Definition of "Reverse split dollar life insurance"
Policy that is the opposite of the traditional split dollar life insurance policy in that: the employee is the policyowner and as such can exercise all ownership rights inherit to that policy; the employee owns the cash value of the policy; the employees's beneficiary has the right to that portion of the death benefit equal to the cash value; the employer retains the right to that portion of the death benefit equal to the pure protection element (death benefit minus the cash value); the employer pays that portion of the premium charged for its economic benefit gained according to the PS 58 rate table; and the employee pays that portion of the premium equal to the total premium minus that part of the premium paid by the employer in the above.
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