Guaranteed Retirement
Annuity Income For Life
Get a regular income payment guaranteed.
76 million
baby boomers born
between 1946-1964 will need a retirement income!
With unprecedented longevity, how will boomers create a secure and
comfortable retirement without the fear and risk of outliving their
money?
There is only ONE way to GUARANTEE you will not outlive
you money:
A Single Premium Immediate Annuity (SPIA) guarantees you will never
outlive your income. The SPIA provides a regular, guaranteed income payments
for life. The SPIA is the only product that guarantees you will never
outlive your retirement income. Let FSD show you how to become an annuity
income specialist.
Immediate annuities are usually purchased for the following reasons:
- to provide a guaranteed retirement income that can not be outlived
- RMD at age 70˝, when IRS Required Minimum Distributions
become necessary from IRAs and other qualified plans
- to guarantee a regular and specific income need, such as the funding
of life insurance, child support payment, divorce settlement payments or
structuring business buy out sales.
- supplement income from Social Security
- provide financial income stability in the event of a long-term illness
or nursing home stay
- The number one problem facing
seniors today is the risk of outliving their money. Several factors
affect the situation including longer life spans, lower interest rates
and the terrible fact that too many seniors have lost too much money
over the last few years due to the drop in the stock market. Many
seniors still possess enough assets to insure a guaranteed lifetime
income at levels which provide a decent standard of living – one which
they can’t outlive. The solution is of course, the lifetime annuity.
I am a huge advocate of the lifetime guarantee income immediate
annuity..
The Single Premium Immediate Annuity (SPIA) is a contract issued by a life insurance
company. The annuity is purchased with a single premium payment which guarantees to
provide regular income payments to you and/or other persons. The SPIA is an immense
product in that it guarantees you will never outlive your retirement savings, no matter
how long you live. And in addition to the tax advantages and convenience of SPIA's, you
can select the frequency and guarantee periods of your income payments from a variety of
income plans:
Annuity and Tax Consequences
- Non-qualified or "after tax" monies used to
purchase annuity income have something qualified plans do not. The
Exclusion Ratio or amount of the
annuity payment that is not subject to
income tax since it is considered to be a
return of not only interest but of original
principal "cost basis". The cost basis is
the original investment and is not subject to income tax when distributed
from a Personal Income Annuity.
- The exclusion ratio is determined by the amounts of principal and interest
being returned. An account with a large amount of credited interest will
have a lower exclusion ratio than a mostly principal payout.
- For example, if a 60 year old male with
$100,000 and a cost basis of $50,000 purchases an annuity income for life
the payment would be $582 per month of which 29.6% would be tax free.
- If that same 60 year old had a cost basis of $100,000 the payment is still
$582 per month however, the exclusion ratio would be 59.2%.
Guaranteed Lifetime Income Options
Life Annuity
- This option provides a guaranteed income for life. The
income payments will cease upon death. You can elect to guard against
the effects of inflation by annually increasing the payment you receive at a
compound rate of 1% - 7%.
Installment Refund Annuity
- This option provides a guaranteed income for life. The total of the
payments received will never be less than the total of the funds paid to
purchase this option or the (principal). If you die before receiving at
least that amount, your beneficiary will continue to receive payments until
the full amount is repaid.
Cash Refund Annuity
- This option provides a guaranteed income for life. The total of the
payments received will never be less than the total of the funds paid to
purchase this option (principal). If you die before receiving at least that
amount, your beneficiary will receive the difference in a Lump Sum.
Life Annuity With Period Certain
- This option provides a guaranteed income for life plus if death occurs prior to the end of a specified period (5 to 50 years)
the payments
will be transferred to the beneficiary for the remainder of the period,
ceasing at the end of the chosen period. You can guard against the effects
of inflation by annually increasing the payment you receive at a compound
rate of 1% to 7%.
Joint and Survivor Annuity
- This option provides a guaranteed income for as long as either joint
annuitant is alive. When either annuitant dies, payments continue to the
survivor and can be a partial percentage, such as two-thirds, or a
full 100% of the payments received when both were living. If you select the
Joint and Survivor Annuity option, you may also add a Period Certain option
of five to 30 years.
Joint and Contingent Survivor Annuity
- This option provides a guaranteed income for as long as you or your joint
annuitant lives. If you die first, the joint annuitant will receive 50% of
the payments you received while living. If the joint annuitant dies first,
you will continue to receive 100% of the payments for as long as you live.
Period Certain Annuity (non-lifetime)
- This option provides a guaranteed income for a time period you specify
(5, 10, 15 or 20 years). If you die prior to the end of this period, your
beneficiary may continue to receive payments for the remainder of the
period. You may also be eligible for the Nursing Home Waiver. If so, and if
you become a nursing home resident for 30 days or more, you may receive a
lump-sum payment equal to the present value of your remaining guaranteed
payments.
The nursing home waiver is not available in
Massachusetts. These features are not available on any of the guaranteed
lifetime income options at the left. Exercising these options may represent
taxable events with or without additional tax penalties.
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SPIAs as
part of
a client's retirement portfolio:
To
minimize a multitude of risks, the article suggests a basket of
investments that offer:
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Stable income
you're not likely to outlive
-
Potential for
that income to beat inflation
-
Ability to
access cash to meet unexpected needs
-
Adequate
protection from market downturns
Strategy
1:
is a traditional withdrawal strategy
There is a 77% chance of a client's money lasting 30 years, but it
can be put into danger by an early & substantial loss in the
market.
Strategy
2:
introduces a SPIA to the portfolio
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A
Portion of a client's investments put in a SPIA
used to supplement Social Security & pension income
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Basic expenses
are now covered, you add another layer of guaranteed income, &
still have funds to access
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Get past the
psychological hurdle of putting money in a SPIA:
you're
insuring your income
much like you have insurance for your life, home, car, etc.
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A 50/50
portfolio of SPIA & other diversified investments
=
99% chance of lasting 30 years!
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Remember, a
Genworth SPIA offers additional liquidity through Income Advance
& Commutation!
Strategy
3:
adds a Withdrawal Benefit to the SPIA & Investment Portfolio
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SPIA complements the VA or Index Annuity Withdrawal Benefit
- Similar Guaranteed
Income w/ more flexibility
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25% SPIA
/ 25% VA or
FIA & invest the other 50%
=
92% chance of lasting 30 years!
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This is a
great strategy that allows your agents to get multiple sales
from a client & drive deeper loyalty.
Let
us know if there is anything else we can do to help get your 4th
quarter off to a great start & close out 2009 in a strong way!
Greg
Short
Genworth Financial
Senior Internal Wholesaler - Western Region
Retirement & Protection
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