Unfix your income: Address the rising cost of living with Increasing Income potential.

While some clients may prefer level payments, our Index Advantage+ Income®  Variable Annuity with the Income Benefit rider also offers an Increasing Income option that can "unfix your income" by providing consistent and potentially increasing income in retirement.

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Potential for increases in income every year with no decreases – ever.1

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Anxiety regarding retirement savings

For clients worried about keeping up with the rising cost of living, our groundbreaking Increasing Income option2 can help sustain the value of their retirement strategies.

74% of Americans are worried that they might not be able to afford the lifestyle they want in retirement due to the increased cost of living. (Q1 2025)3

79% agree a guaranteed lifetime income option with opportunities for increases as part of my retirement plan would ease their inflation concerns. (Q1 2025)3

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Opportunity for Increasing Income can help your clients

Straightforward design
Allows for potential increases every year with no decreases – ever1

Addresses inflation concerns
Helps mitigate risk and prepare for unpredictable events in retirement

Reduces withdrawal pressure
Creates a cost-effective foundation for lifetime income so there may be less pressure on other assets

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Allianz has a history of providing income increases

For over 16 years, our fixed index annuities (FIAs) and income benefits (either built in or through an optional rider for an additional cost) have provided increases for many of our customers. Index Advantage+ Income® uses the same method of increasing income as our FIAs.

FIA owners by the number of our clients who chose the Increasing Income option4

95%

of our clients received an income increase at least once5

41%

of our clients received an income payment increase every year4

86%

of our clients with more than one opportunity received an income increase more than once6

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How the Increasing Income option works

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Straightforward design

Your clients' income increases for every year performance credits are earned by the selected index options – and by the same income percentage.

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No decreases – ever¹

Every time your clients get an income payment increase, they’re guaranteed to receive the higher payment for the rest of their life.1,7

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More opportunities to build value

Our increasing income payment option eliminates the need to overcome fees, prior index value losses, previous income payments, or even a depleted contract value.

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See what’s possible with Increasing Income potential

Index Advantage+ Income® calculator

Use our income calculator to estimate how much initial annual income could be generated based on the following three hypothetical factors:

Initial annual income payment: Find out how much initial annual income payment could be generated.

Initial purchase payment: Find out the initial purchase payment necessary to generate a specified initial annual income payment.

Average annual credit: Find out how an average annual credit could impact your initial annual income payment.

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Increasing Income potential in a portfolio

How might 20 years of Increasing Income potential and a level of protection look in your clients’ portfolios?

In a hypothetical historical example, income could have increased by 75% after 20 years of receiving income payouts.8

This hypothetical historical sales idea uses actual historical S&P 500® Index data from 1/1/2005 – 12/31/2024 to show how income could have increased within an Index Advantage+ Income® Variable Annuity with 100% allocation to the Index Protection Strategy with Cap assuming no change in the hypothetical cap of 5.25% during the income period, no additional purchase payments, and choosing the Increasing Income option with single payments.

Note: Past credits are not a guarantee of future results. There is no guarantee that your client’s contract will receive an increase in any given year.

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1 Assumes you don’t take more than the annual maximum income payment. Once established, the annual maximum income payment can only decrease if you take an excess withdrawal. Excess withdrawals reduce your contract value, income payments, and any guaranteed death benefit value, and may end your contract.

2 A 1.25% annual product fee and 0.70% Income Benefit rider fee are accrued daily and deducted on each quarterly contract anniversary, calculated as a percentage of the charge base. The Income Benefit rider is automatically included in the contract at issue and cannot be added to a contract after issue. The Income Benefit rider also offers a Level Income option that provides a higher initial Income Percentage. There is a lower likelihood of receiving income payment increases with Level Income, but it is possible if the contract value increases from one income benefit anniversary to the next.  

3 Allianz 2025 Q1 Quarterly Market Perceptions Study, conducted in February 2025 with a nationally representative sample of 1,004 respondents age 18+.

4 Income benefits were elected from 1/1/2008 (when the first contract eligible for annual reset method income increases was elected) through 12/31/2023, and would have been eligible to receive interest credits from 1/1/2009 through 12/31/2024. Income increases are reflective of multiple FIA products and income benefits that were available at that time. Individual contracts may have seen varying amounts of income increases. There is no guarantee a contract will receive an increase in any given year. Results for fixed index contracts are not a prediction of results for variable contracts, as they will vary. Past credits are not a guarantee of future results.

The total number of fixed index annuity (FIA) contracts used for this analysis was 60,246 and represents any increase of any amount in a given year.

6 The 48,896 contracts with more than one opportunity to increase were used for this analysis.

7 Beginning at age 45, Lifetime Income Percentages are guaranteed to increase each year clients wait to start income. Lifetime income payments can begin on any Index Anniversary once the eligible person reaches age 50, and no later than age 100 after a minimum waiting period of one index year. For joint payments, the age of the younger eligible person will be used to determine income percentages, income percentage increases, and when income payments begin.

This example is provided for illustrative purposes only and is not intended to predict or project actual results. Because Index Advantage+ Income® did not exist during the entire time frame shown, this represents hypothetical historical information only and reflects assumed rates, which are not guaranteed, and is not intended to predict or project actual results. Actual rates that could have been applied over this time frame would have been different, and in some cases may be significantly higher or lower depending on a number of factors, including market conditions. Historical index returns are shown using calendar years. However, the RILAs calculate performance credits using the point-to-point method, which captures the index return over the term. The difference in these calculations can yield significantly different results.

Although an index or indexes will affect your index option values, the index options do not directly participate in any stock or equity investment and are not a direct investment in an index.

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For more complete information about registered index-linked annuities (RILAs) and any available variable option(s), call Allianz Life Financial Services, LLC at 800.542.5427 for a prospectus. The prospectuses contain details on investment objectives, risks, fees, and expenses, as well as other information about the RILA, index options, and any available variable option(s), which your clients should carefully consider. Encourage your clients to read the prospectuses thoroughly before sending money.

RILAs are subject to investment risk, including possible loss of principal. Investment returns and principal value will fluctuate with market conditions so that contract value, upon distribution, may be worth more or less than the original cost.

Withdrawals will reduce the contract value and the value of any potential protection benefits. Withdrawals taken within the contract withdrawal charge schedule will be subject to a withdrawal charge. All withdrawals are subject to ordinary income tax and, if taken prior to age 59½, may be subject to a 10% federal additional tax.

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Guarantees are backed solely by the financial strength and claims-paying ability of the issuing insurance company and do not apply to the performance of the variable subaccount(s), which will fluctuate with market conditions.

• Not FDIC insured • May lose value • No bank or credit union guarantee • Not a deposit • Not insured by any federal government agency or NCUA/NCUSIF

Products are issued by Allianz Life Insurance Company of North America and distributed by its affiliate, Allianz Life Financial Services, LLC, member FINRA, 5701 Golden Hills Drive, Minneapolis, MN 55416-1297. 800.542.5427 www.allianzlife.com

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