For insurance companies, there are three main drivers of whether they will
issue an insurance dividend:
Not exact matches
This means that if Northwestern Mutual collects more money in a particular year than is spent, the company
issues a
dividend to this with permanent life
insurance policies.
However, this
issue will be touched on again below because
dividends paid by mutual whole life
insurance companies are generally not deemed INCOME but rather a return of premiums.
Northwestern Mutual has some of the best consumer reviews and, as a mutual
insurance company, has consistently
issued dividends to whole life
insurance policyholders for decades.
Many whole life
insurance policies, for example, receive annual
dividends from the
issuing company.
Under the terms of the Advisory Agreement, each Fund is responsible for the payment of the following expenses among others: (a) the fees payable to the Adviser, (b) the fees and expenses of Trustees who are not affiliated persons of the Adviser or Distributor (as defined under the section entitled («The Distributor»)(c) the fees and certain expenses of the Custodian (as defined under the section entitled «Custodian») and Transfer and
Dividend Disbursing Agent (as defined under the section entitled «Transfer Agent»), including the cost of maintaining certain required records of the Fund and of pricing the Fund's shares, (d) the charges and expenses of legal counsel and independent accountants for the Fund, (e) brokerage commissions and any
issue or transfer taxes chargeable to the Fund in connection with its securities transactions, (f) all taxes and corporate fees payable by the Fund to governmental agencies, (g) the fees of any trade association of which the Fund may be a member, (h) the cost of fidelity and liability
insurance, (i) the fees and expenses involved in registering and maintaining registration of the Fund and of shares with the SEC, qualifying its shares under state securities laws, including the preparation and printing of the Fund's registration statements and prospectuses for such purposes, (j) all expenses of shareholders and Trustees» meetings (including travel expenses of trustees and officers of the Trust who are not directors,
This is due to a couple different reasons: 1)
Dividends that are
issued are used to purchase additional life
insurance.
Because of this, it can be «sold» for $ back to the
insurance company, which, coincidentally is what the
dividend amount you receive is based on: the value of your existing account at the time the
dividend is
issued.
Participating whole life policies (also called «par whole life») also
issue a non-guaranteed
dividend to policy owners, which is credited to their cash value, and is frequently used to purchase small amounts of fully - paid up life
insurance.
This means that if Northwestern Mutual collects more money in a particular year than is spent, the company
issues a
dividend to this with permanent life
insurance policies.
Only member - owned mutual
insurance companies
issue dividends.
Participating policies, usually
issued by mutual life
insurance companies, pay a
dividend in addition to your cash value if the company performs well.
A policy or sales illustration also shows the
insurance product's name, term, benefit amount, premium, cash values (if the policy has a cash value component), and projected
dividends (if the policy is being
issued by a mutual
insurance company).
Some life
insurance policies offer annual cash
dividends as if you were a stock shareholder in the
issuing company.
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Credit card receipts are also possible, and if the policy was paid in full there may be regular statements, such as
dividend or performance notices
issued on permanent life
insurance accounts.