What Is An Immediate Annuity Anyhow?
Written by Jim Sweeny on February 15, 2010 – 3:02 amIf you are thinking about investing in an annuity, you first need to do research about them so you can fully comprehend all the details.
Generally speaking, there are a large amount of annuities; however, the regular kind of annuity is a fixed annuity. In this type of annuity, you will be making an initial deposit in the insurance company. The insurance company would then pay you a guaranteed monthly income. Yet, there are various modifications to this computation, but this is considered as the basic formula this type of annuity.
The calculations for the payment that you receive are done by the insurance company based on your life expectancy. It will be computed based on your age and gender. Your investment is divided by your life expectancy and this becomes you guaranteed monthly payment.
Commonly, with a fixed annuity you will be guaranteed the predetermined monthly payment. Although, if you do not receive all the monthly payments before you die, the insurance company gets to keep the rest. This is considered as a one way contract and to make things easier, if you live past the average life expectancy, you’ll be able to receive bigger amounts but if you die early, the insurance company will win big from you.
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