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| Lazard Retirement International Equity Portfolio | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lazard Retirement International Equity Portfolio | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Investment Objective | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Portfolio seeks long-term capital appreciation. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Fees and Expenses | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy, hold and sell shares of the Portfolio, a series of Lazard Retirement Series, Inc. (the “Fund”), but does not reflect the fees or charges imposed by the separate accounts of certain insurance companies (the “Participating Insurance Companies”) under variable annuity contracts or variable life insurance policies (the “Policies” and each, a “Policy”). If such fees and charges were reflected, the figures in the table would be higher. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Annual Portfolio Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Example | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
This Example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Portfolio with the cost of investing in other mutual funds. The Example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the Portfolio for the time periods indicated and then hold or redeem all of your shares at the end of those periods. The Example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year and that the Portfolio’s operating expenses remain the same, giving effect to the expense limitation agreement in year one only. The Example does not reflect fees and expenses imposed by the Participating Insurance Companies under the Policies; if they were reflected, the figures in the Example would be higher. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Portfolio Turnover | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Portfolio pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or “turns over” its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs. These costs, which are not reflected in annual portfolio operating expenses or in the Example, affect the Portfolio’s performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Portfolio’s portfolio turnover rate was 39% of the average value of its portfolio. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Principal Investment Strategies | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Portfolio invests primarily in equity securities, principally common stocks, of relatively large non-US companies with market capitalizations in the range of companies included in the MSCI® Europe, Australasia and Far East (“EAFE®”) Index (ranging from approximately $3.6 billion to $324.3 billion as of March 31, 2025) that the Investment Manager believes are undervalued based on their earnings, cash flow or asset values. In choosing stocks for the Portfolio, the Investment Manager looks for established companies in economically developed countries and may invest up to 15% of the Portfolio’s assets in securities of companies whose principal business activities are located in emerging market countries. Under normal circumstances, the Portfolio invests at least 80% of its assets in equity securities. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Principal Investment Risks | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Performance Bar Chart and Table | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The accompanying bar chart and table provide some indication of the risks of investing in Lazard Retirement International Equity Portfolio by showing the Portfolio’s year-by-year performance and its average annual performance compared to that of a broad measure of market performance. The bar chart shows how the performance of the Portfolio’s Service Shares has varied from year to year over the past 10 calendar years. Performance information does not reflect the fees or charges imposed by the Participating Insurance Companies under the Policies, and such fees will have the effect of reducing performance. Updated performance information is available at www.lazardassetmanagement.com or by calling (800) 823-6300. The Portfolio’s past performance is not necessarily an indication of how the Portfolio will perform in the future. As a new share Class, past performance information is not available for Investor Shares as of the date of this Prospectus. Investor Shares would have had annual returns substantially similar to those of Service Shares because the shares are invested in the same portfolio of securities, and the annual returns would differ only to the extent of the different expense ratios of the Classes. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Year-by-Year Total Returns for Service Shares As of 12/31 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Average Annual Total Returns (for the periods ended December 31, 2024) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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