HDFC Immediate Annuity | Features | Advantage

The HDFC Immediate Annuity is a contract that uses your capital to provide you with a guaranteed gross income through out your lifetime or over a period of your choice. The income is guaranteed and is unaffected by the rise and fall of interest rates. This means you can plan your life the way you want it to be, safe in the knowledge that your gross income will not fall during the period you have selected. The HDFC Immediate Annuity offers a number of options to meet all your income needs.

Features –

Guaranteed Term

Your annuity is normally paid throughout your life time. Your annuity can be guaranteed to pay for a period of up to 15 years provided the last guaranteed payment falls prior to your 80^th birthday. This means in the event your death. The annuity will carry on being paid for the number of years left in the guaranteed period.

Escalation –

Your gross annuity may increase annually at a fixed rate of up to 5 % each year compounded.

Flexibility of Income Receipts –

You can choose to receive your income at times to suit your own circumstances (Monthly/ every 3 month /every 6month/once a year). The annuity can be paid in advance or arrears i.e either at the start or the end of the payment period you have chosen.

Eligibility –

You should be at least 30years and at most 85 years. These limit also apply to any individual you wish to provide an annuity to after your death.

Advantages

Income for Temporary Period Option: You can choose to limit the payment period of annuity if you only require an income for a specified time. The annuity is payable for your selected term provided you are still alive. No annuity is payable after the chosen term has expired. You can choose to limit the payment term to between 5 and 25 years. The term selected must be at least for one year greater than any guarantee period
Death Benefits: In addition to a regular income, you can choose an annuity that will pay out a benefit on your death or, if you have chosen to provide an annuity for a named individual, on the later of your and the named individual’s death. You can choose the level of death benefit:
- Full purchase price, or a proportion of the purchase price
- Capital protection option – the amount paid on death is equal to the purchase price less the gross annuity installments already paid under the annuity
- No death benefit is allowable where a guarantee period has been selected. No death benefit is allowable where a Joint Life annuity reducing on death of the first life has been selected
If you need to provide an income for someone after you die: The HDFC Immediate Annuity can also provide an annuity for a named individual specified in your application form. This annuity will be paid if you die before the named individual. The amount of their annuity can be the same as your annuity or a proportion of your annuity

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