What Is Universal Life Insurance?

Universal Life Insurance is a form of permanent life insurance. It can provide affordable guaranteed protection and flexibility.

A Universal Life insurance policy provides flexibility that allows you to change, within limits, the death benefit and the timing and amount of your premium. You can build your policy’s cash value, or pay a lower premium and focus more on guaranteed protection.

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Universal Life insurance can be right for you if you want:

  • Protection that can last a lifetime
  • The flexibility to choose between two policy designs:
         Protection plus cash accumulation, or
         Focus on affordable guaranteed protection
  • An option for a lifetime of guaranteed monthly income for your beneficiaries

Some things to consider about Universal Life Insurance:

  • Cash value growth is based on periodically-declared fixed interest rates. Should rates fall, cash accumulation could suffer, and higher premiums may be needed
  • Changing your policy’s premium or death benefit can affect your policy’s performance and guarantees, possibly requiring higher premiums later.

Your SGB Life Insurance Agent can help you determine whether Universal Life insurance makes sense for you and your family.

Universal Life Details

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Guarantees, Flexibility and Liquidity.You choose the combination that’s right for you.

Choose between two policy designs:

  • Guaranteed Protection Design
    When guarantees are more important to you
    This design focuses on affordable guaranteed protection. You choose the length of the protection guarantee and the premium payment schedule up front; both are then guaranteed not to change so long as premiums are paid as planned. *1
  • Cash Accumulation Design
    When liquidity and flexibility are more important to you
    This design provides you with protection and cash value growth. Within limits, you can change your premium payments and death benefit as your life changes. Your policy also provides you with an opportunity to set aside additional money in a tax-favored way to help you meet long-term financial objectives. *2

MetLife’s Guarantee Advantage Universal Life Insurance offers you:

  • Policy Flexibility

    After selecting your policy design, you can customize your Universal Life policy. For example:
    Guaranteed Protection Design

    • Choose how long you want to pay premiums
    • Choose how long your protection is guaranteed

    For example, you can decide to pay additional premiums up front and guarantee the protection for your entire life, no matter how long you live. Or, you could choose to guarantee the protection until your life expectancy, and choose a lower premium.

    Cash Value Design

    • Pay extra premium to grow your cash value, tax deferred
    • Reduce the death benefit as your needs change
    • Lower or skip premiums when you need to *3

    Your SGB Life Insurance Agent will work with you to put together a policy that addresses your personal needs and concerns.

  • Cash Accumulation Design
    Enhance Your Policy
    You can enhance your coverage with the addition of these policy riders, *4 among others, for an additional cost:
    Guaranteed Survivor Income Benefit

    This patent-pending rider provides your beneficiaries with the option to receive guaranteed income they can’t outlive – at higher rates than we would normally pay — in lieu of a lump-sum death benefit.

    The Long-Term Care Guaranteed Purchase Option

    Guarantees the availability of Long-Term Care insurance in the future, regardless of changes in the insured’s health.

    The Waiver of Specified Premium

    Pays your specified premiums if the insured becomes disabled.
    The Guaranteed Survivor Plus Purchase Option

    Guarantees your right to buy permanent life insurance in the future on up to five other people; up to five times your base policy’s face amount on each person.

*1 In the Guaranteed Protection policy design, departing from the payment schedule or making other changes to your policy may affect this guarantee and higher premiums could be required to keep the policy in force.

*2 Withdrawals or loans will reduce your policy’s death benefit.

*3 Reducing or stopping premium payments can affect your cash value and death benefit, and may cause certain benefits to be lost.

*4 Some riders may not be available in all states. Optional riders are generally available for an additional fee and are subject to underwriting, contractual terms, conditions and limitations as specified in the policy. Most riders can be selected only when you apply for your policy.

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Guarantees apply to certain insurance and annuity products (not securities, variable or investment advisory products) and are subject to the insurer’s claims-paying ability and financial strength.

Like most insurance policies, MetLife’s policies contain exclusions, limitations, reductions of benefits and terms for keeping them in force. For complete costs and details, see your MetLife Financial Services representative.

Guarantee Advantage Universal Life Insurance is issued by Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, New York, NY 10166 in New York State (policy form #1E-34-07-NY) and by MetLife Investors USA Insurance Company, Irvine, CA 92614 in all other states and jurisdictions (policy form #5E-34-07).

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