PSA to teachers

A company called “Teachers Pension” came to my school to talk with us about our pension and to plan for retirement. We got an email to pick a free lunch and attend this seminar during our lunch periods. I went, got my sandwich and was required to fill out a card basically consenting to let them call or email me. I was intrigued because no one really explains the pension well, so I signed up for an in person 1 on 1 meeting at the school. A custom pension report was made for me to project how much money I would get down the road, but the tier they put me in was wrong and also had me down as the wrong gender. After going over that unusually quick, they started asking about my 403bs. I have one with Equitable and they instantly started hounding me about doing a “no fee” index annuity with National Life Group, a supposed vendor at my school. I said I was fine where I was at and asked more about the fees on the index which the person kept saying there wasnt any. Then they started to push NLG life insurance, despite me already having a policy through work and a personal one outside of work already. We went our separate ways, and doing some research on 403bs led me to the website 403bwise.org, and it gave National Life Group an F- for annuities!! I was so relieved, until I saw Equitables grade too, so I am looking to switch to another highly rated 403b provider. It was just a weird experience and I wanted to share.