Betterment of Rates. The amount used to purchase any single premium consideration immediate annuity contract offered by the Company will be equal to cash surrender value of this Contract. Annuity benefits at the time of their consideration will not be less than those that would have been provided to another applicant in the same rating class of annuitants.
Betterment of Rates. The amounts shown in the tables on page 16-17 are the guaranteed amounts. Current amounts offered to individuals of the same class may be obtained from us. Fixed annuity payments at the time of their commencement will not be less than those which would be provided by the application of the Policy Value to purchase any single consideration immediate annuity contract (as described in Section 4223 (a)(1)(E) of the New York Insurance Law) offered by the Company at the time to the same class of Annuitant. Adjusted Age Payments under Options 2 and 4 and the first payment under Options 3-V and 5-V are determined based on the adjusted age of the Annuitant. The adjusted age is the Annuitant's actual age on the Annuitant's nearest birthday, at the Annuity Commencement Date, adjusted as follows: Annuity Commencement Date Adjusted Age ----------------- ------------------ Before 2010 Actual Age 2010 - 2019 Actual Age minus 1 2020 - 2026 Actual Age minus 2 2027 - 2033 Actual Age minus 3 2034 - 2040 Actual Age minus 4 After 2040 Determined by us Election of Optional Method of Payment Before the Annuity Commencement Date You can elect or change an Income Option. You may elect, in a notice You sign which gives us the facts that we need, annuity payments that may be either variable, fixed, or a combination of both. If You elect a combination. You must also tell us what part of the policy proceeds on the Annuity Commencement Date are to be applied to provide each type of payment. (You must also specify which Subaccounts.) The amount of a combined payment will be the sum of the variable and fixed payments. Payments under a variable Income Option will reflect the investment performance of the selected Subaccount of the Separate Account. Unless You specify otherwise, the Payee shall be the Annuitant, or the beneficiary as defined in the Beneficiary provision in Section 11. Proof of Age We may require proof of the age of any person who has an annuity purchased under Options 2, 3-V, 4 and 5 -V of this section before we make the first payment. Minimum Proceeds If the Policy Value on the Annuity Commencement Date is less than $2,000, we reserve the right to pay the Policy Value out as a lump sum instead of applying it to an income option. Premium Tax The Insurance laws of the State of New York currently do not allow the imposition of premium taxes on the amount applied to a settlement option. Therefore, such deductions will not be made while the Owner is a resident of the State of ...
Betterment of Rates. The amounts shown in the tables on page 18-19 are the guaranteed amounts. Current amounts offered to individuals of the same class may be obtained from us. Fixed annuity payments at the time of their commencement will not be less than those which would be provided by the application of the policy value to purchase any single consideration immediate annuity contract (as described in Section 4223 (a)(1)(E) of the New York Insurance Law) offered by the company at the time to the same class of annuitant. Payments under fixed income options 2 and 4 and the first payment under variable income options 3-V and 5-V are determined based on the adjusted age of the annuitant. The adjusted age is the annuitant’s actual age on the annuitant’s nearest birthday, at the annuity commencement date, adjusted as follows:
Betterment of Rates. If it would produce greater benefits for Fixed Annuities, the amount of the Annuitant's monthly payment will be the monthly payment produced by a then currently issued immediate annuity. The immediate annuity shall be of the same form. It shall have a single stipulated payment equal to the Accumulation Value being applied under this Contract. Any commuted values allowed under the settlement provisions will be determined on the basis of the interest rate used to determine the net single premium for such annuities.
Betterment of Rates. The amount of annuity benefits commencing on the Annuity Date will not be less than those that would be provided by the application of an amount to purchase any single consideration immediate annuity contract offered by the Company at the time to the same class of annuitants. Such amount applied to an Annuity Option on the Annuity Date is equal to the Contract Withdrawal Value, as defined in the Withdrawal Provisions of this Contract.
Betterment of Rates. (a) Section 40.4(b) of Regulation No. 139 requires contracts funding defined contribution plans to provide that any annuity benefit purchased with respect to an amount equal to the plan participant’s account value as determined at the time of its commencement shall not be less than that which would be determined by the application of such amount to purchase a single consideration immediate annuity offered by the company to the same class of contracts.
(b) The betterment of rates provision ensures that annuities will be purchased on a new money basis.
Betterment of Rates. The amount used to purchase any single consideration immediate annuity contract offered by First Great-West will be equal to cash surrender value of this Contract. Annuity benefits at the time of their commencement will not be less than those that would be provided to another applicant in the same rating class of annuitants.
