Terms Used In New Hampshire Revised Statutes 408:6

  • 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
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
  • person: may extend and be applied to bodies corporate and politic as well as to individuals. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:9
  • Statute of limitations: A law that sets the time within which parties must take action to enforce their rights.
The lawful beneficiary of a life insurance policy or annuity contract death benefit shall be entitled to its proceeds and all other benefits against creditors and representatives of the insured person provided that, subject to the statute of limitations, the amount of any premiums for said insurance paid in fraud of creditors, with interest thereon, shall inure to the creditors’ benefit from the proceeds of the policy.