Terms with Category Estate Management

  • Fiduciary Definition,
    • An individual, company, or association that manages assets for another party. Fiduciaries include executors of wills and estates, trustees, receivers in bankruptcy, and those responsible for managing the finances of a minor.
  • Fiduciary Duty Definition,
    • A requirement that someone in a position of trust, such as a banker, real-estate agent, or title agent, must act in good faith and trust on behalf of a client.
  • Fixed Annuity Definition,
    • An annuity that makes fixed payments to the annuitant with guarantees for earnings and principal.
  • Future Value of an Annuity (FVA) Acronym,
    • The value of an annuity at some future date.
  • Group Life Insurance Definition,
    • Life insurance offered to a large number of people belonging to an organization, usually as part of a benefit package.
  • Guarantee Period Definition,
    • A time period where income payments from an annuity are guaranteed.
  • Human Life Approach Definition,
    • A method of estimating what the probable lifetime financial impact a life insurance policyholder's death would have on his or her beneficiaries.
  • Hybrid Annuity Definition,
    • An annuity with both fixed and variable annuity elements.
  • Indexed Annuity Definition,
    • An annuity where investment performance is pegged to a stock index.
  • Inflation-Protected Annuity Definition,
    • An annuity that guarantees a return equal to or above inflation.
  • Investment in the Contract Definition,
    • The principal that has been contributed to an annuity.
  • Irrevocable Beneficiary Definition,
    • A life insurance or segregated fund beneficiary whose benefit cannot be revoked or modified in any way without his or her consent.
  • Joint and Survivor Annuity Definition,
    • An annuity with multiple annuitants (usually spouses) that makes payments as long as either of the annuitants are alive.
  • Life Annuity Definition,
    • An annuity that will continue to make payments until the death of the annuitant.
  • Life Insurance Definition, Very Important,
    • An arrangement where an insurer agrees to pay a benefit to one or more beneficiaries in the event of the policyholder's death.
    CanEquity offers life insurance.
  • Life Insurance Trust (LIT) Acronym,
    • A legal entity that is made the beneficiary of a life insurance policy, often arranged to evade taxation.
  • Living Benefits Definition,
    • The option for a life insurance policyholder to receive a portion of their death benefit in advance of their death.
  • Maturity Guarantee Definition,
    • A guarantee that after a certain date a contract, such as a life insurance policy or annuity, will have a minimum dollar value.
  • Mortgage Insurance Definition, Very Important,
    • Insurance that protects a lender if a homeowner fails to pay off his or her mortgage.
    • A policy covering a mortgagor from which the benefits are intended (a) to pay off the balance due on a mortgage upon the death of the insured, or (b) to meet the payments on a mortgage as they fall due in the case of his death or disability.
    CanEquity offers mortgage insurance.
  • Mortgage Life Insurance Definition, Very Important,
    • Insurance that covers the costs of paying off a mortgage if the insured dies or becomes disabled.
  • Needs Approach Definition,
    • A way of determining how much life insurance an individual should purchase by examining the future obligations and needs of the beneficiaries.
  • No-Load Annuity Definition,
    • An annuity that pays the salesperson no commission and has low fees and expenses. A no-load annuity is often sold by an insurer directly.
  • No-Load Life Insurance Definition,
    • A type of life insurance policy that is sold without a commission for the selling agent.
  • Permanent Life Insurance Definition,
    • A class of life insurance policies, which include both universal and whole life insurance, with guaranteed death benefits at the end of their terms.
  • Policy Loan Definition,
    • A loan where a life insurance policyholder's death benefit is used as collateral.
  • Present Value Interest Factor of Annuity (PVIFA) Acronym,
    • A method used to find an annuity's present value.
  • Probate Sale Definition,
    • Sale of property after the death of the owner, supervised by a court, with proceeds divided among creditors and heirs.
  • Revocable Beneficiary Definition,
    • A beneficiary whose benefit can be modified without his or her consent.
  • Second-To-Die Insurance Definition,
    • Life insurance that only pays a death benefit when both spouses have died, commonly used in estate planning.
  • Single Premium Deferred Annuity (SPDA) Acronym,
    • A deferred annuity funded with a single payment.
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