endowment insurance

endowment insurance
endowment insurance n: life insurance in which the benefit is paid to the policyowner if he or she is still living at the end of the policy's term (as 20 years)

Merriam-Websters Dictionary of Law. . 1996.

endowment insurance
Provides that an insured person who lives for the specified endowment period receives the face value of the insurance policythat is, the amount paid at death. If the policyholder dies sooner, the beneficiary named in the policy receives the proceeds.
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