Universal life insurance is a whole life policy that is flexible in terms of benefits, premiums, and investments. What is Universal Life Insurance? Universal life insurance is a permanent policy that extends until old age or death and includes both death benefits and an investment fund, but unlike regular whole life, it offers flexibility that traditional whole life doesn’t by allowing you to adjust your policy’s premiums and payouts over time. This makes it a good middle-ground between whole and term coverage. Term coverage only lasts a specific amount of time, whereas whole life is traditionally not adjustable. The flexibility of universal life insurance comes from the...
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Time to Review Your Universal Life Policy Posted on Wednesday, September 20, 2017 You had a plan and you did the right thing: You purchased a life insurance policy to protect your family. But things have changed since you took out that universal life insurance policy, and it may be time for you to pull your policy out of your files and review where it stands. Your universal life insurance policy (UL) is a form of permanent life insurance that also has an investment component. A portion of each premium you pay helps build a tax-deferred cash value and earns the current interest rate. When interest rates are low, your cash value may not grow and be available to fund the policy as originally...
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Universal Permanent Life Insurance Universal Life Insurance Universal life insurance is one type of permanent life insurance. Like all types of permanent life insurance policies, a universal life insurance remains in effect until you pass away, as long as you pay your policy premiums on time. Similar to whole life insurance, a universal life insurance policy includes a cash value component that accumulates interest and may be accessed through withdrawals or loans. You can also use the cash value to pay your monthly policy premiums. A universal life insurance policy offers the flexibility to make changes to your coverage over time. You can adjust your policy premiums and death benefits as...
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This post was contributed by a community member. The views expressed here are the author's own. Is Your Universal Life Insurance Policy about to Crash? Fort Lauderdale Certified Financial Planner gives tips on what to do if you're stuck paying higher premiums to keep policy in force If you're stuck with a failing universal life insurance policy, what should you do? People who bought these policies in the 1980s and '90s are now often stuck paying much higher premiums to keep the policy in force. Since many of them are retired, they find it hard to shell out more. If you're in that situation, you do have choices, but they involve trade-offs. But before we discuss potential solutions,...
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Universal Life Insurance Universal life insurance is permanent life insurance — that is, it remains in force for your whole life. But universal life insurance has an important difference from other types of permanent insurance: it provides a flexible premium. That means the policyholder decides how much to put in above a set minimum. By extension, the policyholder also determines the face amount of the policy. Universal life insurance policies accumulate cash value — cash value that grows tax deferred. Guarantees are based on the claims-paying ability of the issuing company. Universal life insurance policies normally let policyholders borrow a portion of their policy’s...
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Universal Life Insurance Universal life insurance is permanent life insurance — that is, it remains in force for your whole life. But universal life insurance has an important difference from other types of permanent insurance: it provides a flexible premium. That means the policyholder decides how much to put in above a set minimum. By extension, the policyholder also determines the face amount of the policy. Universal life insurance policies accumulate cash value — cash value that grows tax deferred. Guarantees are based on the claims-paying ability of the issuing company. Universal life insurance policies normally let policyholders borrow a portion of their policy’s...
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Universal Life Insurance Universal life insurance is permanent life insurance — that is, it remains in force for your whole life. But universal life insurance has an important difference from other types of permanent insurance: it provides a flexible premium. That means the policyholder decides how much to put in above a set minimum. By extension, the policyholder also determines the face amount of the policy. Universal life insurance policies accumulate cash value — cash value that grows tax deferred. Guarantees are based on the claims-paying ability of the issuing company. Universal life insurance policies normally let policyholders borrow a portion of their policy’s...
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Universal Life Insurance Universal life insurance is permanent life insurance — that is, it remains in force for your whole life. But universal life insurance has an important difference from other types of permanent insurance: it provides a flexible premium. That means the policyholder decides how much to put in above a set minimum. By extension, the policyholder also determines the face amount of the policy. Universal life insurance policies accumulate cash value — cash value that grows tax deferred. Guarantees are based on the claims-paying ability of the issuing company. Universal life insurance policies normally let policyholders borrow a portion of their policy’s...
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> Indexed Universal Life Insurance Policy Investigation Girard Sharp is investigating reports that certain providers of Indexed Universal Life Insurance (IUL) policies, such as Pacific Life Insurance Co. and Lincoln Financial Group, are allegedly misleading customers with unrealistically high cash-value projections in policy illustrations. If you purchased an Indexed Universal Life Insurance policy after 2015, you may have a claim for relief. Protect your rights by speaking with a Girard Sharp consumer protection attorney—dial (866) 981-4800 or submit your information below. Growth in the cash value of an IUL is linked to a stock market index and capped such that the interest...
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Universal Life Insurance Universal life insurance is permanent life insurance — that is, it remains in force for your whole life. But universal life insurance has an important difference from other types of permanent insurance: it provides a flexible premium. That means the policyholder decides how much to put in above a set minimum. By extension, the policyholder also determines the face amount of the policy. Universal life insurance policies accumulate cash value — cash value that grows tax deferred. Guarantees are based on the claims-paying ability of the issuing company. Universal life insurance policies normally let policyholders borrow a portion of their policy’s...
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