agents often can’t solve

Who does this matter for

  • Families protecting income during working years
  • Retirees offsetting annuity trade-offs
  • Households planning efficient wealth transfer

Explore our life insurance broker services

Long-Term Care Insurance Brokerage

Long-term care is the largest uninsured risk in retirement.

We help clients compare standalone long-term care insurance, hybrid life/LTC policies, and annuity-based long-term care solutions—explaining where each works and where each fails.

What we evaluate

  • Standalone LTC insurance for maximum leverage on care dollars
  • Hybrid LTC policies for guaranteed benefit access
  • Annuity-based LTC riders when repositioning existing assets
  • Elimination periods, benefit triggers, and inflation options

Who needs this

  • Retirees protecting assets from healthcare erosion
  • Couples coordinating care planning with income guarantees
  • Clients who don’t want family members to become caregivers

Learn more about our long-term care insurance services

Disability Insurance Brokerage

Income risk doesn’t end just because you’re planning retirement.

Disability insurance protects earning power when illness or injury interrupts income—often the most valuable asset you have before retirement.

What we help with

  • Individual short-term and long-term disability income insurance
  • Own-occupation coverage for professionals
  • Supplemental disability coverage beyond employer plans

Who this is for

  • Working professionals with high income dependency
  • Business owners without employer safety nets
  • Pre-retirees protecting income during peak earning years

Learn more about our disability insurance brokerage services

Health Insurance & Medicare Brokerage

Healthcare decisions directly affect retirement cash flow.

We help clients navigate health insurance before retirement and Medicare after, ensuring coverage gaps don’t derail income plans.

Health insurance brokerage

  • Individual and family health plans
  • Self-employed and early retiree coverage
  • Transition planning before Medicare eligibility

Learn more about our health brokerage services

Medicare brokerage

  • Medicare Advantage and Medigap comparisons
  • Prescription drug plan optimization
  • Coordinating Medicare with retirement income strategy

Learn more about our Medicare Supplement services

Poor healthcare choices can cost tens of thousands later. We help clients avoid that.

Travel Insurance Brokerage

Travel insurance is risk management for people who value mobility.

We help compare travel medical insurance, trip interruption, and evacuation coverage—especially important for retirees traveling internationally or seasonally.

Who needs this

  • Retirees traveling abroad
  • Snowbirds and digital nomads
  • Travelers relying on Medicare, which doesn’t work overseas

Learn more about our travel insurance brokerage

Holistic Retirement Planning & Income Strategy

Products don’t fail—poor coordination does.

We help you decide what money to spend, what to insure, and what to protect, so income stays reliable even when markets, health, or life circumstances change.

What we integrate

  • Annuity investment planning tied to income timing
  • Retirement income sequencing to reduce early-retirement risk
  • Tax-aware coordination of insurance and retirement assets
  • Social Security and pension decision support

The objective isn’t complexity. Its durability.

Learn more about our retirement planning strategies

Why Work With Us

This is where independence actually shows up.

We’re independent.
We don’t work for banks, wirehouses, or insurance companies. That means:

  • No quotas
  • No restricted shelves
  • No incentive to push inferior solutions

We compare across 50+ insurers to find better pricing, stronger guarantees, and cleaner policy design. If something doesn’t solve your problem, we say so.

We’re licensed in all 50 states.
Nationwide licensing allows us to:

  • Access carriers that are unavailable to local or captive agents
  • Place policies where underwriting is more favorable
  • Support clients who move, travel, or retire across state lines

We focus on outcomes, not transactions.
Most mistakes aren’t visible until years later. Our job is to prevent them upfront.

Next Step

You don’t pay more to work with an independent broker—and often, you pay less.

Long-term decisions deserve independent advice.

Schedule a free consultation above or give us a call at 770-755-1565

Shawn Plummer, CRPC

Retirement Planner, Financial Advisor, Annuity Broker, and Insurance Agent

I am a licensed Retirement Planner (CRPC), insurance agent, financial advisor, annuity broker, and former financial trainer with more than 16 years of hands-on experience in annuities and insurance. My National Producer Number (NPN) is 15524738. I spent 12 years training financial advisors nationwide on annuity, insurance, and retirement planning strategies, in addition to 16 years of direct field experience selling annuities and insurance products, helping clients protect their savings and secure reliable retirement income.

I have been quoted in Time Magazine, Bloomberg, Entrepreneur, Yahoo! Finance, MSN, SmartAsset, LegalZoom, U.S. News & World Report, Women’s Health Magazine, Forbes, and many other leading publications.

I am also the founder of The Annuity Expert, an independent online insurance agency and annuity broker serving consumers across the United States. Through this platform, my team and I help Americans remove the guesswork from retirement planning and compare insurance solutions to find the strongest value at the most competitive rates. I want to see you get the best products at the lowest prices.

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