Learn the ins and outs of collateral assignment in life insurance policies, how it secures loans, and what it means for your beneficiaries.

Using your life insurance policy as collateral is one way of securing a loan without the risk of using your home or car. Most loans are either secured or unsecured, and while an unsecured loan does ...

A life insurance policy may be used as collateral to secure a loan. If you die before the loan is repaid, the lender will be repaid from the policy’s death benefit proceeds before beneficiaries can ...