Pension Plans: Distributions

Definition of "Pension plans: distributions"

Prior to 1988, right to withdraw retirement assets before age 59 1/2 without having to pay a 10% penalty under the following circumstances:

  1. medical expenses are incurred.
  2. the plan participant becomes disabled. With the passage of the TECHNICAL AND MISCELLANEOUS REVENUE ACT OF 1988 (TAMRA): EMPLOYEE BENEFITS a third option is available to the plan participant:
  3. distribution must be a part of a scheduled series of substantially equal periodic payments. The distributions must be made in such amanner that they will continue for the lifetime of the plan participant or the joint lifetime of the plan participant and his or her beneficiary.

image of a real estate dictionary page

Have a question or comment?

We're here to help.

*** Your email address will remain confidential.
 

 

Popular Insurance Terms

Act passed by Congress in 1991, the purpose of which is to make it easier for consumers to compare deposit accounts among savings institutions (SI). Some of the act's more important ...

Liability and physical damage coverage for trailers under business or personal auto policies. Most automobile insurance policies offer liability coverage for common types of trailers owned ...

Hazard covered under catastrophe reinsurance. This form of excess of loss reinsurance protects the ceding company for loss above the retention limit caused by multiple catastrophic events. ...

Retirement payments to be credited for future years of service with an employer. ...

Loading to the burning cost ratio for a reinsurer's expenses, profit, and to build a reserve to meet unusually large claims. ...

Law in some states that permits an insurance company to deny payment of a claim resulting from an insured loss because of breach of warranty or misrepresentation, provided that the breach ...

Income paid under a disability policy that is not covered under workers compensation benefits. It is usually expressed as a percentage of the insured's income prior to the disability, but ...

Based on historical loss experience, from which future loss experience is predicted. ...

Termination of coverage in insurance. ...

Popular Insurance Questions