Variable life insurance is a life insurance contract that provides a death benefit to your survivors when you die and has a cash value component that you can invest. The cash value grows based on your ...

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Variable life insurance is a form of permanent life insurance, which is intended to last for a lifetime. As with other forms of life insurance, a variable life policy represents a contract between an ...