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Permanent life insurance comes in different forms to meet a variety of needs.
- Whole Life Insurance usually has premiums that remain fixed for the life of the policy. Whole life insurance also builds a savings element, since part of the premium is used to accumulate a guaranteed cash value. Dividends, which are not guaranteed, may also increase the policy cash value.
- Universal Life Insurance is a variation of permanent life insurance that offers flexible premiums and the choice of either a level or increasing death benefit. As in Whole Life, cash value builds within the policy. While there are guarantees built into the policy, the cash value is based on the performance of the company and on how much premium is paid.
- Variable Whole Life Insurance is a form of permanent life insurance under which the death benefit and the cash value of the policy fluctuate according to the investment performance of the variable investment options selected by the policy owner. With variable life insurance, you get to decide where to invest your money among the multiple investment accounts. Many variable life insurance policies guarantee that the death benefit will not fall below a specified minimum if the required premiums are paid, but a minimum cash value is not usually guaranteed.
- Variable Universal Life Insurance is a form of variable life insurance that combines the premium and death benefit flexibility of universal life insurance with the investment flexibility and risk of variable life insurance. It is important to note that in both variable whole life and variable universal life, the insured bears the investment risk within the policy.