Terms Used In Illinois Compiled Statutes 40 ILCS 5/12-125.1

  • 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
     “Optional reversionary annuity”: A deferred annuity derived from part of the actuarial value of an employee’s retirement annuity, computed according to the applicable actuarial tables and payable during the lifetime of the beneficiary 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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