Terms Used In Illinois Compiled Statutes 40 ILCS 5/12-125

  • 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
  • Surviving spouse: means "widow" or "widower" as the case may be. See Illinois Compiled Statutes 5 ILCS 70/1.32
     “Reversionary annuity”: A deferred annuity computed according to the applicable actuarial table, based on employee and employer contributions for surviving spouse‘s service annuity and surviving spouse’s prior service annuity, and payable to the beneficiary during lifetime, or other stated period, only if the beneficiary survives the employee receiving a retirement annuity and qualifies as the surviving spouse under Section 12-123.1.
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