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Annuities > Flexible Premium Deferred Variable Annuity > Accessing Your Funds
Accessing Your Funds

With the Flexible Premium Deferred Variable Annuity, you can access your accumulated value in a variety of ways:

Partial or full surrender
You can withdraw part or all of your accumulated value through a partial or full surrender. See the prospectus for details. Please note that a surrender is subject to income taxation and a potential 10% federal income tax penalty if it occurs prior to age 59 ½ . You should consult your tax adviser to see if you qualify for any exceptions to this penalty.

  • After seven years, you’ll have full access to all of your funds without any surrender charges being assessed, regardless of when the money was paid into the contract.
  • During the first seven years, you may take a partial surrender for an amount up to 10% of your accumulated value each year with no surrender charge. During these years, any additional amounts withdrawn will be subject to surrender charges based on the schedule shown below:
Surrender Charges
Year 1 7%
Year 2 6%
Year 3 5%
Year 4 4%
Year 5 3%
Year 6 2%
Year 7 1%

The surrender charge schedule begins on the issue date of the contract and is not extended if any subsequent premium payments are made. This way, all of your money is accessible to you under the same terms at the same time.

Thrivent Financial waives surrender charges in the following instances*

  • Nursing home confinement
  • Loss of job
  • Total disability
  • Terminal illness
  • Annuitizing your contract after three years
*Some waivers are not available in all states.

Great ways to access your funds in retirement

Planned retirement income program
You have the ability to use the dollars accumulated in your account to help fund your Thrivent Retirement Income Program. Your financial representative can tell you more about how this program works.

Systematic partial surrender
You can establish a systematic partial surrender that provides periodic payments on a monthly, quarterly, semiannual or annual basis.

Annuitize your contract and receive income for life or a set period of time
You can receive regular income payments that you can’t outlive. You can choose to receive payments to last for your life or for the lives of you and your spouse. Alternatively, you can receive a regular stream of income for a set period of years or receive a set amount of money periodically.

Your financial representative with Thrivent Financial for Lutherans can help
Contact your financial representative for more information about the Flexible Premium Deferred Variable Annuity from Thrivent Financial for Lutherans. He or she can provide you with costs, complete details of coverage, exclusions, reduction of benefits, and terms under which the contract may be continued in force or discontinued.

Download a prospectus for the Thrivent Financial for Lutherans Variable Annuity. The prospectus contains more complete information on charges and expenses. You should read the prospectus carefully before you invest or send money.


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Thrivent Financial for Lutherans, Appleton, WI 54919-0001, is authorized to conduct business in all 50 states and the District of Columbia. NAIC # 2938-56014. Products issued by Thrivent Financial for Lutherans are available to applicants who meet membership, insurability, U.S. citizenship and residency requirements. Not all products described are available in all states. Thrivent Financial representatives are licensed insurance agents. Insurance and retirement products, where available, are individual contracts, (not group coverage), and issued by Thrivent Financial for Lutherans. Investment products are offered through Thrivent Investment Management Inc., 625 Fourth Ave. S., Minneapolis, MN 55415-1665, a wholly owned subsidiary of Thrivent Financial for Lutherans. Member FINRA. Member SIPC. Thrivent Financial representatives are registered representatives of Thrivent Investment Management Inc.

Bank products and trust services are offered through Thrivent Financial Bank, 2000 E. Milestone Dr., Appleton, WI 54919-0006 (Member FDIC, Equal Housing Lender), a wholly owned subsidiary of Thrivent Financial for Lutherans. Insurance, investment products, securities, trust, and investment management services and accounts are not deposits, are not FDIC insured, are not insured by any federal government agency, and are not guaranteed by Thrivent Financial Bank. Variable insurance contracts, investment products, trust, and investment management accounts may go down in value.

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This document was last updated on Monday, August 28, 2006 at 12:15 PM