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Like an annuity an endowment policy is offered through an insurance company. You place a certain amount of money in for a period of time as indicated by your insurance contract and then at the end of that term you are paid the amount that is available at that time. One must be careful because an endowment policy can be associated with market value adjustments that can lessen the amount of what the product is worth if surrendered early or if losses are incurred by the company. A fixed indexed annuity too has a fixed interest as determined by the company (usually yearly) and is contractual to a time limit as well. It also can incur surrender charges if cancelled early or withdrawals are taken early without a yearly specified allowable withdrawal rate as indicated by the contract and the company. To take an existing fixed annuity that has been in place for a number of years to start over again with a new set of holding years does not seem like a wise decision, however this is your decision.

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