The subaccount fee covers the cost of managing your annuity's investment accounts.
There are three elements to a variable annuity fee: the «mortality and expense» (or M&E) fee,
the subaccount fee, and the annual contract maintenance charge.
Not exact matches
Traditional VAs offer mutual fund
subaccount allocations, living benefits and optional income riders with contract
fees typically deducted from the fund performance.
Returns shown for the
subaccounts for periods before their inception are derived from the historical performance of the underlying fund, adjusted to reflect the mortality, expense risk, and surrender charges applicable to this product and do not factor in the annual $ 30 contract maintenance
fee.
The prospectus contains details on the variable annuity, the
subaccounts, contract features,
fees, expenses, and other pertinent information.
If you don't then it's not a fair comparison, because the exact same
fees in the VUL
subaccount are not deducted (or another way to look at it is that they're double - counted on the IC investment accounts).
During the accumulation phase, 12 free transfers between
subaccounts are allowed each year without a
fee.
Subaccount Charge When it comes to your investments, those that are funded through
subaccounts face a number of different
fees to the bank or agency for managing the account.
So owners can get back their premiums, minus
fees, without tax consequence — as long as their
subaccounts» performance has kept up with the cost of insurance.
Please see the prospectus for more details concerning any applicable
fees and each
subaccount investment portfolio's expense.
Another VA downside: You may be charged a
fee to switch your money among
subaccounts.
They come with myriad
fees and charges, including mortality and expense
fees, mutual fund
subaccount management
fees, contract maintenance
fees and other miscellaneous costs.