What we use them for
Through Family First Life, we have access to Global Atlantic’s annuity and life product lines. From an agent’s perspective, they tend to be a strong fit when:
- The conversation is annuities — particularly rollovers and retirement income. Global Atlantic is, like Athene and Corebridge, an annuity-forward carrier with an active fixed and fixed-indexed annuity menu. We routinely run their illustrations in the rollover comparison set.
- The buyer cares about institutional backing. As a KKR-owned subsidiary, Global Atlantic’s general account is managed inside KKR’s broader investment-management platform. Some buyers find that scale reassuring; others don’t weight it heavily. We surface it when relevant.
- Long-duration income guarantees are the goal. Global Atlantic is also active in institutional reinsurance, which speaks to the kind of long-horizon liabilities they’re built to handle.
A note on financial strength and sourcing
Live fetches of Global Atlantic’s corporate pages were unavailable at the time this page was drafted, so the structural facts above (2004 founding, KKR ownership, NY HQ) rely on widely-documented public knowledge. Pull current AM Best, S&P, and Fitch ratings directly from AM Best before citing them on a call.
When to consider another carrier
Global Atlantic isn’t the first stop if the buyer wants a recognizable national retail brand (Mutual of Omaha usually feels more familiar) or if the case is fraternal-benefit-driven (Foresters Financial is structured for that). Inside the annuity bucket, the right answer between Global Atlantic, Athene, Corebridge, and others depends on age, qualified vs. non-qualified money, income-rider needs, and surrender-charge tolerance — that’s a conversation, not a brochure.
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Want to see what Global Atlantic looks like for your retirement-income situation? We pull current annuity illustrations on the call. The form below pre-fills your interest as Global Atlantic — we’ll come back with side-by-side options.