Not exact matches
Under a
guaranteed renewable insurance policy the
insurer is required to offer the policy holder renewed coverage as long as they make payments of their
premiums, but no specific warranty is given in regard to the
level of
premium that customer may be charged.
The
insurer levels out the
premium payments by charging more at the beginning of the policy than mortality costs require, so the
premium payments are fixed and
guaranteed for the duration of coverage.
The decreasing mortality risk is also the reason why the
insurer is able to
guarantee a fixed,
level premium for the life of the insured.
This is a form of life insurance that
guarantees level premium and maintains policy coverage for the lifetime of the
insurer.
With
level premium funding, the
insurer collects
premiums in excess of the one year cost of insurance and then
guarantees death benefit coverage for 10, 20, even 30 years as long as you continue paying
premiums for the entire length of the term.
With
level premium funding, the life
insurer collects
premiums in excess of the one year cost of life insurance and then
guarantees a death benefit coverage for a period of 10, 15, 20 or even 30 years, as long as you continue paying the
premiums due for the entire length of the policy term.
In some cases, policyowners may withdraw the additional cash value without otherwise affecting their death benefits,
premium payments, and minimum
guaranteed cash values; the
insurer may permit policyowners to reduce the
level of future
premium payments while maintaining the same face amount of coverage; the
insurer may allow policyowners to increase the face amount of coverage while maintaining the same
premium level; policyowners may keep the face amount and the
premium payment
level the same but shorten the required
premium - payment period; or they may choose some combination or variation of these options.