Income Plan

The Living Time Income Plan is an ideal alternative to conventional Income Drawdown for those clients who like the control and flexibility that Drawdown offers them but are wary of stock market risk and volatility.

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Subject to GAD, their chosen income is guaranteed until the end of the selected Plan term (minimum of 3 years) at which point they receive a Guaranteed Maturity Amount – known and fixed at outset – to reinvest in another appropriate pension product of their choice.

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We have created this short video that explains how the Income Plan can meet the needs of clients looking for certainty and control in their primetime retirement years.

Keeping options open

As death benefits are also often a concern to clients (the more flexible approach offered by Drawdown is often a key reason clients choose USP rather than traditional annuities) they can also build in Value Protection death benefit to the Income Plan to return a lump sum equal to the initial investment (less gross income paid) to their spouse or beneficiaries should they die during the Plan term.

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Income Plan suitability (hover)

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What are the risks?

• Future income
  Annuity rates may be lower in the future.
  
  The income that the Guaranteed Maturity Amount (GMA) can buy at the maturity date is not guaranteed. It may be higher or lower than the amount a Lifetime Annuity would pay if purchased now.
  
  The higher the income level the client selects at the outset of their Plan, the lower the Guaranteed Maturity Amount at the end of the Plan term, which in turn will reduce the future level of income the client can obtain.
  
  
• Death benefits
  If the client does not select at least one of the death benefit options under the Plan and they die during its term, no further Plan benefits will be paid, i.e. their remaining pension fund will be lost.
  
  
• Income levels
  The client's chosen income may be restricted throughout the term of their Plan by limits set by the Goverment Actuary's Department (GAD).  Any income that cannot be paid because of a restriction will be added to the GMA, plus interest at a gilt rate determined by Alico.
  
  
• Inflation
  Inflation will reduce what the client can buy with their income in the future.
  
  
• No withdrawal or changes
  Once we have received the client's application for a Living Time Income Plan they will have 30 days to change their mind. After that, their funds cannot be moved or their benefits changed until the end of their chosen term.