An accelerated
death benefit rider simply gives you the option to receive a portion of the death benefit early if you're diagnosed with a qualifying illness.
An accelerated
death benefit rider simply gives you the option to receive a portion of the death benefit early if you're diagnosed with a qualifying illness.
Not exact matches
It is important to understand that many traditional life insurance policies (including term, whole and universal)
simply offer what's called an accelerated
death benefit or critical illness
rider.
These
riders simply guarantee a yearly increase in the annuity
death benefit amount each year for a certain time period.
Put
simply, the
rider (at an additional cost) allows for an accelerated pay out of a part of the
death benefit even when the insured person is alive, if he or she is diagnosed with a critical illness.