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annuity: see insurance insurance or assurance, device for indemnifying or guaranteeing an individual against loss. Reimbursement is made from a fund to which many individuals exposed to the same risk have contributed certain specified amounts, called premiums. ..... Click the link for more information. . annuityPayment made at a fixed interval. A common example is the payment received by retirees from their pension plan. There are two main classes of annuities: annuities certain and contingent annuities. Under an annuity certain, a specified number of payments are made, after which the annuity stops. With a contingent annuity, each payment depends on the continuance of a given status; for example, a life annuity continues only as long as the recipient survives. Contingent annuities such as pension plans or life insurance depend on shared risk. Everyone pays in a fixed amount until the annuity begins; some will not live long enough to receive back all the money they have paid, while others will live long enough to collect more than they have paid. |
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| Among its major provisions, the bill would provide safe harbor from age-discrimination suits for employers that transition to so-called "hybrid" cash balance or DB/k plans, which combine annuitized defined-benefit payouts with 401(k) savings and investment features. In addition to annuitized payments to a beneficiary for life, annuities can also provide either annuitized payments for a limited number of years, or a lump-sum payment to the beneficiary. Researchers have taken a wide variety of approaches to examine the issue, including measuring changes in household consumption at the time of retirement, calculating the annuitized value of existing wealth, comparing the wealth accumulation patterns of current and previous generations, and comparing the results of simulation models of optimal wealth accumulation with households' actual saving behavior. |
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