With regard to the required payout of a deferred annuity at death, all deferred annuity contracts issued since January 18, 1985 must pay out the contract
value upon the death of the owner [IRC Sect. 72 (s)-RSB-.
Most brokered CDs have a «death put» (survivor option), which allows the heirs to sell the CD at face
value upon death of the owner.
Not exact matches
Death Benefit Rider Upon the death of the Owner, the death benefit will be equal to the account value after the
Death Benefit Rider
Upon the
death of the Owner, the death benefit will be equal to the account value after the
death of the
Owner, the
death benefit will be equal to the account value after the
death benefit will be equal to the account
value after the MVA.
Whole life requires the policy
owner to pay a fixed monthly premium for the rest
of their life, and
upon death, the company will payout the face
value of the policy (
death benefit) to the beneficiary.
Cash
value life insurance is more applicable to wealth building discussions because cash
value is typically used during the policy
owner's lifetime and is forfeited
upon death in lieu
of the
death benefit being paid to surviving beneficiaries.
By definition, the paid up
value of a life insurance policy is the
value an
owner receives from the insurer
upon default or surrender or early termination
of the policy before its maturity or the insured's
death.
In addition, loans from insurers secured by policy
values are not income and earnings credited to an
owner's policy
values (known as «inside buildup») by the insurance company are not currently taxed (and may escape taxation altogether if such earnings are not distributed other than as part
of the
death benefits paid
upon the
death of the insured).
Regardless
of whether an annuity
owner's beneficiary is a spouse or non-spouse,
upon his
death the entire account
value is included in calculating estate tax liability.
Paid - up additional insurance increases the total
death benefit as well as the cash
value the policy
owner can either borrow as a loan or receive
upon the cash surrender
of the policy.