What's the difference between annuitant and annuity?

Annuitant


Definition:

  • (n.) One who receives, or its entitled to receive, an annuity.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Extending the reform to existing annuitants “trapped” in poor-value products is a political no-brainer.
  • (2) With some exceptions, the review uncovered patterns generally similar to those found in a study of 1967 annuitants.
  • (3) The US Office of Personnel Management said it was now able to extend benefits to legally married same-sex spouses of federal employees and annuitants.
  • (4) A path analysis explored race, education, and occupational history effects on income adjusted for annuitized assets, household composition, and underreporting of unearned income.
  • (5) Actuaries explored the phenomenon of selection not only between the insured and annuitants but also in the general population, distinguishing among initial temporary selection, antiselection, and class selection.
  • (6) According to actuaries Hymans Robertson, annuitants who bought five years back could get back as much as they put in, despite having drawn an income for those five years.
  • (7) About 2 out of 5 annuitants were entitled to OASDHI cash benefits in 1975.
  • (8) In addition, my analysis suggests that FEHBP should self-insure, competitively select third-party administrators (TPAs), one for each region of the country, aggressively manage program costs through preadmission certification and DRGs, and allow Medicare-eligible annuitants to enroll in Medicare HMOs and receive the government contribution.
  • (9) About two-thirds of the annuitants not currently receiving benefits had some OASDHI-covered employment during their work careers.

Annuity


Definition:

  • (n.) A sum of money, payable yearly, to continue for a given number of years, for life, or forever; an annual allowance.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The ABI figures revealed that the best annuity for someone who is a heavy smoker and has severely impaired health was at Prudential, which paid out 46% more than the worst, from Friends Life.
  • (2) Annuities have suffered their worst year on record, with payouts to newly retiring pensioners falling by 15% so far during 2016, according to data provider Moneyfacts.
  • (3) Only last month the Financial Conduct Authority issued a report in which it said millions of older people were getting a poor deal from Britain's multibillion-pound annuity market, with the biggest losers those with the least money put aside for their retirement.
  • (4) However, to buy an annual pension income of £1,300 via a traditional annuity that also provided an income for your spouse after you die, you would need a pension pot of roughly £25,000.
  • (5) Annuity rates so low that a pension pot running into the seven figures is required to deliver any kind of decent pension.
  • (6) People who prefer to buy an annuity could opt for a "value protected annuity": in return for an extra cost, typically 5% of the income, the policyholder can arrange for any residual money left over when they die to be paid to their beneficiaries.
  • (7) He adds: "The problem with the chancellor's decision is very simple: all the evidence indicates very few people will opt to buy an annuity under the new rules – and the assumption of 30% taking this route deployed by the Treasury in its costings appears highly optimistic.
  • (8) The insurers pay an annuity (a guaranteed annual income in retirement) of £839 a year on a savings pot of £18,000, compared to £1,099 at the best payer, Reliance Mutual.
  • (9) On average, women take out annuities at the age of 59, marginally earlier than men at 62, but both do so significantly sooner than they have to by law.
  • (10) If the recession results in interest rates remaining low for years, as many in the City are now predicting, then annuity rates will also remain at paltry levels.
  • (11) Figures from pensions provider Hargreaves Lansdown show annuity rates have plummeted since July 2008.
  • (12) Table Photograph: asdf In recent years annuity providers have begun offering better payouts to those people they think will die relatively early.
  • (13) The group sold its US life and annuity business last year for £1.7bn , as well as many other smaller overseas operations, to strengthen its balance sheet.
  • (14) The Association of British Insurers is believed to be on the verge of approving a new mandatory code of conduct for pension companies that sell pension income – also known as annuities – ensuring people will get the highest possible income in return for their pension pot.
  • (15) "Annuities may well be broken, but the answer is not to end responsible collective risk-sharing.
  • (16) By forcing long-term interest rates down and inflation up, QE1 has already increased pension fund liabilities by an estimated £74bn , while driving annuity costs to record levels.
  • (17) The chancellor said: “For many an annuity is the right product, but for some it makes sense to access their annuity now.
  • (18) Do not simply accept the annuity offered by your pension provider – shop around for the highest rate possible.
  • (19) The thinktank also suggests removing the option of taking out 25% of your pension fund as a tax free lump; instead investors would get a 5% top up to their pension pot just before they use the money to buy an annuity.
  • (20) It will also end the rules requiring compulsory annuitisation (having to buy an annuity with your pension) at 75.

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