Flexible Life Insurance Policies Flashcards
Features and Types of Flexible Policies
What is a key feature of flexible life insurance policies?
The ability to adjust premium payments and death benefits.
True or False: Flexible life insurance policies allow policyholders to change their coverage amount as their needs change.
True
Fill in the blank: Flexible life insurance typically includes options for __________ premium payments.
variable
Which of the following best describes the investment component of flexible life insurance? A) Fixed B) Variable C) None
B) Variable
What is one advantage of choosing a flexible life insurance policy?
It can adapt to changes in financial circumstances or life events.
What is adjustable in an adjustable life insurance policy?
face value/death benefit, the premium, and length of coverage
Adjustable life, universal life, and equity-indexed life are all examples of
flexible policies
Reduces the cash value and death benefit. No federal income tax up to cost basis (i.e., premiums).
Withdrawal (partial surrender)
This policy features downside protection, which guarantees that the interest credited to to the cash value will never be below zero.
Equity-Indexed Universal Life
A disadvantage to a flexible premium policy is that it is much more ____.
complex
True or False
Fixed-premium variable life policies have two death benefit options.
True)
* Option A (option 1) - remains level regardless of increases or decreases in cash value, and;
* Option B (option 2) - varies with fluctuating cash values
Fill in the blank
Variable life is whole life with a separate account. “_____” is universal life with a separate account.
Variable universal life
True or False
Variable universal life policies can lapse if cash value falls below the amount needed to cover monthly insurance premiums. This means it DOES NOT have a guaranteed minimum death benefit.
True
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