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  <content>&lt;h1 class="article_title" style="text-align: left;"&gt;Annuity / Annuities&lt;/h1&gt;
&lt;h2 class="article_subtitle" style="text-align: left;"&gt;Immediate Annuity&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;h2 class="article_subtitle" style="text-align: left;"&gt;What is an Immediate Annuity?&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Like all &lt;a class="in_text_link" href="/annuity-annuities/"&gt;annuities&lt;/a&gt;, an immediate annuity is an agreement between you and a &lt;a class="in_text_link" href="/"&gt;life insurance&lt;/a&gt; company. In this agreement, you pay the life insurance company a sum of money. In return, the life insurance company pays you a series of payments.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;There is one main difference between an immediate annuity and a deferred annuity. With an immediate annuity, the payments from the life insurance company begin immediately.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span class="article_subtitle"&gt;Immediate Annuity Payment Schedule&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a class="in_text_link" href="/annuity-annuities/immediate/"&gt;Immediate annuities&lt;/a&gt; create a stream of income that comes to you in the form of payments from the life insurance company. These payments can last for a fixed period or for your entire lifetime.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;A fixed period immediate annuity is when the life insurance company pays you for a specified period of time. The payments continue for the period specified whether you are alive to receive the payments or not.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;A lifetime immediate annuity is when the life insurance company continues to pay you for as long as you live.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;It is also possible to add a guaranteed period to your lifetime annuity. This allows your beneficiaries to continue receiving payments even if you don't outlive the guaranteed period.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="line-height: 0.2;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span class="article_subtitle"&gt;Single Premium Immediate Annuity (SPIA)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The most common immediate annuity purchased today is the single premium immediate annuity, also known as a SPIA.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;A single premium immediate annuity is one in which payments from the life insurance company start right after your first (and only) premium payment.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;Learn More:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="/annuity-annuities/"&gt;Annuity Explanations&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</content>
  <created-at type="datetime">2010-01-14T21:51:54Z</created-at>
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