According to Henry Montag of Financial Forums, Inc.,
the majority of universal life insurance policies sold in the past relied on a growth rate of 7 - 10 % to earn enough interest to keep their rates affordable.
Not exact matches
While the survey didn't break down the particular types, we can assume the
majority had the combination
of a term
life policy with a smaller
universal or whole
life insurance as subsequent
policy.
A small amount
of the premium paid into an indexed
universal life policy goes toward the cost
of insurance charges while the
majority of the premium goes to the cash value account.
MetLife spun off the
majority of their individual
life insurance business into a new company called Brighthouse Financial, which now offers the traditional term
life insurance and
universal life insurance policies that used to be available through MetLife.
The vast
majority of traditional
universal life insurance policies do not earn more than the interest rate guaranteed by the
insurance company.
The vast
majority of traditional
universal life insurance policies earn only the minimum disclosed rate, not the assumptive rate.