Common use of Death Benefit On Or After Annuity Commencement Date Clause in Contracts

Death Benefit On Or After Annuity Commencement Date. If Annuity Payments have been selected based on an Annuity Option providing for payments for a guaranteed period, and the Annuitant dies on or after the Annuity Commencement Date, we will make the remaining guaranteed payments to the Beneficiary. Any remaining payments will be made at least as rapidly as under the method of distribution being used as of the date of the Annuitant’s death. If no Beneficiary is living, we will commute any unpaid guaranteed payments to a single sum (on the basis of the interest rate used in determining the payments) and pay that single sum to the estate of the last to die of the Annuitant and the Beneficiary.

Death Benefit On Or After Annuity Commencement Date. If Annuity Payments have been selected based on an Annuity Option providing for payments for a guaranteed period, and the Annuitant dies on or after the Annuity Commencement Date, we will make the remaining guaranteed payments to the Beneficiary. Any remaining payments will be made at least as rapidly as under the method of distribution being used as of the date of the Annuitant’s death. If no Beneficiary is living, we will commute any unpaid guaranteed payments to a single sum (on the basis of the interest rate used in determining the payments) and pay that single sum to the estate of the last to die of the Annuitant and the Beneficiary.. VENTURE-EJA.11-NY Proof Of Death We will require Proof of death upon the death of the Annuitant or the Owner. Proof of death is one of the following received at the Annuities Service Center:

Death Benefit On Or After Annuity Commencement Date. If Annuity Payments have been selected based on an Annuity Option providing for payments for a guaranteed period, and the Annuitant dies on or after the Annuity Commencement Date, we will make the remaining guaranteed payments to the Beneficiary. Any remaining payments will be made at least as rapidly as under the method of distribution being used as of the date of the Annuitant’s death. If no Beneficiary is living, we will commute any unpaid guaranteed payments to a single sum (on the basis of the interest rate used in determining the payments) and pay that single sum to the estate of the last to die of the Annuitant and the Beneficiary.. VENTURE-EE.11-NY Proof Of Death We will require Proof of death upon the death of the Annuitant or the Owner. Proof of death is one of the following received at the Annuities Service Center:

Death Benefit On Or After Annuity Commencement Date. If Annuity Payments have been selected based on an Annuity Option providing for payments for a guaranteed period, and the Annuitant dies on or after the Annuity Commencement Date, we will make the remaining guaranteed payments to the Beneficiary. Any remaining payments will be made at least as rapidly as under the method of distribution being used as of the date of the Annuitant’s death. If no Beneficiary is living, we will commute any unpaid guaranteed payments to a single sum (on the basis of the interest rate used in determining the payments) and pay that single sum to the estate of the last to die of the Annuitant and the Beneficiary.. Proof Of Death We will require Proof of death upon the death of the Annuitant or the Owner. Proof of death is one of the following received at the Annuities Service Center:

Death Benefit On Or After Annuity Commencement Date. If Annuity Payments have been selected based on an Annuity Option providing for payments for a guaranteed period, and the Annuitant dies on or after the Annuity Commencement Date, we will make the remaining guaranteed payments to the Beneficiary. Any remaining payments will be made at least as rapidly as under the method of distribution being used as of the date of the Annuitant’s death. If no Beneficiary is living, we will commute any unpaid guaranteed payments to a single sum (on the basis of the interest rate used in determining the payments) and pay that single sum to the estate of the last to die of the Annuitant and the Beneficiary.. VENTURE-EJO.11-NY