Are you currently taking lifetime income from your annuity, but suddenly worried about draining your account balance and leaving nothing behind for your heirs? If you want to protect your beneficiaries, you might be wondering if you can just hit the "pause" button on your payouts.

In this video, Shawn Plummer from The Annuity Expert answers whether you can stop your annuity withdrawals to preserve a death benefit. The good news is: Yes, you can! (As long as you are using a lifetime income rider and haven't permanently "annuitized" your contract). However, Shawn issues a warning about how pausing your payouts will trigger a recalculation if you ever decide to turn them back on.

Shawn also reveals three powerful alternative strategies to protect your heirs, including how to upgrade to an "Enhanced Death Benefit" contract, how to use you ...