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Whole Life policies allow you to utilize some of your policy cash value for current needs in the form of a loan.
These limited pay
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For traditional whole life insurance, the amount and duration of premium payments are the same for as long as the insured is alive, but
some whole life policies allow you to pay premiums in a single installment, or for a shorter period such as 20 years or until age 65.
Some types of
whole life policies allow you to pay premiums for shorter periods of time, such as 20 years, or until age 65.
Some term life and
whole life policies allow for accelerated benefits in the event an insured individual needs long - term custodial care.
Having said that, let's also look at the fact that
a whole life policy allows you to WITHDRAW from your cash value tax - free (you already paid taxes on some of it) AND interest - free.
Technically speaking
a Whole Life policy allows your money to potentially grow tax free for your beneficiaries, but NOT for your retirement.
Roughly assuming that whole life insurance is about 8 to 12 times the cost of a comparable 20 year term policy, the left over money NOT SPENT on
a whole life policy allows the insured to save a huge amount of money in 401Ks, Roths, HSAs, Saving Accounts, and by paying down their mortgage early.
Customized
Whole Life policy allows the policyholder to select how long premiums are paid.
In addition to paying a death benefit,
a whole life policy allows accumulation of cash value that the policy owner receives if the policy is surrendered.
An indeterminate premium
whole life policy allows for adjustable premiums over the years.
Not exact matches
In a nutshell, while most
whole life insurance is fixated on maximizing the death benefit of a
policy and just
allowing cash values to grow over time, strategic self banking focuses on maximizing
life insurance cash values, so the
whole life insurance plan can be used strategically as a savings and personal financing vehicle for the purpose of recapturing your cost of capital incurred when having to deal with third party lenders or using your own cash.
This is
allowed due the payment of
whole life dividends which are basically defined as a «return of premiums» to the
policy holders rather than regular income.
This structure of a
whole life policy will
allow the majority of your premium to go toward the cash value savings, while very little goes toward agent commissions and the cost of insurance.
In addition, even if the best company for you is a mutual company, you still have to consider if the company practices direct vs non-direct recognition, if they are participating
whole life insurance and if they
allow the
policy to be maximized for cash value growth or death benefit.
Cash value
life insurance, whether
whole life, IUL, or VUL,
allows for the tax - free growth of funds in a
policy's cash account unless the
policy is canceled or surrendered, transferred or assigned to another owner, or the IRS no longer designates the
policy a
life insurance contract.
Flex Pay PUA Rider — Paid - up additions riders
allow you to pay additional premium into your
policy to purchase additional participating
whole life insurance, which increases your death benefit and cash value.
The good news is you have convertible term
life insurance, which
allows you to exercise the option with the insurance company to keep your coverage for the rest of your
life by converting the term
policy to
whole life or universal
life.
Value Enhancement Rider: The VER is a
whole life insurance rider that
allows you to add additional single or periodic premium payments to your
policy to purchase paid up additions, increasing your death benefit and cash value.
This
allows you to keep the
whole life policy in force, even after you suffer a
life altering disabling event.
The
policy is convertible term
life insurance, which
allows the owner of the
policy to convert all or a portion of the coverage to
whole life insurance coverage before the term
policy expires or age 65.
Although mutual companies are owned by the
policy holders, stock companies who offer
whole life products
allow for participation and pay dividends to
whole life policy holders in the same way.
In addition, the rider
allows the
policy to be converted to
whole life, with the
whole life insurance rates continued to be waived.
When the insured is age 70 — or at the end of the guaranteed period of level - premium — whichever occurs first, the insured is
allowed to convert the level term
life insurance
policy over into a
whole life insurance or a universal
life insurance plan.
This option not only
allows two individuals to be insured on the same
whole life insurance
policy, but it also typically has a lower amount of overall premium cost than will purchasing two separate
life insurance
policies of corresponding value.
Most term
life insurance
policies allow you to convert your term
policy into a permanent
life insurance
policy such as
whole life insurance.
Security of fixed premiums and payout
Whole life insurance may
allow you to build cash value inside the
policy while safeguarding your family, should anything happen to you.
The
policy is convertible which
allows the owner to convert the
policy to
whole life prior to the end of the term.
Specific cash value
whole life policies typically feature paid - up additions riders, which
allow you to add cash to the account if you like.
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allowing flexibility for taking
policy loans on
life insurance further enhancing ongoing
policy performance.
Premium off - sets
allow you to design your limited pay
whole life policy to be self - sustaining after the first 7 - 10 years.
With
whole life, the amount of the death benefit is guaranteed, and the cash value that is within the
policy is
allowed to grow on a tax - deferred basis.
But because it is
life insurance, it also provides an accelerated death benefit that
allows you to access your death benefit if you are diagnosed terminally ill, with some
whole life insurance
policies also covering chronic illness and long - term care.
The good news about that is, you purchase it once, and then you're done, provided you make the payments, and some limited pay
whole life insurance
policies allow you to make premium payments for a number of years and then stop.
The pro of
whole life is that the higher price tag can be mitigated by getting this type of
life insurance
policy at a young age, adding specific riders that maximize the cash value up to, but not crossing the line, of becoming a modified endowment contract MEC, and
allowing you to utilize that cash value in as little as 30 days.
Universal
life insurance is designed to offer many of the same benefits as traditional permanent *
life insurance
policies such as
whole life, but offers more flexibility that
allows you to adjust your premiums and coverage as your needs change.
It
allows the term
policy to be converted over to a
whole life insurance (permanent)
policy, forgoing a new medical examination.
Some
whole life insurance
policies have various premium payment durations,
allowing you to pay them off in as little as 10 or 20 years.
However, the entire
whole life vs term
life argument is moot when you understand that you can actually design a
whole life policy with term insurance rider,
allowing you to get both
whole and term
life insurance in ONE
policy, instead of either / or.
A properly designed
whole life insurance
policy will
allow the death benefit to grow concurrently with the cash value, so that protection of the family business AND estate is always maintained.
As we touched on above, this strategy of borrowing from a properly structured
whole life insurance
policy allows you to continue to accrue cash value, tax free, regardless of the amount borrowed and at reasonable market rates.
Another similar example is the
Whole Life Legacy 65
policy, which
allows you to be paid up at age 65.
Paid - up
life insurance is an option that
allows you to keep a
whole life insurance
policy in force without paying any premiums for a while, or permanently.
With
whole life insurance, your monthly premiums may be higher, but they are locked in and build cash value,
allowing you to borrow from the
policy while you're still
living.
A type of term insurance that
allows you to exchange the term insurance
policy for a permanent
life insurance
policy (
whole or universal) without having to take a new medical exam.
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