Qualified Joint and Survivor Annuity definition

Qualified Joint and Survivor Annuity means an immediate annuity for the life of a Participant, with a survivor annuity for the life of the spouse which is not less than 50% and not more than 100% of the amount of the annuity which is payable during the joint lives of the Participant and the spouse, and which is the amount of benefit that can be purchased with the Participant's Vested Account Balance. The percentage of the survivor annuity under the Plan shall be 50%.
Qualified Joint and Survivor Annuity means an immediate annuity, purchased with the Participant's Account balance, for the life of the Participant with a survivor annuity for the life of the spouse which is equal to 50% of the amount of the annuity which is payable during the joint lives of the Participant and the spouse.
Qualified Joint and Survivor Annuity means an annuity for the life of the Participant, with a survivor annuity for the life of his or her spouse in an amount equal to 50% of the amount of the annuity payable during the joint lives of the Participant and his or her spouse, and which is the amount of benefit which can be purchased by the Participant’s Accrued Benefit.

Examples of Qualified Joint and Survivor Annuity in a sentence

  • If the Participant elects the survivor annuity, payments under such annuity must not be less than the payments which would have been made to the Spouse under the Qualified Joint and Survivor Annuity if the Participant had retired on the day before his or her death.

  • Unless an optional form of benefit is selected pursuant to a Qualified Election within the 90-day period ending on the Annuity Starting Date, a married Participant's Vested Account Balance will be paid in the form of a Qualified Joint and Survivor Annuity and an unmarried Participant's Vested Account Balance will be paid in the form of a life annuity.

  • If a form of benefit other than the Qualified Joint and Survivor Annuity is elected, spousal consent must be obtained.

  • Notwithstanding the foregoing, only the Participant need consent to the commencement of a distribution in the form of a Qualified Joint and Survivor Annuity while the Accrued Benefit is immediately distributable.

  • Your Thrivent representative will provide you with the required participant-specific benefit illustration to accompany the Qualified Joint and Survivor Annuity Notice.


More Definitions of Qualified Joint and Survivor Annuity

Qualified Joint and Survivor Annuity. The safe-harbor provisions of paragraph 8.7 of the Basic Plan Document #04 are applicable. If the Plan is not safe-harbored under paragraph 8.7 of the Basic Plan Document, the survivor annuity shall be 50% of the annuity payable during the lives of the Participant and Spouse.
Qualified Joint and Survivor Annuity means an immediate annuity for the life of the Participant, with a survivor annuity for the life of the Participant’s spouse which is not less than one-half, nor greater than, the amount of the annuity payable during the joint lives of the Participant and the Participant’s spouse. The Qualified Joint and Survivor Annuity (i) for the purposes of Part I of the Plan will be the Actuarial Equivalent of the Plan’s no-death benefit life annuity normal form of benefit; and (ii) for the purposes of Part II of the Plan will be the Actuarial Equivalent of the Plan’s normal form of benefit.
Qualified Joint and Survivor Annuity means an annuity for the life of the Participant with a survivor annuity for the life of the Participant’s Spouse equal to 50% of the monthly amount payable for the Participant’s life.
Qualified Joint and Survivor Annuity means an immediate annuity for the life of the Participant with a survivor annuity for the life of the spouse that is not less than 50 percent (and not more than 100 percent) of the amount payable during the joint lives of the Participant and the spouse that can be purchased with the Participant's vested Accumulation Account. The percentage of the survivor annuity under the Plan shall be 50 percent.
Qualified Joint and Survivor Annuity means an annuity for the life of the Participant with a survivor annuity for the life of his/her spouse which is one-half of the amount of the annuity payable during the joint lives of the Participant and his/her spouse and which is the actuarial equivalent of a single life annuity for the life of the Participant.
Qualified Joint and Survivor Annuity means (1) if the Participant is not married on his or her Annuity Starting Date, an immediate annuity payable for the life of the Participant or (2) if the Participant is married on his Annuity Starting Date, an immediate annuity for the life of the Participant with a survivor annuity for the life of the Participant’s spouse (to whom the Participant was married on the Annuity Starting Date) equal to 50 percent of the amount of the annuity which is payable during the joint lives of the Participant and such spouse, provided that the survivor annuity shall not be payable to a Participant’s spouse if such spouse is not the same spouse to whom the Participant was married on his Annuity Starting Date.
Qualified Joint and Survivor Annuity means an immediate annuity, payable monthly, for the life of the Participant with a survivor annuity for the life of the Participant's spouse which is not less than fifty percent (50%) and not more than one hundred percent (100%) of the amount of the annuity payable during the joint lives of the Participant and the Participant's spouse and which is the Actuarial Equivalent of the Standard Form of Retirement Income. The percentage of the spouse's survivor annuity shall be fifty percent (50%), unless a different percentage is specified in the Adoption Agreement. In the case of a Participant without a spouse, Qualified Joint and Survivor Annuity shall mean an annuity, payable monthly, for the life of the Participant, with no survivor benefit.