Is the coronavirus crisis the right time to talk to clients about annuities?

In the middle of a public health and economic crisis, a so-called flight to safety sounds like a great idea.

That's what happened in the last financial crisis, experts say. And even as the coronavirus has already prompted annuity issuers to alter their products following the Fed's interest rate cut last month, annuities are still coming off their best year for sales since 2008.