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Participating life insurance is what a policy is called when the agent gives the pitch that sounds like "and when the company makes enough surplus money, we will return (or share) some of that money with you in the form of dividends". I once saw a check for about $1.73 that a friend received, and they dared to call it a dividend.
In reality, a dividend is nothing more than a partial return of a PREMIUM OVERCHARGE. At the risk of sounding redundant, it's your own money being returned to you. Get Standard and Poor's book of life insurance and look at the cost of a participating policy versus a non-participating policy and you will see that a 25 year old, for example, is OVERCHARGED more than 50% for his policy. When you get through puking up, come back and check your computer and look for US TREASURY DECISION NO. 1743, that states almost word for word the first sentence of this paragraph.
More proof? Read your instruction booklet for when you fill out your income tax. I still have a copy from the '70's that uses the words of sentence 1 of the previous paragraph. However, the crafty insurance industry got the IRS to change the wording and now, if memory serves, it simply says to not claim dividends from an insurance company. NEVER EVER BUY a participating policy. NEVER EVER EVER!
Some whole life insurance policies can return money to you in the form of dividends. These are called participating policies. If the company earns a surplus because of profitable operations, owners of participating policies could share in the surplus. Since earning such a surplus depends on many variables, dividends are never guaranteed.
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What type of an insurer issues participating policies?
A participating life insurance policy is one that pays a dividend to the owner. Mutual life insurance companies offer participating life insurance policies as the policyholders share in the profits of the insurance company since the policy owners are the owners of the company.
What are the disadvantages to having a Participating life insurance?
Participating whole life will have significantly higher premiums required than both term life insurance and universal life insurance (permanent coverage) that features a no-lapse guarantee.
What does whole life insurance mean?
Whole life insurance, as the name implies, is insurance which provides coverage for the policyholder's entire lifetime. Whole life policies can be divided into two categories: participating and non-participating. Both policies provide level premiums, lifetime protection and a guaranteed cash value-but participating whole life plans pay an annual dividend. The annual dividend is NOT guaranteed, and in most instances is linked to long-term interest rates as well as the insurance company's performance. If you have an existing participating whole life policy which was purchased in a high interest environment, it is a good idea to request an updated policy illustration-the projected values may have changed dramatically. Most participating whole life policies have multiple dividend options.
What is the difference in participating life policies and non participating life policies?
Participating policies are life insurance policies that pay dividends, where dividends enable you (the policyholders) to participate in the insurance company's favorable experiences (such as higher than expected investment returns or lower than expected operation.) Non-participating policies, historically belong to the stock companies where the company's favorable expenses were paid to the stock holders, rather than the people who own policies within the insurance company. Even though the participating policies were mostly offered by the the mutual insurance companies, due to consumer appeals to receive dividends, stock companies also started offering participating policies. You should keep in mind that the dividends are not guaranteed and it is illegal for insurance agents to make future projections (where the participating policies also tend to have little higher premiums.)
What is non-participating policy in life insurance?
A policy where the insured does not receive dividends due to non-participation.
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What is an employee insurance participating plan?
An employee insurance participating plan is one where the employees of a certain company can put money into their insurance, regardless of how much is paid by the employer.
What type of life insurance policy pays dividends whole life or equity or partcipating or nonforfeitable?
Question - What type of life insurance pays dividends? Answer - Dividends are paid by participating life insurance policies. The word "participating" suggests that the owner of the policy would get a dividend on the policy if the company earns one. A life insurance company cannot guarantee a dividend as this depends on the performance of the company. Investment performance as well as operating costs come into play. Whole life policies are participating policies. Details: http://www.lifeinsurancehub.net/life-insurance-dividends.html Question - What are "equity" linked policies? Answer - Equity linked policies are life insurance policies that, to put it simply, are hooked up with an investment portfolio...like mutual funds for example. Examples are variable universal life insurance policies and variable life insurance policies. These policies are sold only by "prospectus". The agent must have an NASD license to sell these policies. This license is different from his regular life insurance license. Details: http://www.lifeinsurancehub.net/variablelifeinsurancequote.html Question - What are nonforfeiture values? Answer - If at any time in the future a policy owner wishes to terminate premium payment of a participating life insurance policy policy there are certain option made available by the life insurance company. S/he may surrender the policy for its cash value, extended term life insurance may be purchased with the cash values or the cash values may be applied to purchase a reduced paid up policy. Details: http://www.lifeinsurancehub.net/nonforfeiture-values.html
What is a non-participating physician?
Non-participating physicians for a given health insurance company don't have a contract with that company. If you see a non-participating physician, you may have less or no coverage, depending on the structure of your insurance contract.
What is commercial insurance company or managed care plan participating provider?
A commercial insurance company or a managed care plan participating provider is a provider that is in network of participating providers. These providers can be doctors, nurses, dentists, or other practitioners.
Does traditional provider participating doctors accept Insurance for treating Autism?
yes
Can a business provide insurance for part time employees?
Absolutely. In fact, a great way to attract employees is to provide a benefits package that can include health and life insurance. The employer may generally require the participating employees to contribute to the premiums.
