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Other people regard the gig economy as a case for universal basic income: a plan to give every citizen a modest flat annuity from the government, as a replacement for all current welfare and unemployment programs.
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The figures are based on a pensioner buying a flat-rate annuity that does not increase with inflation.
A 65-year old with a £100,000 pension pot can get an initial income of £5,900 with a flat-rate annuity; with an inflation-linked annuity, the income falls to £3,400.
What stops buyers is that the initial payment is some 20% lower than a flat-payment annuity would render.
However, non-financial wealth most notably housing tends to rise while annuity payments remain flat.
A.I.G.'s domestic life insurer, SunAmerica, reported flat operating income, though its crucial annuity business continued to rebound after difficulties during the financial crisis, when the company took a $182 billion bailout.
Even those British workers who do buy an annuity tend to go for a flat-rate version, running the risk that inflation will erode their purchasing power.The legal requirement to buy an annuity has been weakened in recent years.
The insurance in the guaranteed income fund costs a flat 1 percent of assets invested each year, much less than most variable annuities.
UK operating profits were flat at £353m, as a drop in corporate pension sales offset an increase in individual annuities.
They pick the annuity".
Every annuity is different.
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