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How does a Cash Value in a Life Insurance Policy Really Work?Posted by: Ken Himmler / Category: Life Insurance |
What is cash value?
Term insurance charges an increasing premium (annually or in bands) to reflect the fact that the insured is aging and, each year, more likely to die. Cash value life insurance has a level premium that is larger than necessary in the early years of the policy to offset the increased costs of insuring the individual in the later years. This excess premium is invested and kept in an account known as the cash value account. In the event that you surrender the policy before death, this excess premium and its earnings are returned to you.
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