Target Income 10®
Built for Plan A, Equipped for Plan B. When life happens, Target Income 10® protects your retirement income and gives you the flexibility to handle the changes as they come.
- Income with simple guaranteed lifetime withdrawal benefit (GLWB).
- Flexibility to adapt to life’s changes and make decisions based on the needs of that time—means more control should the unexpected happen.

- Choose single/joint election when guaranteed income is turned on (instead of at the time of application) so you can make a choice based on your current need, at no additional cost.
- Rider termination after first contract year.
- Consolidate assets into a single solution by not limiting the ability to add additional premiums.
- Turn on income when you need it any day after the first year and get that day’s roll-up—no waiting for an anniversary for a benefit base increase—with the benefit of our daily roll-up.
- Take partial withdrawals1 from your account value—10% annual free withdrawal amount. And taking a partial withdrawal prior to accessing lifetime income does NOT stop your roll-up.
Target Income 10® protects your retirement income and gives you the flexibility to handle the unexpected and the control to make decisions based on the needs of that time.
Target Income 10®'s guaranteed lifetime withdrawal benefit (GLWB) can accelerate your accumulation of income benefits by:
- Adding a 20% bonus to your benefit base for all premiums you pay during the first year of your contract. The benefit base is not a surrender value or death benefit and is not available as a lump sum.
- Growing the benefit base by 10% each year for the first 10 years.
Ways to access your income:
Free/periodic withdrawals2
After the first contract year, you can withdraw up to the greater of 10% of the last anniversary value of your account or required minimum distributions (RMDs) with no surrender charges or market value adjustment (MVA). MVA is an adjustment to the account for changes in the interest rate environment (based on an external, publicly available rate index - Moody’s Bond Indices -- Corporate Average) that is applied to withdrawals and surrenders that exceed the 10% free withdrawal amount during the first 10 contract years. After the first ten years, you can make withdrawals without surrender charges when you need them, in any amount. However, if you take withdrawals from your contract before then, you could pay a surrender charge for any amount that exceeds the 10% free withdrawal amount. The exceptions to paying the early withdrawal charges are:
- If you are required to take Required Minimum Distributions (RMDs) starting at age 72
- If, after first contract anniversary, you need to make a one-time withdrawal to pay for nursing home, hospice care or a terminal illness subject to restrictions
Surrender charges are paid on early withdrawals and surrenders based on a gradually decreasing schedule for each guarantee period year. Please see your product brochure or contract for more details about the 10-year surrender charge schedule.
Withdrawals will reduce your future retirement earnings potential.
Other features:
Reallocation
You have the flexibility to reallocate your index strategies at the end of the crediting method term if your needs, goals or risk tolerance shift over time. With a range of choices, this also gives you the ability to diversify in changing markets.
Guaranteed death benefit
If you die before you begin receiving annuity income payments, Target Income 10® guarantees that your beneficiary will receive at least the account value (including all the interest you’ve earned and minus any withdrawals taken) and may avoid probate.3
Minimum guaranteed surrender value
If you cash in or “surrender” your contract early (before the contract’s 10-year maturity date) you will be subject to surrender charges based on the 10-year surrender charge schedule. However, your contract’s Minimum Guaranteed Surrender Value (MGSV) will never be less than 87.5% of premiums paid plus interest earned at the minimum guaranteed rate stated in the contract, minus any withdrawals and applicable withdrawal assessments, plus interest earned at the nonforfeiture rate stated in the contract. MGSV ends upon the annuity date or contract termination.
Target Income 10® offers:
- A diverse set of index options that cover a variety of geography, strategies/styles, and most importantly, asset classes.
- Competitive rates/caps/spreads to maximize both your account value and death benefit growth.
- Banded rates that reward you with higher rates as you accumulate.
- Your earnings grow 100% tax deferred, until you start taking withdrawals or income payments.
Ways to grow your savings: fixed account option and/or index-linked option(s)
Fixed rate
Payments allocated to this option will be credited with a fixed interest rate that is specified on the date the contract is effective. Each year, Delaware Life Insurance Company will declare new interest rates to reflect current conditions, but never less than a minimum guaranteed rate. If you want more certainty about the amount of interest that will be credited to your account value, this may be the choice for you.
First Trust Capital Strength® Barclays 5% Index
The First Trust Capital Strength® Barclays 5% Index creates a diversified portfolio by combining U.S. stocks selected based on capital strength methodology with a portfolio of four Barclays U.S. Treasury futures indexes. The index seeks to enhance return and manage risk exposure by adjusting the portfolio’s asset allocation on a monthly basis using techniques from modern portfolio theory. It aims to maintain an annual volatility level at or below 5%, using a procedure called volatility control, to further control risk.
S&P 500® Index
For those who want to earn interest based on the performance of a range of large U.S. businesses, this index is widely regarded as a premier benchmark for the domestic stock market. It contains stocks from 500 leading companies in various industries.
Morgan Stanley Global Opportunities Index
This index uses a rules-based, multi-asset strategy and a trend-following methodology to make allocations to global equities, interest rates and commodities. This approach is intended to diversify risk and balance exposure to various market risk factors to reduce the portfolio’s natural volatility. The index is managed to a 5% target volatility over the long term and may also include a cash allocation to reduce overall volatility.
RBA Select Equity Yield CIBC 5% Index
The index focuses on 100 of the top U.S. dividend-paying stocks through a methodology based on leading market research and fundamental analysis of financial factors. This systematic rules-based, quantitative investment strategy seeks to consistently enhance returns through a targeted set of reliable and sustainable dividend-paying equities.
Index-linked Options Sponsored by Global Leaders
Morgan Stanley
Morgan Stanley is a leading global financial services firm with offices in New York City, London, Tokyo, Hong Kong and other world financial centers. The firm provides investment banking, securities, wealth management and investment management services to clients worldwide including corporations, governments, institutions and individuals.
First Trust
At First Trust, their experience, history of innovation and diversity of offerings are all part of their mission and are the only way they know to become a trusted financial professional. Because they consider each financial professional and his or her customer integral to their business, and truly our most valuable investment, they are committed to their best interests. They provide exceptional resources that help financial professionals define goals, solve problems and develop long-term strategies to help their clients achieve their dreams and goals. They believe that this kind of leadership will provide the most fundamentally sound investment products and financial professional support available in today’s marketplace.
CIBC Capital Markets and Richard Bernstein Advisors LLC
CIBC Capital Markets works with domestic and international organizations looking for a banking relationship that combines in-depth industry knowledge with comprehensive capital markets, corporate banking and investment banking capabilities to address their most pressing needs. We strive to forge strong and deep relationships with our clients to understand the demands of their business and bring distinctive and appropriate solutions to the table.
Richard Bernstein Advisors LLC (RBA) is an investment manager focusing on longer-term investment strategies that combine top-down, macroeconomic analysis and quantitatively-driven portfolio construction. We strive to be the leading provider of innovative investment solutions for investors, and our competitive edge is our research-driven macro style of investing. Our top-down macro approach differentiates our firm from the more common, traditional bottom-up approach of most asset managers. Our extensive array of macro indicators allows us to construct portfolios for clients that are innovative, risk-controlled, and focused on overall portfolio construction instead of individual stock selection.
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Guaranteed principal to protect your retirement money
Unlike other retirement products, a fixed index annuity is not an investment in individual securities.