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Modified Premium Whole Life |
premiumsare lowerfor initial years after policy issue (usually no more than the firstfive years) and then increase once thereafter |
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Ordinary (Straight) Life |
basedon the assumption that the insured will pay the premiums on the policy untileither death or age 100. → maximumpermanent death benefit for the lowest |
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Limited-Pay Whole Life |
premiumsare payable only for a limited number of years, after which the policy becomespaid up for its stated face amount |
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Single Premium Whole Life |
policyfor which all future premiums due are paid in one up-front lump sum |
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Types of Whole Life Insurance |
Modified Premium Whole Life Ordinary (Straight) Life Limited-Pay Whole Life Single Premium Whole Life |
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Convertible Term |
maybe converted to a cash value type of policy without evidence ofinsurability. |
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Reentry Term |
insurancecompany may renew coverage at a lower premium rate than the guaranteed renewalrate, provided that, at the time of renewal, the insured furnishes satisfactoryevidenceof continued insurability. |
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Annual Renewable Term (ART) |
isissued for (and provides protection for) only one year, but the policy owner ispermitted to renew the policy for subsequent periods to a stated age withoutevidence of insurability. Premiums increase each year as the insuredages |
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Decreasing Term |
alevel premium with a decreasing death benefit. →· mortgageprotection insurance |
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Level Term |
hasa level death benefit and a fixed annual premium for a stated period |
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Cash surrender value option |
allowsthe owner who discontinues premium payments to surrender the policy and receiveits net cash value · Lesssurrender charges and policy loans · Mayincur a tax liability on at least part of the cash value accumulation · losesthe income-tax-free death benefit |
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Reduced paid-up insuranceoption |
netcash value of the original policy is used as a net single premium to purchase alesser amount of fully paid-up insurance |
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Extended term insuranceoption |
usesthe net cash value as a net single premium to purchase a paid-up term insurancepolicy |
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Dividends→ Cash option |
receivea check on the policy's anniversary date equal to the amount of the dividenddeclared |
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Dividends→ Paid-up additions |
Dividendsare used to purchase additional paid-up insurance coverage (increases deathbenefit) |
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Dividends→ One-year term insuranceoption |
usedto purchase one-year term insurance |
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Dividends→ reduce premium |
appliedto reduce the amount of annual premiums on the policy |
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Dividends→ accumulate at interest |
dividendsare left with the insurance company to accumulate interest. The amountaccumulated is then added to the death benefit |
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1) Fixed-period installments - |
The proceeds (principal and interest) are paid over a specified period or term · interest portion of the payment would be taxable · use the exclusion ratio to determine the nontaxable portion |
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1) Fixed amount installments - |
proceeds are paid at a set dollar amount per month until all of the principal and interest are exhausted |
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1) Interest only option - |
proceeds of the policy are retained by the insurer and reinvested and only the interest is paid to the beneficiary |
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1) Life income - |
1. Life annuity with period certain - beneficiary is paid a specified amount of money periodically for life, but the payments are guaranteed for a certain number of periods 2. Life annuity with refund - beneficiary is paid income periodically for life |
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1) Cash option - |
the beneficiary elects to receive the promised benefit in a lump sum |
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Policy Riders – (D-A-G-A) |
Disability waiver ofpremium Guaranteed insurabilityoption Accidental death benefit(double indemnity clause) Accelerated death benefit |
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Disability waiver of premium |
1) preventsthe policy from lapsing as a result of nonpayment of premiums during theinsured's disability |
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Guaranteed insurability option |
Theinsured may purchase additional insurance, regardless of insurability, atspecified intervals up to a specified maximum age. |
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Accidental death benefit (double indemnity clause) |
paysan additional death benefit if the insured dies accidentally (e.g., in a planecrash). |
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Accelerated death benefit |
allowsthe policyowner to receive a portion of the policy's death benefit during theinsured's lifetime if the insured contracts a terminal illness |