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What is participating whole life insurance?
Participating (par) whole life insurance has been marketed for many years in the U.S. The participating feature means you can receive dividends if the underlying investments perform successfully. The investments are generally long-term, fixed-rate contracts, so experience doesn’t vary tremendously. Substantial amounts of participating whole life insurance are still sold today, principally by the large mutual companies.


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