A guaranteed annuity or life and certain annuity, makes payments for at least a certain number
of years (the «period certain»); if the
annuitant outlives the specified period certain, annuity payments then continue until the
annuitant's
death, and if the
annuitant dies
before the expiration
of the period certain, the
annuitant's estate or beneficiary is entitled to collect the remaining payments certain.
This option would guarantee the beneficiary that the plan would receive an additional pre-determined amount
of money that would be above and beyond the
death benefit in the event that the
annuitant dies
before the annuity's maturity.