Monthly begin within a year after the premium (lump sum) has been paid.
Monthly payments begin many years after the premium is paid. In this case, the annuity can be purchased with one lump sum, or with a series of premium payments over time.
Variable annuities give the annuitant a number of options:
Indexed annuities allow you to benefit from interest that is credited to your annuity based on changes in the stock market as measured by any well known measure of the stock market’s performance. Therefore your funds are not in the stock market. There are minimum guarantees that allow you to be protected from any decline of the stock market
Fixed interest rate annuities earn interest at a guaranteed fixed rate of interest which is determined by the insurance company