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Measuring Retirement Income Outcomes: Allianz Life’s Danielle Kelso

December 29, 2025 • 401(k) Specialist Magazine • Season 6 • Episode 129

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Allianz Life Insurance Company of North America’s latest white paper takes a deep look at how different retirement income strategies—and especially various types of annuity products—can shape participant outcomes in a world of longer lifespans and ongoing market uncertainty.

In this episode of the 401(k) Specialist Pod(k)ast, Editor-in-Chief Brian Anderson sits down with Danielle Kelso, Senior Institutional Solutions Consultant at Allianz Life, to break down the report’s most compelling findings, the annuity options analyzed, and what the research reveals about improving retirement income security for today’s workers.

• Check out the “Measuring Retirement Income Outcomes” white paper at this link.

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This podcast is designed to accompany the white paper, "Measuring Retirement Income Outcomes" (LIA-381), which provides all underlying assumptions used.