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Chronic Illness Benefits

Your policy works while you’re living.

Living benefits that let you access part of your life insurance early if a chronic illness keeps you from daily activities — so coverage helps when you need care.

  • Access your death benefit early for care
  • Helps cover long-term care costs
  • Built into many life insurance policies
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Chronic Illness Benefits
What it is

Coverage that helps before it pays out

Chronic illness benefits (a living benefit on many life policies) let you access part of your death benefit early if you can’t perform daily activities like bathing or dressing, or need substantial supervision.

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Chronic Illness Benefits
What it covers

What Chronic Illness Benefits includes

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  • Early benefit access
  • Home & facility care
  • Flexible use
  • Remaining benefit
  • Built-in option
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Chronic Illness Benefits
Is it right for you

Are chronic illness benefits right for you?

They fit anyone who wants care protection without a separate LTC policy.

  • Adults planning for future care needs
  • Families wanting flexible long-term-care protection
  • Anyone who wants life coverage that also helps living
  • People who find standalone LTC too costly
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We work for you — not the insurance companies — to find the right coverage at the right price.

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Questions

Frequently asked questions

What are chronic illness benefits?
Chronic illness benefits let you access part of your life insurance death benefit early if you become unable to perform a set number of daily living activities — like bathing, dressing, or eating — or need substantial supervision. The money comes to you tax-advantaged to help pay for care. It turns a life policy into living protection.
How is this different from long-term care insurance?
Traditional long-term care insurance reimburses care costs and can be expensive with use-it-or-lose-it premiums. A chronic-illness rider on life insurance instead advances your own death benefit, so the coverage isn't wasted if you never need care — your family still receives whatever benefit remains. We'll explain which approach fits your situation.
What triggers the benefit?
Typically a licensed health professional must certify that you can't perform two or more activities of daily living, or that you need substantial supervision due to cognitive impairment. The exact trigger and how much you can access each year vary by policy. We'll review the terms so you know what qualifies.
Does using the benefit reduce what my family receives?
Yes — any amount you draw for chronic-illness care reduces the remaining death benefit paid to your beneficiaries. The advantage is flexibility: you get help when you need it, and whatever you don't use still passes on. We'll size the policy with that tradeoff in mind.
Can I add this to a policy I'm buying now?
Often yes — many permanent and some term policies offer chronic-illness or living-benefit riders you can include at issue. Adding it up front while you're healthy is usually easiest and most affordable. We'll find carriers with strong living-benefit options and compare them for you.
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