Life Insurance Tax Shelter - Life Insurance To Shelter Investment Growth and Income

Life Insurance To Shelter Investment Growth and Income

In an attempt to achieve the "best of both worlds" (protection in the case of early death, and additional tax-protected returns in the case of long life), life insurance policies were created containing investment accounts having preferential tax treatment. This is most often done with a Variable universal life policy. See that article for some discussion of the tax issues.

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