Glossary

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LEVEL PREMIUMS

Premiums that are scheduled to remain the same each year for a specified duration. These may be guaranteed or non-guaranteed depending on the contract.

LIFE ANNUITY

A mathematical term for a series of regular periodic payments, each of which is made only if a designated payee is then alive, with the payments continuing for that payee's entire life.

LIFE ANNUITY WITH PERIOD CERTAIN

A life annuity which promises that if the annuitant dies before the end of a designated period (usually 5, 10, or 20 years), the insurer will continue payments to an annuitant's beneficiary until the end of the designated period. Also called a life income with period certain annuity.

LIFE INSURANCE

Insurance that provides protection against the economic loss caused by the death of the person insured.

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