Works Policy Mechanics / Cash flow Starters – Policy Cash Flow Mechanics Until the buyer understands how the product works, attempts to compare price are essentially meaningless. 1972 – SOA – Life Insurance and the Buyer, by Anna Rappaport, Society of Actuaries – 2p-Article 198x? – Wisconsin Buyer’s Guide Adjustable Life The ACLI’s Dolan says the size…

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P1P2 P1P2 – Grid P1P2 – Actuarial P1P2 – Legal Case – Maloof v John Hancock P1P2 – NAIC P1P2 – NAIC – Life Insurance Buyer’s Guide Start – Policy Cash Flow Mechanics P1->P2->SIV P1->SIV->P2 Roger Strauss (Iowa) said a fundamental issue was that the consumer realize that the premium is being paid from someplace. …

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Policy Loans Loans LIRP – Life Insurance Retirement Plan Chris H. McElvaine: …I heard another policyholder at the annual meeting mention that he has taken advantage of his 6% policy loan provision. He has reinvested that money with the same company in an RRSP five-year interest certificate bearing a phenomenal rate of interest. Apparently he…

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Surrender Values Development of Life Insurance Surrender Values its the United States, J. David Cummins, S.S. Huebner Foundation, for Insurance Education (p1177) – By Mr. MCGUIRE: A. I have parted with two or three life insurance policies. Q. Sell them for the amount of the loan, or at a discount? A. at the price the…

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Coverage Period Coverage Period – Examples As long as you pay the premium Key Attributes of Generic Life Insurance Policies — Table 4-2 Duration of coverage – Universal Life – Depends on premiums paid.  (p111) 2015 – Book – Life Insurance, 15th Ed. – Black jr., Skipper, Black (Huebner Series)  The agent said that Universal…

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Corridor Chairman Pete STARK (D-CA):  Or, on the other hand, do you think we should get into more of the definition, as Mr. Gregg suggested we did in TEFRA, where we spell out percentages of cash value to face value? <Gregg, Thomas, National Association of Life Underwriters..> (p328) 1983 0510, 0511 and 0728 – GOV…

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COI – Cost of Insurance 2019 0917 – LIIIWG – Life Insurance Illustrations Issues Working Group – (A) – NAIC – COI – Cost of Insurance  —  [BonkNote] 2019 – ACLI – Cost of Insurance in the News – 16p Until the buyer understands how the product works, attempts to compare price are essentially meaningless. 1972 – SOA…

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Interest Sensitive Life Insurance 8. The growth of interest-sensitive insurance products, such as universal life, spurred by a period of high inflation and historically high interest rates. 1984-1, NAIC Proc. Other interest-sensitive policies include variable life, adjustable life and variable premium life. In variable life policies, the assets (typically equities) underlying the policies are held in…

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Insufficient Premiums Premium Considerations The non-guaranteed premium concept can be utilized for all forms of nonparticipating insurance, including both term and permanent policies. In setting insurance premiums, the actuary can use pricing assumptions that are as realistic as possible. The actuary is not locked into “50 years” of insufficient premiums if his or her estimates…

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