Generally speaking, we do not recommend a single premium
variable universal life product to our clients because they generally have little advantage over a standard variable universal life policy that is correctly funded.
It's not unusual for the
indexed universal life product to have a cash value that's significantly below the premiums paid for several years after issue.
I will be posting more details about other guaranteed
universal life products as they post their new rates and any new changes to their policies in the near future.
At least eight of the top 20 universal life carriers have stopped selling a popular type
of universal life product, and those exits are impacting overall individual life sales this year.
Investment -
driven universal life products have their selling points which can attract consumers, primarily the opportunity to build a larger cash value.
Today, it offers a wide range of life insurance products, from a fully
flexible universal life product to traditional term and whole life plans and annuities.
I've been blogging since the first of the year about the coming changes
in universal life products that have external no lapse guarantees.
AIG presents the simplest of its IUL's in the Elite Index II, an indexed
universal life product with all the upsides of growth you would expect in an IUL, and downside protection to keep your money safe and secure, all while providing a death benefit.
Indexed
universal life products offer interest - crediting rates linked to a stock market index, with the safety of a minimum guaranteed interest rate.
He will also receive a $ 236,146 income tax - free benefit for long - term care (figures
for universal life product are based on state of Florida current rates as of December 2005).
If a New York
Life Universal Life product is right for your situation and needs, read on to learn about its many benefits and features.
Sage No
Lapse Universal Life product offers you an affordable universal life insurance policy as an alternative to term life insurance, which you may outlive.
As analogy, if
most universal life products can be referred to as a thoroughbred racehorse, most whole life products may be deemed the Clydesdale workhorse.
NYL Universal Life products are designed to give you added flexibility while preserving the benefits of a permanent life insurance policy.
With an
ordinary Universal Life product, the policy could lapse under certain circumstances (e.g., interest rates fall below projections, insurance costs or administrative expenses rise, etc).
This
unique universal life product has some of the same features as many term life products available, but is generally less expensive — with savings up to 20 % compared to other products in the marketplace.1 View the Product Guide for more information.
Sales incentive «table shaving» programs have been around for a long time
on universal life products where the premiums are high and it's easier to knock off a few rate classes and still have plenty of money coming in to cover the risk.
The report found annualized premium sales for death benefit guarantee
universal life products dropped 3 percent from the second quarter of 2010, but held 45 percent of the UL market share in the second quarter.
If you are looking for a
good universal life product then it might be one company, and if you want a good dividend paying whole life policy, than it might be other companies.
The successful agents of the dark decades of cash
value universal life products have either retired wealthy or are still making unseemly amounts of money by making people believe that the products they sold were at worst, a great way to buy permanent life insurance and make money doing it, or at best the complete and total answer to every possible life insurance and retirement question you could ever ask.
Same flexible premiums and death benefit as
other universal life products with addition of sub-accounts which may grow based on specific performance of stock, bond, or money market accounts.
In a post last Wednesday I reported a rumor that AXA Equitable was re-evaluating its»
universal life products with an eye toward getting rid of their external no lapse guarantee.
Universal and whole life insurance products are also available for the more permanent needs of Americans, and there's also an
Index Universal Life product for those who want to attempt at increasing their cash values by utilizing market growth.
If a New York
Life Universal Life product is right for your situation and needs, read on to learn about its many benefits and features.
The Sage Term product is convertible to the Sage No
Lapse Universal Life product, which is one of the best permanent policies in the market.