Not exact matches
The policy typically has a low «drag» due to the fact that policyholders are encouraged to
schedule premium payments in excess of the
minimum payment required to keep the policy in - force.
The optimal
premium schedule from the buyer's perspective is usually the
minimum premium to keep the policy in force, and that is mainly based on the cost - of - insurance charge.
In certain jurisdictions, this product was sold as a single
premium variable annuity that has a different surrender charge
schedule and
minimum premium payment.
A traditional whole life insurance contract has
scheduled premiums that do not change, the dividend growth is relatively predictable and has
minimum guarantees, and as long as the
premiums are paid as
scheduled, the policy will not lapse.
Because insurance companies must guarantee death benefits and a
minimum schedule of cash values in most policies (except variable life policies), they must be conservative when estimating the values of the various
premium pricing factors (interest, mortality, expenses, lapse rates, and risk loading factors) used to compute the required
premiums under any particular
premium payment plan of insurance.
The
premiums, the death benefit, and the
minimum cash surrender value
schedule are initially fixed in ordinary level
premium whole life policies.