Surrender Charge
Definition
- A fee charged to a life insurance policyholder if they cancel the policy. The insurer levies a surrender charge, also known as a "surrender fee", in order to cover the costs of keeping the policy on the books.
Synonyms
surrender fee, policy surrender value, cash surrender value, surrender value, cash value
Related Terms and Acronyms
- Accelerated Benefit Option — Definition,
- An option that allows the insured to receive insurance benefits before they would ordinarily be available.
- Annuity — Definition,
- A regular periodic payment made by an insurance company to a policyholder for a specified period of time.
- A financial instrument that disperses a number of payments over a set period of time.
- Cash Surrender Value (CSV) — Acronym, Important,
- The liquid value of an insurance policy if the policyholder voluntarily cancels the policy before maturity or an insured event.
- Life Insurance — Definition, Very Important,
- An arrangement where an insurer agrees to pay a benefit to one or more beneficiaries in the event of the policyholder's death.
➥ CanEquity offers life insurance. - Living Benefits — Definition,
- The option for a life insurance policyholder to receive a portion of their death benefit in advance of their death.
- Permanent Life Insurance — Definition,
- A class of life insurance policies, which include both universal and whole life insurance, with guaranteed death benefits at the end of their terms.
- Policy Loan — Definition,
- A loan where a life insurance policyholder's death benefit is used as collateral.
- Surrender Rights — Definition,
- The contractual right for a life insurance or annuity policyholder to cancel his or her policy.
- Valuation Clause — Definition,
- A clause in an insurance contract that states how much an insurer is willing to pay for an asset after an insured event.
- Viatical Settlement — Definition,
- A contract where an individual agrees to sell his or her life insurance policy to a third party before their death.
