Life Insurance Center What Is Variable Life Insurance? Article 12 of 14 in How to Find the Best Type of Life Insurance Variable life insurance is a type of permanent life insurance policy that has an investment account attached to it. Part of your premium payments will be used to establish the value of your policy, and the rest will be invested across mutual funds, stocks, or bonds that you can choose. Variable life insurance policies can be a good way to provide your family with financial protection after you die and manage your money while you're alive, but they can be risky and complicated to understand. Always consult an experienced life insurance agent or financial planner before you...
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Variable Universal Life Insurance Variable universal life insurance is permanent life insurance—it remains in force for the policyholder's whole life. And, as with universal life insurance, it provides a flexible premium and an adjustable benefit—meaning the policyholder decides how much to put in the policy above a set minimum. By extension, the policyholder also determines the face amount of the policy. The difference between variable universal life insurance and other types of permanent insurance is that the policyholder directs how premiums are invested. This provides access to the potentially higher returns provided by the financial markets. It also means returns could...
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Start Preamble December 4, 2001. Agency: Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC or “Commission”). Summary of Application: Applicants seek an order pursuant to Section 26(c) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (“1940 Act”), approving the substitution of shares of certain Portfolios of Variable Investors Series Trust (“VIST”) for shares of certain portfolios of other variable insurance products funds as follows: (1) Shares of the Pilgrim Baxter Insurance Series Fund, Inc.—PBHG Small Cap Growth Portfolio for shares of the VIST Small Cap Growth Portfolio; (2) shares of the American Century VP International Growth Fund for shares of the VIST...
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Important Questions to Ask About Variable Life Insurance Policies & Proposals Amount: Is the amount of life insurance correct for your client’s needs? Should the death benefit be a level death benefit or an increasing death benefit? Basic Assumptions: Are policy projections based upon a reasonable assumed gross annual rate of return? Ownership: Is the policy ownership structured correctly within your client’s estate, business or financial plan? Beneficiaries: Are the primary and secondary beneficiary designations structured correctly within your client’s estate, business or financial plan? Who is responsible to ensure that policies have appropriate designations? (i.e...
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3901-6-08 Variable life insurance. The purpose of this rule is to amplify sections 3907.15 and 3911.01 of the Revised Code to provide for the regulation of fixed premium and flexible premium variable life insurance policies. This rule is promulgated pursuant to the authority vested in the superintendent under section 3901.041 of the Revised Code. (1) "Affiliate of an insurer" means any person, directly or indirectly, controlling, controlled by, or under common control with such insurer; any person who regularly furnishes investment advice to such insurer with respect to its separate accounts for which a specific fee or commission is charged; or any director, officer, partner, or employee...
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Note: Any reference to the word guarantee is based on the claims paying ability of the underlying insurance company. Permanent life insurance provides lifelong protection and is known by a variety of names. These policies are designed and priced for you to keep over a long period of time. If you don’t intend to keep the policy for the long term, it could be the wrong type of insurance for you. Most permanent policies including whole, ordinary, universal, adjustable and variable life have a feature known as “cash value” or “cash surrender value.” This feature, which is not found in most term insurance policies, provides you with some options: You can cancel or...
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Variable Universal Life (VUL) Insurance is insurance with earning potential. VUL gives you the ability to invest your policy's cash value in a wide variety of investment funds. Your policy has the potential to build cash value over time based on the performance of your choice of funds. It offers you the flexibility to adjust your premium and coverage amounts as needed. Because VUL is tied to the performance of various securities markets, it may provide an important hedge against inflation. This can help keep the value of your life insurance policy from eroding due to rising costs of living. VUL allows you to withdraw money or to borrow from the policy during your lifetime. Here are some...
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Variable Universal Life Insurance Variable universal life insurance is permanent life insurance—it remains in force for the policyholder's whole life. And, as with universal life insurance, it provides a flexible premium and an adjustable benefit—meaning the policyholder decides how much to put in the policy above a set minimum. By extension, the policyholder also determines the face amount of the policy. The difference between variable universal life insurance and other types of permanent insurance is that the policyholder directs how premiums are invested. This provides access to the potentially higher returns provided by the financial markets. It also means returns could...
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Variable Universal Life Insurance Variable universal life insurance is permanent life insurance—it remains in force for the policyholder's whole life. And, as with universal life insurance, it provides a flexible premium and an adjustable benefit—meaning the policyholder decides how much to put in the policy above a set minimum. By extension, the policyholder also determines the face amount of the policy. The difference between variable universal life insurance and other types of permanent insurance is that the policyholder directs how premiums are invested. This provides access to the potentially higher returns provided by the financial markets. It also means returns could...
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There are a lot of different types of life insurance – something you’ve probably figured out if you’ve been shopping for a policy. Unfortunately, it’s not always easy to tell how these types of life insurance are different or if one is better than the other. In this post, we’ll explain what a variable life insurance policy is, how it works, and whether or not it’s worth your time. What is variable life insurance? Variable life insurance is a type of permanent life insurance. It lasts as long as you pay the premiums, and it has a cash value investment component, similar to what whole life insurance offers. The main difference is that a variable policy’s cash value is invested in a...
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