When I published my financial network map I didn’t think that 1.) people would associate my blow money as being money for blow, and 2.) that people wouldn’t know what Equity Indexed Universal Life insurance was. This is kind of a sore spot for me because I have been a believer in term life insurance due to the vast difference in the cost of the insurance. I signed on to this whole life insurance policy back when I was not really involved my my families finances, my wife was in control and being led by her mom who is in the financial planning business. I was more than happy to allow others to influence my decisions and now I am trying to figure out what it was that I signed up for.
What it is
EIUL is a form of whole life insurance which includes an investment portion where your earnings are tied to a market index. I use the term tied very loosely. This is not a true index fund like you would find at Vanguard or Fidelity but just tied to the fluctuations in the market and in no way actually invests in any stock or equity investments.
The Guarantee
You cannot lose money with the policy, except the money you pay for the insurance, but you could possibly not make much either. The cost for the insurance is pretty steep, I still haven’t quite figured out how much of the $300.00 per month I pay goes towards the actual cost of the insurance. You are charged a decreasing surrender fee for the first 7 years so there is a good chance you wouldn’t be able to get anything out of it if you were to give up on the idea, this is where I am.
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