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Episode 286: Policy Loan Interest Rates are Rising… Party at My House!
In this episode, we ask:
- Who needs to hear this?
- Where else can you get an asset that grows every single year?
- What did Pamela Yellen say?
- Would you like to take her up on the challenge?
- Where is the loan coming from?
- What are the benefits?
- What about getting the money out tax free?
- Why does the insurance company charge interest in the first place?
- How much interest do you have to pay on a policy loan?
- When do you owe the interest to the insurance company?
- What are the tax benefits of loan interest?
- When you take out a loan against a life insurance policy, don’t you have to pay the interest back?
- What about taking out your very first policy loan?
- Why are rising interest rates a good thing for policy holders?
- What is the difference between simple and compound interest?
- What about calculating loan interest in arrears?
- What about an example?
- How is this different from an annual percentage rate or APR?
- What is the actual cost of the loan?
- What really matters?
- What is the cause?
- What is the effect?
- What about another example?
- How did Mark get that number?!
- Is your policy continuing to grow?
- What can you reasonably expect?
- How are Bank on Yourself® type life insurance policies designed differently from other life insurance policies?
- Who can properly design Bank on Yourself® type life insurance policies?
- Are your policies designed properly?
- Is the devil in the details?
- What about non-direct recognition policy loans?
- Who is breaking compound growth?
- Would you like to meet with Mark or a colleague of Mark’s?
- Who charges us interest?
- Who gets access?
- What grows?
- What is the insurance company doing?
- What is going on with loan interest rates?
- What are the responsibilities of the insurer?
- Would you like to hear Episode 128?
- How might the insurers make the best choices for their owners?
- What does the contract state about policy loan interest rates?
- How is the rate calculated?
- What is the actual APR?
- What about variable rates?
- How are life insurance policy loans different from other types of loans?
- What are the key differences for life insurance policy loan rates?
- Will the policy lapse?
- What happens when the rates rise?
- Why is Mark thrilled?
- Will your policy grow faster, too?
- What about a hypothetical scenario?
- Does this translate into higher profit distributions?
- How does this affect cash value?
- Does a Bank on Yourself® type life insurance policy still work if you don’t take policy loans?
- What are the benefits?
- What do policy owners receive?
- What happens when you pay down a policy loan?
- What options do you have?
- What happens with an outstanding policy loan balance upon the insured’s death?
- How is your policy helping to add security and confidence to your future?