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Which is the best choice for Permanent Life Insurance?

Author: National Life

National Life has three different ways for you to offer your clients permanent life insurance protection. Each has a different combination of features which will appeal to clients with various insurance needs.

If you want complete flexibility, NL Universal Life/Flex Account is the best choice. If predictability is the main concern, then the guaranteed premiums of Guaranteed Universal Life may be more appropriate. Or, if inexpensive, no-frills permanent insurance is all that is required, then NL Term 100 is the ideal solution.

Check out the handy table below to examine the product features and determine which is best suited for you.

 
NL UL/Flex Account
NL Guaranteed UL
NL Term 100
Description
Maximum flexibility, combining life insurance and tax advantaged investments
Fully guaranteed insurance, with some investment choices. Emphasis on simplicity
Low-cost permanent insurance
Policy Options
Single, JFTD,JLTD, JLTD charges to first death, JLTD on 3-5 lives
Single, JLTD
Single, JLTD
Protection Options
Level, Increasing, Minimized (Guaranteed Surrender Amounts not included)
Increasing (Guaranteed Surrender Amounts not included)
Increasing (Guaranteed Surrender Amounts not included)
COI Types
Level, Level 10, Level 15, YRT to Level, YRT
Guaranteed 100, Guaranteed 10, Guaranteed 15
Pay to 100, 10 Pay, 15 Pay
Bonus Plans
Performance, Guaranteed, No Bonus with reduced MERs and increased minimum guarantees
No Bonus with reduced MERs and increased minimum guarantees
None
Investment Options
Daily Interest Account, Guaranteed Interest Account, Market Index Accounts, Hedge Accounts
Daily Interest Accounts, Guaranteed Interest Accounts
Daily Interest Account
Optional Benefits
10 year renewable term, ACB, Accidental Death, Children’s Term, CPI, Fixed Index, Level Lifetime, Return of Premium, Return of Level Premium, Waiver of Premium
None
None
Surrender Charges
Standard-Percentage of Threshold Premium during the first 10 years, Investor-Percentage of account Value during first 9 years
Percentage of Threshold Premium during first 10 years
None
Guaranteed Surrender Amounts (GSA)
Available, starting in year 5 with Level 10/15 COI types and return of Level Premium benefit on surrender, lapse, reduction of coverage or termination of RLPB
Available, starting in year 5 with Guaranteed 10/15 COI types upon surrender, lapse or reduction in coverage
Available, starting in year 5 with 10/15 Pay COI types upon surrender, lapse or reduction in coverage
Early Death Benefit
Tax-free payout of Account Value on the first death. Available with JLTD.
Not Available
Not Available
Disability Benefit Payout
Tax-free payout of Cash Surrender Value upon disability of a life insured under the contract
Not Available
Not Available
Policy loans
Variable Rate loans, Investor Plus fixed spread loans
Variable rate loans available with Guaranteed 10/15 COI types after charges cease date. Cannot borrow against GSA.
Variable rate loans available with Guaranteed 10/15 Pay types after charges cease date. Cannot borrow against GSA.

 

   

 

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