Florida Statutes 627.464 – Annuity contracts, pure endowment contracts; standard provisions
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Terms Used In Florida Statutes 627.464
- Annuity: A periodic (usually annual) payment of a fixed sum of money for either the life of the recipient or for a fixed number of years. A series of payments under a contract from an insurance company, a trust company, or an individual. Annuity payments are made at regular intervals over a period of more than one full year.
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.
(1) No fixed-dollar annuity, variable annuity, or pure endowment contract, other than a reversionary annuity, survivorship annuity, or group annuity, shall be delivered or issued for delivery in this state unless it contains in substance each of the provisions set forth in ss. 627.465–627.470, inclusive, or provisions which in the opinion of the office are more favorable to the policyholder. Any of such provisions not applicable to single-premium annuities or single-premium pure endowment contracts shall not to that extent be incorporated therein.
(2) An annuity purchased, dedicated, or otherwise allocated as part of a settlement to satisfy the requirements of 42 U.S.C. § 1395y(b)(2) may not be sold to, or commuted by or for, a third party unconnected to the settlement.
(3) This section does not apply to contracts for annuities included in or upon the lives of beneficiaries under life insurance policies.