Common use of Guaranteed Number of Payments Clause in Contracts

Guaranteed Number of Payments. We will make payments for a specified number of months beginning on the Payout Start Date. These payments do not depend on the Annuitant's life. The minimum number of months guaranteed is 60 (120 if the Payout Start Date occurs prior to the third anniversary of the Contract issue date). The maximum number of months guaranteed is 360 or the number of months between the Payout Start Date and the date that the Annuitant reaches age 100, if greater. In no event may the number of months guaranteed exceed 600 months. Income Plan 3 offers a withdrawal option as defined under Payout Withdrawal. Income Payments under Income Plan 3 are subject to the following: 9 You may request to modify the length of the payment period and the frequency of payments. You may make this change once each 365-day period. We reserve the right to limit the availability of such changes or to change the frequency of allowable changes without prior notice. If you elect to change the length of the payment period, the new payment period must be within the original maximum and minimum period you would have been permitted to select on your original Payout Start Date.