Betterment of Rates. The amount used to purchase any single consideration immediate annuity contract offered by FGWL&A will be equal to cash surrender value of this contract. Annuity benefits at the time of their commencement will not be less than those that would be provided to another applicant in the same rating class of annuitants.
Betterment of Rates. Annuity Payments at the time of commencement will not be less than those that would otherwise be provided by the application of an amount to purchase any single premium immediate annuity offered by us at the time to the same class of annuitants. Such amount will be the greater of (1) the Cash Surrender Value; or (2) ninety-five percent of what the Cash Surrender Value would be if there were no Surrender Charge applied. Payment When Named Person Dies When the person named to receive payment dies, we will pay any amounts still due as provided by the Option agreement. For Option 1 or for any remaining guaranteed payments in Options 2 or 3, payments will be continued until the end of the guaranteed period. RLNY-IA-1080 27 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Other Important Information -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sending Notice to Us Whenever written notice is required, send it to our Customer Service Center. The address of our Customer Service Center is shown on the cover page. Please include your Contract number in all correspondence. Reports to Owner We will send you a report at least once during each Contract Year. The report will be mailed to your last known address and will show the Accumulation Value, Cash Surrender Value and Death Benefit as of the end of the Contract Processing Period. The report will also show the allocation of the Accumulation Value as of such date and the amounts deducted from or added to the Accumulation Value since the last report. The report will also include any information that may be currently required by the insurance supervisory official of the jurisdiction in which the Contract is delivered. We will also send you copies of any shareholder reports of the portfolios in which the Divisions of the Variable Separate Account invest, as well as any other reports, notices or documents required by law to be furnished to Owners. Assignment - Using this Contract as Collateral Security You can assign this Contract as collateral security for a loan or other obligation. This does not change the ownership. Your rights and any Beneficiary's right are subject to the terms of the assignment. The Beneficiary's rights may be subordinate to those of an assignee unless the Beneficiary was designated as an irrevocable Beneficiary prior to the assignment. To make or release an assignment, we must receive written notice satisfactory to us, at our Custo...
Betterment of Rates. When you or your beneficiary begin benefits under a one-life or two-life annuity, we will compute any benefits provided by the portion of your Traditional Annuity accumulation resulting from amounts applied to the Traditional Annuity while this rate schedule is in effect on the basis stated above, or, if it produces a larger guaranteed benefit, on the basis in use for any single premium immediate annuities then being offered by TIAA for contracts of the same class as this contract. 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 $ 14.51 14.09 13.68 13.28 12.89 12.52 12.15 11.80 11.46 11.12 10.80 10.48 10.18 9.88 9.59 9.31 9.04 $ 18.46 17.92 17.40 16.89 16.40 15.92 15.46 15.01 14.57 14.14 13.73 13.33 12.94 12.57 12.20 11.85 11.50 $ 23.84 23.15 22.47 21.82 21.18 20.57 19.97 19.39 18.82 18.27 17.74 17.22 16.72 16.24 15.76 15.30 14.86 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 $ 8.78 8.52 8.28 8.03 7.80 7.57 7.35 7.14 6.93 6.73 6.53 6.34 6.16 5.98 5.80 5.64 5.47 $ 11.17 10.84 10.52 10.22 9.92 9.63 9.35 9.08 8.81 8.56 8.31 8.07 7.83 7.60 7.38 7.17 6.96 $ 14.42 14.00 13.60 13.20 12.82 12.44 12.08 11.73 11.39 11.06 10.73 10.42 10.12 9.82 9.54 9.26 8.99 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 $ 5.31 5.16 5.01 4.86 4.72 4.58 4.45 $ 6.76 6.56 6.37 6.18 6.00 5.83 5.66 5.49 5.33 5.18 5.03 4.88 $ 8.73 8.47 8.23 7.99 7.75 7.53 7.31 7.10 6.89 6.69 6.49 6.30 6.12 5.94 5.77 5.60 5.44 The yearly payments shown above are those that result from a premium of $100 paid or credited to the Traditional Annuity when you have reached an age shown in the “Age Attained” column, but have not passed that birthday by as much as one month. All ages used in computing benefits are calculated in completed years and months. Payments at ages other than those shown, and under other income options, are computed on the basis stated in the rate schedule for benefits bought by premiums. For premiums other than $100, payments will be proportionate. * Premiums are considered to be paid, and will be credited to this contract, as of the first day of the month in which they are received.
