Sentences with phrase «reserve against the death»

Additionally, you may elect to purchase the policy so that a level death benefit is purchased and the cash value accumulates «on top of» or in addition to the death benefit or you may choose to purchase a level death benefit in which the cash value acts as a reserve against the death benefit (thus lowering the actual cost you pay for the death benefit over time).

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By law, life insurance companies must maintain a cash reserve against their obligation to pay death claims.

Life insurance may provide just basic death benefit protection (i.e. term life insurance) or it may provide a death benefit with an equity value, called a cash value, which is a cash reserve that builds up against the death benefit of the policy to cover the costs associated with paying out the future death benefit claim..