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Annuities offer a secure, guaranteed income plan that meets your needs and makes the most of your assets, without the worries of more complex investments. Our registered and non-registered annuities feature flexibility, creditor protection, highly competitive rates and annuity income payments

Annuity Types
Term Certain annuity  
  • Guaranteed, steady source of income for a specified period
Life annuity  
  • More protection than a term certain annuity
  • Guarantees you an income you cannot outlive
Joint Life annuity  
  • Even more protection than a life annuity
  • Provides full protection for you and your spouse
Life annuity
(with a guaranteed period)
 
  • A combination of a term certain and life annuity
  • Ensures a source of income for a specified number of years and continues to provide income should you survive beyond that period
Joint Life annuity
(with a guaranteed period)
 
  • A combination of term certain and life annuity
  • Guarantees you or your spouse a source of income for a specified period and thereafter to the surviving spouse
  • Income continues in full or at a reduced amount to the surviving spouse
Temporary Annuity
(non-registered contracts only)
 
  • Guarantees you a source of income for a specified period as long as your are living
  • Available on single and joint life annuities; with or without a guaranteed period
Prepaid RRIF
(Deferred Annuity)
 
  • Purchase of a deferred annuity contract (term certain to age 90) with the option of converting to a RRIF at the earlier of age 69 or within 7 years of the annuity purchase date. If you choose not to convert to a RRIF, the annuity payments automatically start at your contract's annuity commencement date.


Income Payment Option

Income Payments

Level-Income
Annuity
  • Basic, most common choice
  • Income payments are the same for the duration of the annuity
Increasing Income Annuity
  • Income payments increase each year by a fixed percentage or amount (maximum increase per year is 4% for registered annuities and 6% for non-registered annuities)
Indexed Income Annuity
  • Income payments increase each year according to the level of the Consumer Price Index (CPI)
  • Payments can be indexed during the deferral period (from the purchase date to the annuity commencement date)
 
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