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Chap 11-19
Section 19
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Finance
Undergraduate 4
10/26/2011

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a limitation to universal policies is that some policy owners do not have a firm commitment to
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pay premiums
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an important variation of whole life insurance
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variable universal life insurance
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most variable universal life policies are sold as
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investments or tax shelters
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variable universal life policies are different from universal policies b/c in variable the policy owner determines how the premiums are invested, which provides considerable
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investment flexibility
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variable universal life policies are different from universal policies b/c in variable the policy does not guarantee a minimum
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interest rate or cash value
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the variable policy may have what which may guarantee a minimum interest rate on the account value?
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fixed income account
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allows the policy owner to invest the premiums in a wide variety of investments
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variable life insurance policy
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the premiums in a variable universal policy are invested in one or more whats that are similar to mutual funds in their daily operations?
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separate accounts
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in variable universal policies, the policy owner can switch out of the different funds without incurring an
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income-tax liability
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when you buy a variable universal life policy, you select one or more separate accounts, and the policy cash values reflect the
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value of these accounts
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variable universal life insurance policies have relatively high
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expense charges
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the relatively high expense charges in variable universal policies reduce the investment returns and erode the favorable
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tax treatment under the policy
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