Overview
A life insurance policy is a contract with an insurance company. In exchange for premium payments, the insurance company provides a lump-sum payment, known as a death benefit, to beneficiaries upon the insured's death. There are many varieties of life insurance.
This course examines the important principles affecting life insurance and its many application. It explains the fundamental purposes of life insurance, including its use in the personal family market as a tool for income replacement, estate creation and conservation, and charitable gifting, and its use in business market as a funding vehicle for buy-sell agreements, key executive benefits, and split-dollar plans. Methods of determining life insurance needs in both the personal family market and business market are considered.
Learning Objectives
Upon conclusion of this course, students will be able to:
- describe how life insurance originated and the primary reasons why life insurance is an invaluable purchase for most people
- explain the legal implications of life insurance as a contract and other special life insurance concepts
- cite the factors in determining premiums and understand how the cash value of a life insurance policy can be put to a variety of uses
- identify specific methods and factors involved in calculating not only individual and family life insurance but also business and key person life insurance
- understand the concepts that affect the income tax treatment of life insurance policies
Designed For
Life and health insurance producers
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