Return of premium life insurance
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Return of premium life insurance is a type of term life insurance policy. The concept is that the policy returns the premiums you have paid for coverage over that fixed term period if coverage is never used. For instance, a $1 million policy bought for $50000 over a 30 year period would result in the $50000 being refunded to the policyholder.
Critics point to the rate of return being less than in a typical investment, as well as the extra cost of the policy compared to basic term life insurance policies. Also, if the policy is cancelled at any time, no money is refunded. While this was the original concept, many current policies do allow prorated refunds at some point during the life of the policy.
[edit] External links
- Mark Dodge: Is "Return of Premium" Life Insurance As Good As It Sounds?
- Leonard Wiener: Return-of-premium term life insurance policies reward you for staying alive
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