Terms Used In Idaho Code > Title 41 > Chapter 30 - Idaho Unclaimed Life Insurance Benefits Act

• 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.
• Beneficiary: A person who is entitled to receive the benefits or proceeds of a will, trust, insurance policy, retirement plan, annuity, or other contract. ^{Source: OCC}
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Contract: means an annuity contract. See Idaho Code 41-3001
• Death master file: means the United States social security administration’s death master file or any other database or service that is at least as comprehensive as the United States social security administration’s death master file for determining that a person has reportedly died. See Idaho Code 41-3001
• Death master file match: means a search of the death master file that results in a match of the social security number or the name and date of birth of an insured, annuity owner or retained asset account holder. See Idaho Code 41-3001
• Escheat: Reversion of real or personal property to the state when 1) a person dies without leaving a will and has no heirs, or 2) when the property (such as a bank account) has been inactive for a certain period of time. ^{Source: OCC}
• Month: means a calendar month, unless otherwise expressed. See Idaho Code 73-114
• person: includes a corporation as well as a natural person;