Deferred Annuity

An annuity with a payout phase that commences (is “deferred”) at some specified future date. Deferred annuities can be purchased with either single (lump sum) or periodic premium payments. The contract holder determines the deferral period. Deferred annuity payments can be either fixed or variable. With a deferred annuity: 1) the money can go in as a single premium payment or a series of payments; 2) the money can be invested at a guaranteed rate or variable rate, and;
3) payments are deferred to some future date.

Amica

Short Company Name: 
Amica
Long Company Name: 
Amica Life Insurance

Rhode Island-based

Company Type: 
Insurance Company
Address
City: 
Lincoln
State: 
RI
ZIP Code: 
02865-1167
Country: 
USA
Phone Number: 
800-619-6077
Year Founded: 
1907
Key Phrases: 
Ownership: 
Private

American Home

Short Company Name: 
American Home
Long Company Name: 
American Home Life Insurance Company

Kansas-based

Company Type: 
Insurance Company
Address
City: 
Topeka
State: 
KS
ZIP Code: 
66601
Country: 
USA
Phone Number: 
800-876-0199
Year Founded: 
1909
Key Phrases: 

American Family

Short Company Name: 
American Family
Long Company Name: 
American Family Insurance

Wisconsin-based

Company Type: 
Insurance Company
Address
Street Address: 
6000 American Parkway
City: 
Madison
State: 
WI
ZIP Code: 
53783-0001
Country: 
USA
Phone Number: 
608-249-2111

Retirement Experts Working on 401k Plans that Allow for Test Drive of Annuities

Retirement experts are working through the Retirement Security Project in Washington to develop concepts that would increase annuity ownership within 401k plans. Concepts include providing 401k participants with the ability to test drive annuities through an "automatic trial income strategy." In other words, at retirement about half of a person's plan assets would be placed in a trial income plan that would pay out a monthly annuity income for two years. Participants would then have the ability...

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