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Face value typically refers to the death benefit of the policy (i.e. how much your family would receive if you were to die). Cash surrender value is the amount of money that has accumulated (tax deferred) inside the policy and is the amount of money the owner would receive (before taxes) if s/he were to cancel the policy.

Cash surrender value is different from plain old "cash value" or "accumulated value" in that most insurance policies have surrender charges for 10 to 20 years that reduce the total "cash value" or "accumulated value" down to the cash SURRENDER value.

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Q: What is the difference between face value and cash surrender value of life insurance?
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Life insurance surrender value?

Some types of life insurance policies accumulate cash value over time. If an insurance policy contract is surrendered before the maturity date, a surrender fee must be paid. Surrender value will be calculated by Cash Value minus Surrender charge.


How do you calculate surrender value in term life insurance?

Term insurance does not gather cash value. Surrender value tangentially correlates with cash value. Therefore, term insurance does not have a surrender value. If payment of premium stops, once the grace period expires, so does coverage.


Cash Value of whole life insurance?

Cash value of whole life insurance is referred to as the "Cash Surrender Value". The cash surrender value is money the policyholder is supposed to receive from the insurance company when surrendering the whole life insurance policy with cash value. The cash surrender value amount due is the sum of the cash value stated in the whole life insurance policy minus any surrender charge and any outstanding loans and interest due on the loans.


What is the difference between a policy loan and a partial surrender of a life insurance policy?

A policy loan is a loan against your cash value that you would have to pay back and they charge you an interest on the money you took out. The partial surrender is taking some of your cash value but it in effect will lower the death benefit. Careful!!


How can one determine the cash surrender value of a life insurance policy?

The best way to determine the cash surrender value of a life insurance policy is to talk to the local insurance agent or call the insurance company direct. This can make the premiums go up however.


Can you cancel insurance?

What kind of insurance? Life? Yes, you can simply stop paying. If it is a cash value policy you can surrender it.


What does it mean to surrender a life insurance policy?

It means you want to cancel the policy. If there is cash value in the policy, surrender charges will be deducted from the cash value and you will get the remaining balance.


What does gap insurance in Virginia do?

It is different from regular insurance because it covers you for the difference between your car's value, and what you owe on it if you have an accident that totals the car, or the vehicle is stolen. If you are making payments on the vehicle, and you owe more than its value, your GAP insurance will cover the difference.


What is better loan or surrender value from life insurance?

Cash value loans will allow you to keep the policy in force and preserve coverage (sometimes for a lower benefit amount). If you decide to cash out the surrender value instead, your policy will lapse and you lose the life insurance protection.


Which of these is the best description of cash surrender value?

the insurance company pays the insured the cash value that has accumulated in the policy.............


If you die does your beneficiary receive life insurance value plus surrender value?

Generally the life value. The surrender value is the money set aside to eventually pay the life value. For more detail see www.steveshorr.com/life.htm


What is the difference between face amount and cash value?

The face value is what your beneficiaries will collect. The cash value is the excess of your premium payments over the cost of the insurance. Click here for more about life insurance cash value.