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Life insurance is designed to provide financial protection, but life happens, and your needs might shift. If you have a permanent policy, it could have built-up cash value, giving you the option to ...

Jessica Gibson is a content update editor and writer for Investopedia. She has over 10 years of experience in digital publishing and three years of experience covering financial topics like insurance, ...

Life insurance policies, especially endowment plans or those with a savings/investment component, are long-term commitments. But financial circumstances can change. Maybe you lose a job, or other ...

We break down the tax implications, advantages and downsides of using your cash value to supplement your retirement savings ...

Life insurance is designed to provide a death benefit to your loved ones after you pass away. Certain policies can also ...

Each option for receiving cash from a life insurance policy has different benefits, risks and tax implications ...

Editor’s Note: The 2017 tax reform legislation reversed the IRS position in Revenue Ruling 2009-13, and instead now provides that in determining basis, no adjustment is made for mortality, expense or ...

Laurie Sepulveda is a MarketWatch Guides team senior writer who specializes in writing about insurance, investing, personal loans, home equity loans, mortgages and banking. She lives in North Carolina ...

Life doesn’t always follow the plan you had when you first bought life insurance. Maybe your kids are grown and financially independent. Maybe your budget has tightened. Or maybe you’ve simply decided ...

The Internal Revenue Code does not explicitly provide for the tax treatment of increases in the cash surrender value of a life insurance policy unless those values are accessed, directly or indirectly ...