Not exact matches
The viatical
company just uses the conversion priviledge (that most, but not all term policies have, included at no
charge) to convert the term
insurance policy to a permanent or
whole life policy.
For participating
whole life policies, the interest
charged by the
insurance company for the loan is often less than the dividend each year, especially after 10 — 15 years, so the policy owner can pay off the loan using dividends.
The two main reasons you might not want to change policies are surrender
charges (only in permanent plans such as
whole life or universal
life), and your new policy will likely contain a new two year contestable period, which means the
company could potentially weasel out of paying the
life insurance proceeds upon your death if you die within 2 years of purchasing the policy and they find that you answered questions fraudulently on your application.
Because
whole life coverage doesn't expire and includes a savings component,
insurance companies typically have to
charge more for
whole life coverage than term coverage.
Growth of the
whole life insurance cash value depends on a variety of factors, including the premium amount and the level of fees
charged by the
life insurance company, the performance of the investments the
insurance company makes, the amount of claims paid and properly blending available policy riders.
Although all
life insurance companies are using the same mortality tables there is a vast difference in the
whole life insurance premium rate one
company will
charge compared to another.
In addition, many
whole life insurance policies do not require a health exam so the
insurance companies must
charge higher rates to safeguard their margins.
To put it another way, if the expense and investment experience of two
life insurance companies are very similar and one
charges a higher
whole life insurance premium than the other the cash values of the higher premium policy will be more than the other.
Insurance companies that do provide term insurance for older individuals charge outrageous prices, much higher than whole life would be o
Insurance companies that do provide term
insurance for older individuals charge outrageous prices, much higher than whole life would be o
insurance for older individuals
charge outrageous prices, much higher than
whole life would be over time.
The thing that these people will probably never be aware of is that there are
life insurance companies who
charge a pretty low
whole life insurance rate and still return a decent cash value and dividend to the consumer.
You pull the 37.5 out of the
whole life and the
insurance company charges a loan interest rate.
If these
companies really
charged such a low rate for permanent
whole life insurance coverage, they wouldn't be able to pay for their overhead costs, and they would be out of business.
Plus if you cash in the
whole life insurance policy, the
insurance company might hit you with a surrender
charge.
Since the conversion from term to
whole life will involve a certain amount of risk to the
insurance company, they will
charge a higher premium for the privilege.