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Your online account now features an easy-to-use dashboard, personalized guidance and powerful savings tools—plus a sleek new mobile app experience for planning on the go.
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Our vision
Since 1918, we’ve championed a singular belief: A secure retirement should be available to everyone. Today, we’re fighting harder than ever to ensure all people can live a better life beyond work.
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Learn about saving strategies
Our resources help you make sense of retirement’s many moving parts, so you can find clarity and build confidence. Explore insights and start crafting your saving and retirement strategy.
Prepare for the unexpected
Estimate the potential impact of health care costs on your retirement.
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No matter where you are in life, we have retirement options for you. We’ll help you find the right plan and stay on track.
Why TIAA
Count on us for a more secure retirement
Guaranteed growth and income
With the TIAA Traditional annuity, your money grows—no matter what. When you retire, you can convert those savings into a guaranteed monthly retirement check.
Professional support
Whether you need a little help or a lot—in person, on the phone, or online—we’re here to help you achieve your goals before and throughout retirement.
Financial education
Essentials by TIAA simplifies financial topics—like budgeting, saving, investing, and retirement—so you can manage your money with clarity and confidence.
Performance
To earn your trust, we focus on delivering results
Our funds are backed by our storied history of investing and money management expertise.
$1.4T
We are one of the largest investment managers with $1.4 trillion in assets under management.2
$4.6B
We shared billions in profits directly with participants in 2024.3
4.7M+
Nearly 5 million individual customers across America are building their retirements with TIAA.4
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Through the power of TIAA and Nuveen, our team delivers more than a century of experience managing assets designed for income—uniquely equipping us to realize financially secure retirements.
Annuity contracts may contain terms for keeping them in force. We can provide you with costs and complete details.
TIAA Traditional is a fixed an annuity issued by Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association of America (TIAA), 730 Third Avenue, New York, NY, 10017: Form series including but not limited to: 1000.24; G-1000.4; IGRS-01-84-ACC; IGRSP-01-84-ACC; 6008.8. Not all contracts are available in all states or currently issued.
Any guarantees under annuities issued by TIAA are subject to TIAA’s claims-paying ability.
Converting some or all of your savings to income benefits is an irrevocable decision once benefit payments begin.
1 Retirement check refers to the annuity income received in retirement. Guarantees are subject to TIAA's claims-paying ability.
2 As of December 31, 2024, assets under management (AUM) across Nuveen Investments affiliates and TIAA investment management teams were $1,387 billion.
3 TIAA may share profits with TIAA Traditional annuity owners through declared additional amounts of interest during accumulation, higher initial annuity income, and through further increases in annuity income benefits during retirement. These additional amounts are not guaranteed beyond the period for which they were declared. TIAA Annual Statement (2013 -2022), Page 4, Line 30.
4 As of December 31, 2024.