As baby boomers start to retire, a plethora of financial products are providing for them in their retirement.

When Kathleen Casey-Kirschling turned 60 last year, it was a monumental milestone for the financial services industry - even if it never made it onto the front page of The Wall Street Journal.

Singled out by The Philadelphia Inquirer, which trumpeted her birth a second past midnight January 1, 1946, Casey-Kirschling was officially the first baby boomer.

Rapidly approaching retirement, Casey-Kirschling was ...