 Posted: Sat Apr 29, 2006 11:24 am Post subject: An article on Variable Life Insurance |
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The Variable Life Insurance Policy is a form of Whole life insurance where the policy owner has the authority to get the premiums invested into share and money market funds referred by the insurer. It's the return from these investments that decides the cash value and death benefit offered by this policy.
Its become all the more important to understand over here that the death benefit and the cash value of the policy vary depending on the investment success of a separate fund. This kind of a policy assures that the death benefit would never drop under a specified level. It rarely assures a minimum cash value. Thus a minimum death benefit can be assured by paying a minimum fixed premium. Such an insurance coverage has products such as securities contracts keeping in mind the risks that the policy holder takes for his variable life insurance policy.
Unlike the universal life insurance policy, this policy enables the policy holder to opt for an investment amount while choosing the types of investment mediums. A life insurance coverage along with a savings platform can be availed side by side once you are opting for this policy. This can be achieved via the subsidiary accounts which involve the amount of return that is connected to an underlying list of securities.
This insurance policy can be terminated both by the insurer or the insured on performing a breach of contract terms. Under any circumstances, the face value of this policy relies on the function ability of the investments opted by the Policy holder. Hence this policy can be looked upon as a simple cash value policy which has a number of options for the policy holder to decide about how to invest his premiums. |
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