The bottom line, though, is simply this: in the end, a life insurance policy loan is really nothing more than a personal loan from a life insurance company, for which the cash
value of the life insurance serves as collateral for the loan.
Not exact matches
According to the
life insurance agent's chart, after 30 years the cash
value of the whole
life policy will be well into six figures, and will also
serve as an additional retirement plan.
Funding a split dollar plan is a way to reward a key employee while accruing cash
value in a whole
life insurance policy that can
serve as a ready source
of funding for the employer.
Don't miss the fact that in the above examples, your money is working hard and has never stopped moving, i.e. the velocity
of money... this is the essence
of the conduit whole
life insurance strategy because your cash
value policy has
served as a natural channel through which your money moves continually, growing perpetually to fund both your safe bucket and higher risk opportunities.
The secondary objective
of life insurance (more sophisticated
insurance types) is to
serve as a financial vehicle accumulating
value that can be recovered at a later point.
Beyond
serving as effective case management tools for ill / injured individuals,
Life Care Plans provide litigators,
insurance companies, trusts and courts with qualified, quantitative and referenceable bases upon which to substantiate the monetary
value of medically - related compensatory damages.
Typically, Whole
Life, the most common type
of permanent
insurance, not only
serves to pay - out your beneficiaries upon your passing, but also has a current cash
value that can be borrowed against or cashed - out anytime.
A top - rated
life insurance company will typically provide information on the history
of the company that includes how long they've been in business and their
value proposition in
serving customers.
The cash
value aspect
of whole
life insurance also
serves as a forced savings vehicle: Over time the insurer reduces its commitment to cover your death benefit as your cash
value grows and eventually becomes big enough to cover the entire death benefit payout.
Permanent
life insurance policies» payouts may be taxed, but only in situations where you take advantage
of their ability to accumulate
value and
serve as short - term loans from your
insurance company.
In order for the policy holder to receive his or her cash
value, he or she must surrender the policy contract, which
serves as the documentation
of his or her rights and obligations in his
insurance policy, to the issuing
life insurance company.
Some forms
of life insurance also include an investment component known as cash
value, which can
serve as a sort
of savings account.
Funding a split dollar plan is a way to reward a key employee while accruing cash
value in a whole
life insurance policy that can
serve as a ready source
of funding for the employer.
However, one could be financially prepared for this kind
of a situation to some extent by tapping into their
life insurance policy's accumulated cash
value, as it
serves as a temporary financial backup.
Permanent
life insurance policies can
serve as tax - advantaged savings vehicles through the accumulation
of cash
value.
Although the majority
of the clients we
serve come here to compare term
life insurance quotes, there are times when it makes sense to opt for a policy that builds cash
value and lasts your entire
life.
The existence
of the term
life insurance is not meant to accumulate cash
value but to
serve as a protection for different personal reasons
of the individual who makes a purchase.
If you would take the offerings at face
value you would believe that seniors only need small amounts
of life insurance and they would all somehow be better
served by not taking an exam.
The investment component
serves as «bank»
of sorts for the amounts left over after charges are applied against the premium paid, namely charges for mortality (to fund the payouts for those that die with amounts paid beyond the cash
values), administrative fees (it costs money to run an
insurance company (grin)-RRB- and sales compensation (the advisor has to earn a
living).