ANNUITY BENEFIT FORMS. The "Normal Form" of Annuity Benefit is an Annuity Benefit payable on the Life-10 Year Period Certain Annuity Form described below, unless another form may apply pursuant to the terms of the Plan, the requirements of ERISA or any other law that applies. We may offer other annuity forms available from us or from one of our affiliated or subsidiary life insurance companies. Such form may include the Joint and Survivor Life Annuity Form which provides monthly payments while either of the two persons upon whose lives such payments depend is living. The monthly amount to be continued when only one of the persons is living will be equal to a percentage, as elected, of the monthly amount that was paid while both were living. The Life Period Certain Annuity Form is an annuity payable during the lifetime of the person on whose life the payments depend, but with 10 years of payments guaranteed (10 years certain period). That is, if the Participant dies before the 10-year certain period has ended, payments will continue to the Beneficiary named to receive such payments for the balance of the certain period. In no event will the certain period exceed the life expectancy of the person on whose life the annuity payments depend in accordance with the Code. The Life 10 Year Period Certain Annuity Form is payable on a unisex basis.
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Samples: Group Annuity Contract (Separate Account a of Axa Equitable Life Insurance Co), Group Flexible Premium Deferred Variable Annuity Contract (Separate Account a of Equitable Life Assu Soc of the Us)
ANNUITY BENEFIT FORMS. The "Normal Form" of Annuity Benefit is an Annuity Benefit payable on the Life-10 Year Period Certain Annuity Form described below, unless another form may apply pursuant to the terms of the Plan, the requirements of ERISA or any other law that applies. We may offer other annuity forms available from us or from one of our affiliated or subsidiary life insurance companies. Such form may include the Joint and Survivor Life Annuity Form which that provides monthly payments while either of the two persons upon whose lives such payments depend is living. The monthly amount to be continued when only one of the persons is living will be equal to a percentage, as elected, of the monthly amount that was paid while both were living. The Life 10 Year Period Certain Annuity Form is an annuity payable during the lifetime of the person on whose life the payments depend, but with 10 years of payments guaranteed (10 years certain period). That is, if the Participant dies before the 10-year certain period has ended, payments will continue to the Beneficiary named to receive such payments for the balance of the certain period. In no event will the certain period exceed the life expectancy of the person on whose life the annuity payments depend in accordance with the Code. The Life 10 Year Period Certain Annuity Form is payable on a unisex basis.
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Samples: Group Flexible Premium Deferred Variable Annuity Contract (Separate Account a of Axa Equitable Life Insurance Co), Group Annuity Contract (Separate Account a of Equitable Life Assu Soc of the Us)
ANNUITY BENEFIT FORMS. The "Normal Form" of Annuity Benefit is an Annuity Benefit payable on the Life-10 Year Life-Period Certain Annuity Form described below, unless another form may is to apply pursuant to the terms of the Plan, the requirements of ERISA Plan or any other law that applies. We Equitable may offer other annuity forms available from us Equitable or from one of our Equitable's affiliated or subsidiary life insurance companies. Such form may include the Joint and Survivor Life Annuity Form which provides monthly payments while either of the two persons upon whose lives such payments depend is living. The monthly amount to be continued when only one of the persons is living will be equal to a percentage, as elected, of the monthly amount that was paid while both were living. The Life Period Certain Annuity Form is an annuity payable during the lifetime of the person on whose life the payments depend, but with 10 years of payments guaranteed (10 years certain period). That is, if the Participant dies before the 10-10 year certain period has ended, payments will continue to the Beneficiary named to receive such payments for the balance of the certain period. In no event will the certain period Certain Period exceed the life expectancy of the person on whose life the annuity payments depend in accordance with the Code. The Life 10 Year Period Certain Annuity Form is payable on a unisex basis.
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Samples: Group Annuity Contract (Separate Account a of Equitable Life Assu Soc of the Us)