Selling Your Life Insurance Policy: What you should know about Life and Viatical SettlementsSelling your life insurance policy is a major financial decision. If you’re considering selling your policy you should carefully evaluate the benefits involved and the alternative options available. People have been drawn into committing insurance fraud under the pretext of applying for and then immediately selling insurance policies. If you’ve been contacted to buy a policy and then sell it immediately, you should contact the Connecticut Insurance Department. It’s possible you’re being targeted to participate in insurance fraud. Show
The Connecticut Insurance Department, along with the National Association of Insurance Commissioners, is concerned that consumers may not fully understand the implications of selling their policies. The following information is provided as general information. Consumers are urged to contact the Connecticut Insurance Department for more specific information. The two main categories of insurance policy sales are life settlements and viatical settlements. A life settlement differs from a viatical settlement because the insured in a life settlement is usually healthy, while a viatical settlement pertains to a sale by an insured with a terminal illness. Life SettlementsA life settlement is the sale of a life insurance policy to a third party. The owner of the life insurance policy gets cash for the policy. The buyer becomes the new owner and/or beneficiary of the life insurance policy, pays all future premiums and collects the entire death benefit when the insured dies. Healthy people decide to sell their life insurance policies for many reasons. Some of the most common being: changes in the financial needs of dependents, a desire to eliminate or reduce premium payments, or the need for cash to meet expenses. Policies may be sold directly to a company or through a broker who works for you and "comparison shops" for life or viatical settlement offers. The buyer pays the broker a commission if the sale is completed. Viatical SettlementsPeople living with a terminal illness often face very tough financial choices. Selling an insurance policy through a viatical settlement is one option that may be used to provide cash to help with current medical and living expenses. Like life settlements, viatical settlements involve the sale of a life insurance policy to a third party. In exchange for a discounted cash payment to the seller, i.e., a reduced percentage of the death benefit, the buyer becomes the new owner and/or beneficiary of the life insurance policy, pays all future premiums and collects the entire death benefit when the insured dies. Options Other Than Selling Your Life InsuranceTwo options you should always consider before selling your policy are using any policy cash value and exercising an accelerated death benefits provision (ADB). If your policy is a whole life policy, or a policy with an investment feature, you may be able to obtain a loan against its cash value to meet your immediate needs and keep your policy in force for your beneficiaries. You may also be able to use the cash value as security for a loan from a financial institution. If your policy has an accelerated death benefit provision, it could pay you a substantial portion of your policy’s death benefit and you would avoid the need to sell the policy. Connecticut Consumer ProtectionsConnecticut has acted to regulate viatical settlements under Connecticut General Statutes, Section 38a-465, et.seq. Viatical settlement companies and brokers must be licensed and the Insurance Commissioner must approve the contracts and forms used. Additionally, the seller of a life insurance policy has specific rights including, disclosure in writing of certain information prior to execution of the sale, confidentiality of personal information provided to buyers and the right to rescind the sale within 15 days from the receipt of the settlement proceeds. Some Important Questions to Ask Prior to Selling Your Life Insurance PolicySome Important Considerations to Understand Before Selling Your Policy
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information is provided in cooperation with the: http://www.naic.org Can you transfer ownership of a life insurance policy?You can transfer ownership of your policy to any other adult, including the policy beneficiary. Or, you can create an irrevocable life insurance trust, and transfer ownership to it. (But be aware that some group policies, which many people participate in through work, don't allow you to transfer ownership at all.)
What kind of arrangement gives the policy owner the right to change the beneficiary?A revocable beneficiary is a more flexible option. It allows the policy owner to change the beneficiary on their policy without restriction. To make a change, the policy owner simply submits the request to the insurance company, and there's no need to notify or ask the current beneficiaries before proceeding.
Who possesses all contractual rights while the policy is in force?1) Which of the following statements about the ownership of a life insurance policy is (are) true? I. Under the ownership clause, the policyholder and beneficiary equally share all contractual rights in the policy while the insured is living.
What type of life insurance policy gives the owner the right to share in the insurers profits in the form of a dividend?A participating policy allows the insured to share in the insurers investment, expense and mortality experience by providing dividends used to reduce premium payments or to purchase paid-up additional insurance.
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