Make your vision for retirement a reality
Your retirement deserves more than a plan — it deserves a partner committed to seeing it through. Eagle Life is built on a foundation of service, integrity, and financial strength, helping individuals and financial professionals create strategies that turn your retirement goals into reality.
Stability you can rely on for decades to come
Annuities are long-term promises. That’s why our company is built on financial strength and disciplined investing — to provide stability you can count on from the moment you secure your annuity through the decades that follow.
Take advantage of a powerful combination of benefits that allow for potential index-linked growth, principal protection, tax-deferred growth, and guaranteed income.
Diversification
Multiple crediting strategies allow you to diversify your retirement dollars, protect principal, and potentially benefit from index increases.
Tax deferral
The interest you earn grows tax-deferred, meaning you pay no taxes on the interest until you begin making withdrawals.
Income planning
Guarantee an income stream for life to help fill gaps left by other sources, with roll-up options to help boost annual income.
Financial strength ratings
When choosing Eagle Life, you’re placing trust in a company recognized for our commitment to sound business principles and financial strength.
AM Best
Rating: Excellent (1)
As of 11/2024
S&P Global
Rating: Very strong (2)
As of 05/2024
FitchRatings
Rating: Outlook stable (3)
As of 07/2025
We’re here to help
Whether you’re an annuity holder or a financial professional, our customer care team is ready to assist you.
Additional resources
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AEL is the brand name and pending trademark of American Equity Investment Life Insurance Company® which specializes in the sale of fixed index and fixed rate annuities through its wholly-owned operating subsidiaries, American Equity Investment Life Insurance Company®, Eagle Life Insurance Company®, and American Equity Investment Life Insurance Company of New York.
1A.M. Best has assigned American Equity an “A” (Excellent) rating, reflecting their current opinion of American Equity’s financial strength and its ability to meet its ongoing contractual obligations relative to the norms of the life/health insurance industry. A.M. Best utilizes 15 rating categories ranging from A++ to F. An “A” rating from A.M. Best is its third highest rating. For the latest rating, access ambest.com. Rating effective 11/27/2024
2Standard and Poor’s rating service has recognized American Equity Investment Life Insurance Company with an “A” rating. An insurer rated “A” has strong financial security characteristics, but is somewhat more likely to be affected by adverse effects of changing circumstances or economic conditions than are insurers with higher ratings. Ratings from ‘AA’ to ‘CCC’ may be modified by the addition of a plus (+) or minus (-) sign to show relative standing within the major rating categories. Rating effective 5/6/2024.
3Fitch Ratings assigned American Equity Investment Life Insurance Company an Insurer Financial Strength rating of “A”. Fitch Ratings utilizes 19 rating categories ranging from “AAA” to “C.” An “A” rating is the sixth highest rating. An insurer with an “A” rating is considered to have a strong capacity for payment of financial commitments, but may be more vulnerable to adverse business or economic conditions than insurers with higher ratings. Outlooks indicate the direction a rating is likely to move over a one- to two-year period if current financial or other trends continue. For more information, please visit fitchratings.com. Rating effective 7/18/2025.