If you are provided cost comparison indexes, there will be two types:
• Life Insurance Surrender Cost Index: This index is useful if you consider the level of the cash values to be of primary importance to you. It helps you compare costs if at some future point in time, such as 10 or 20 years, you were to surrender the policy and take its cash value.
• Life Insurance Net Payment Cost Index: This index is useful if your main concern is the benefits that are to be paid at your death and if the level of cash values is of secondary importance to you. It helps you compare costs at some future point in time, such as 10 or 20 years, if you continue paying premiums on your policy and do not take its cash value.
For an explanation of how to use Cost Comparison Indexes see “How Do I Use Cost Indexes?”