Types of Life Insurance Flashcards
Term Life Insurance
Lasts for a set period and then expires
Terms tend to last anywhere from…
1 to 30 years
Term might be renewable up to…
A certain age
Renewed term will have increased premium due to…
Age
Term is often the highest death benefit for…
Lowest price
Pure Insurance
No cash value
Term might be convertible into perm insurance without…
No new medical exam
Term conversion might result in…
Increased premium based on person’s new attained age
Level Term
Unchanging death benefit
Decreasing Term
Decreases the death benefit over time, even as premium stays the same
Credit Life Insurance
Decreasing term insurance designed to insure a borrower for a loan balance
Credit LI: Who is the owner and beneficiary?
Lender
Credit LI: Who is insured and pays the premium?
Borrower
Credit LI: Original face amount can’t be more than…
Original loan balance
Credit LI: If loan is repaid at death…
Any extra might be paid to borrower’s chosen beneficiary
Credit LI typically cannot…
Convert to permanent
Increasing Term
Term insurance with a death benefit that goes up over time as premiums stay the same
Increasing term is sometimes layered on top of perm LI to…
Provide special benefits
Deposit Term
Increases premium for first year to offset cost of buying more insurance later
Permanent Life Insurance
Meant to insure someone for life
Perm technically might mature/stop at…
100 or more, with money going to owner
Perm premiums are often…
Level by default
Perm is used when there is…
Permanent need for death benefit
Perm is used to avoid or defer various taxes and…
Escape the probate process
Perm policies have…
Cash value
Perm policies might allow loans from…
Insurer
Perm policies might allow for partial…
Withdrawals of cash value
Perm policies might apply…
Interest to the cash value
Perm policies might result in…
Cash surrender value or free insurance if the policy is cancelled
Cash Value
Provides an asset while the insured is still alive
CV: Premiums will be split to cover…
Risk of death, insurer expenses, and to fund CV slowly over time
CV: Can be used by the policyholder for…
Loans, withdrawals, or left alone to collect interest
CV: Surrender charges…
May apply
CV: As long as premium is paid, the beneficiary gets…
Death benefit, not the cash value
Policy Illustrations
Intended to visualize and explain the expected changes in the premiums, death benefits, or cash value
Policy illustrations must be clear about…
Which aspects are projections vs. guarantees
Policy Loans: Policyholders can borrow against…
Cash value
Policy Loans: Interest might be…
Fixed or variable
Policy Loans: If death occurs…
Unpaid balance comes out of the death benefit
Policy Loans: If policy is cancelled without death…
Unpaid balance comes out of cash surrender value paid to owner
Policy Loans: If loan and interest are greater than cash value…
Possible cancellation by insurer
Non-Forfeiture Options
Allow policyholders to utilize cash value even if they want to cancel