Sell Annuity Payment - What is Annuity????
An Annuity is any continuing payment with a fixed total annual amount. Annuity may refer to:Annuity (finance theory):
any terminating stream of fixed payments over a specified period of time
In finance theory, an annuity is a terminating "stream" of fixed payments, i.e., a collection of payments to be periodically received over a specified period of time. The valuation of such a stream of payments entails concepts such as the time value of money, interest rate, and future value.
Examples of annuities are regular deposits to a savings account, monthly home mortgage payments and monthly insurance payments. Annuities are classified by the frequency of payment dates. The payments (deposits) may be made weekly, monthly, quarterly, yearly, or at any other interval of time.
Other types of Annuity:
Fixed annuities:
These are annuities with fixed payments. They are primarily used for low risk investments like government securities or corporate bonds. Fixed annuities offer a fixed rate but are not regulated by the Securities and Exchange Commission. This type can be adversely affected by high inflation.
Variable annuities:
Unlike fixed annuities, these are regulated by the SEC. They allow you to invest in portions of money markets.Equity-indexed annuities:
Lump sum payments are made to an insurance company. Can be implemented with a Call option.Life annuity:
a financial contract providing payments for a person's lifetime
A life annuity is a financial contract in the form of an insurance product according to which a seller (issuer) — typically a financial institution such as a life insurance company — makes a series of future payments to a buyer (annuitant) in exchange for the immediate payment of a lump sum (single-payment annuity) or a series of regular payments (regular-payment annuity), prior to the onset of the annuity.
The payment stream from the issuer to the annuitant has an unknown duration based principally upon the date of death of the annuitant. At this point the contract will terminate and the remainder of the fund accumulated is forfeited unless there are other annuitants or beneficiaries in the contract. Thus a life annuity is a form of longevity insurance, where the uncertainty of an individual's lifespan is transferred from the individual to the insurer, which reduces its own uncertainty by pooling many clients. Annuities can be purchased to provide an income during retirement, or originate from a structured settlement of a personal injury lawsuit.
Annuity (US financial products)
In the United States an annuity contract is created when an insured party, usually an individual, pays a life insurance company a single premium that will later be distributed back to the insured party over time. Annuity contracts traditionally provide a guaranteed distribution of income over time, such as via fixed payments, until the death of the person or persons named in the contract or until a final date, whichever comes first. However, the majority of modern annuity customers use annuities only to accumulate funds free of income and capital gains taxes and to later take lump-sum withdrawals without using the guaranteed-income-for-life feature.
Annuity (European financial arrangements)
An annuity is a financial contract which provides an income stream in return for an initial payment with specific parameters. It is the opposite of a settlement funding. A Swiss Annuity is not considered a European annuity for tax reasons.
Swiss Annuity
A Swiss annuity is similar to an American annuity, in which insured parties pay a premium which will be returned to them in time. However, unlike American and European annuities Swiss annuities can be used in offshore tax planning and are not subject to the usual tax and bankruptcy reporting requirements.
