Now that we've set the stage, we can launch into the key differences
between immediate annuities and deferred annuities.
Not exact matches
New York regulatory guidance highlights that explaining the variations
between different types of
immediate and deferred
annuities can prove challenging however.
An
immediate annuity is a contract
between you and an
annuity issuer (an insurance company) to which you pay a single lump sum of cash in exchange for the issuer's promise to make payments to you (or the annuitant) for a fixed period of time or for the life of the annuitant.
For both Fixed and Variable
annuities, the investor has the choice
between an
immediate or deferred payout period.
If, on the other hand, there's a gap
between the income required to cover basic living costs and what Social Security will provide, then you may want to consider devoting enough of your savings to an
immediate annuity to fill all or most of that gap.
Between the two types of hybrid platforms,
annuities typically require the least amount of underwriting as there is less
immediate capital risk to the insurance company.
Between the two types of hybrid platforms,
annuities typically require the least amount of underwriting as there is less
immediate capital risk to the insurance company.
An
immediate annuity is an
annuity for which the time
between the contract date and the date of the first payment is not longer than the time interval
between payments.
Because of the mortality credits accrued during the deferral period, the time period
between the purchase of a longevity
annuity and when the longevity
annuity payout begins, longevity
annuities can be more efficient over the long run than
immediate annunities, all else being equal.