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death benefit

NOUN
insurance or pension money paid out to a deceased person's beneficiary
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Buyers can elect to continue the income over a spouse’s lifetime and add a death benefit for other heirs.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 10, 2026

Even more daunting with IUL is that if you borrow against the policy or don’t keep feeding the premiums, you can end up depleting the death benefit and the cash value.

From MarketWatch May 27, 2026

Another common practice is using the dividend toward “paid-up” additions, which is additional coverage that increases the total death benefit and can compound to earn even more dividends in the future.

From MarketWatch Apr. 16, 2026

They can elect to continue the income over a spouse’s lifetime and add a death benefit for other heirs.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 3, 2025

The ordinary death benefit in American trade unions is still a sum assumed to be sufficient to inter decently the deceased.

From Beneficiary Features of American Trade Unions by James B. Kennedy



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