You can cash out a life insurance policy. How much money you get for it will depend on the amount of cash value held in it. If you have, say $10,000 of accumulated cash value, you would be entitled to withdraw up to all of that amount (less any surrender fees). At that point, ...
Permanent life insurance (i.e. whole life or universal life) provides your beneficiary a death benefit as long as you live. It also accumulates cash value that you withdraw or borrow against during your lifetime. It has a level, higher premium than term insurance. Boomer:If I am age 60 ...
Cashing out life insurance: An analysis of the viatical settlements market. People near the end of their lives are too frail to work, have low incomes and often lack health insurance coverage. Consequently, these people are often u...