Annuities paid only under certain circumstances are "contingent annuities". Both conventional annuities and Purchase Life Annuities can qualify for impaired terms. The company offers variable annuities and life and disability insurance. Allianz Life offers various products, including fixed and variable annuities and life insurance. The state also increased retirement annuities. Defined benefit plans distribute their benefits through life annuities. Transamerica companies also offer a variety of mutual funds and annuities. In the 1970s, New York Life began selling annuities and mutual funds. Some regular annuities, usually supplemented by payments for specific works, are given below. The government sought to go further and end the repayment to Britain of land annuities. They were the first Native American nation to gain full cash payment of annuities. Perpetuities are a form of ordinary annuities. See also Private Placement Variable Annuities. It reserved the right to decide on distribution between cash and goods for the annuities. This patent covers methods for administering variable annuities.