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Chap 11-14
Section 14
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Finance
Undergraduate 4
10/26/2011

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an extreme form of limited-payment life insurance is
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single-premium whole life insurance
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provides lifetime protection with a single premium
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single-premium whole life insurance
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b/c the premiums under a limited-pmt policy are higher than those paid under and ordinary life policy, the cash values are
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also higher
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a limited-pmt policy should be used with
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caution
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is it extremely easy or difficult for a person with a modest income to insure his or her life adequately with a limited-pmt policy?
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difficult
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b/c of the relatively high premiums, the amt of permanent life insurance that can be purchased is substantially lower than if
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an ordinary life policy were purchased
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a traditional form of life insurance - pays the face amt of insurance if the insured dies within a specified period
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endowment insurance
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if the insured survives to the end of the endowment period,
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the face amt is paid to the policy owner at that time
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If stephanie, age 35, purchases a 20-year endowment policy, and dies within the 20-year period, the face amt is paid to
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her beneficiary
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if stephanie, age 35, purchases a 20-year endowment policy, and survives to the end of the period, the face amount is paid to
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her
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accounts for less than 1% of the life insurance in force
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endowment insurance
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most cannot meet the tax definition of life insurance
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endowment policies
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if an endowment policy cannot meet the tax definition, the investment income credited to the cash surrender value is subject to
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current taxation
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where are endowment policies popular?
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foreign countries
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