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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

“From age 30 to a hypothetical age 90 actual death, that could increase the death benefit two or threefold,” says Weber, who is also treasurer of the Life Insurance Consumer Advocacy Center.

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 period of good standing required to draw a particular sum is usually greater in the case of the disability benefit than in the case of the death benefit.

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



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