Universal Life Insurance through Trustmark provides lifelong protection with flexible premiums. It is one policy with two benefits - life insurance coverage for your family and long term care benefits if you need them.

As Life insurance, this plan protects your family with money that can be used any way they choose. It is most often used to pay for mortgage or rent, education for children and grandchildren, retirement, family debt, and final expenses.

Program Highlights

• Coverage is available for yourself, your spouse, and your child(ren)
• Flexible permanent insurance designed to last a lifetime
• Benefits for long term care services such as home health or nursing home care - you can access 4% of the selected life benefit per month if you need LTC
• If you collect a benefit for LTC, your full death benefit is still available for your beneficiaries, as much
  as doubling your benefit
• You have two options: Universal Life with LTC and Universal Life Events with LTC. The difference between the two is a reduced death benefit amount at age 70 on Universal Life Events with LTC - your long term care benefit amount will not decrease with age.

You pay for this benefit conveniently through payroll deduction.

Long Term Care coverage provides peace of mind knowing you won't become a burden to loved ones if you become ill. While it's true that Medicare may cover some long-term care costs, Medicare's coverage can be very limited. Long-term care coverage is the best way to protect yourself, your family, and your financial assets.

• Seniors ages 65 and over have a nearly 70% chance of needing Long Term Care services in their future¹
• Women (3.7 years) stay in long term care facilities longer than men (2.2 years)¹
• 20% of today's 65-yearolds will need long term care for longer than 5 years¹

California average monthly cost of long term care services in 2021¹:

• Home Health Aide: $6,101
• Adult Day Care: $1,842
• Assisted Living Facility: $5,250
• Nursing Home Facility Semi-Private Room: $9,794
• Nursing Home Facility Private room: $12,167

¹U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS)’s Administration on Aging (AOA)

 

The unique feature of Universal Life Insurance is that you build cash value on a tax-deferred basis (until withdrawn) which may allow your premiums to remain level throughout the life of the contract. Universal Life Insurance offers flexibility to adjust your benefit amount up or down depending on your current insurance needs.

• The plan includes a Terminal Illness Benefit Rider which accelerates 75% of the death benefit amount when life expectancy is 24 months or less.
• The plan is portable, meaning you can take this with you, at the same rate, if you change jobs or retire.

• Premiums are based on age - the younger you are when you enroll, the more benefit you receive for the same premium.
• Newly eligible employees have a special opportunity to enroll without answering medical questions.
  • Employee: up to $150,000
  • Spouse: up to $15,000
• California has introduced legislation for a mandatory, state-run LTC insurance for workers in California. Each individual employed in California would pay a premium based on wages. Workers with individual LTC insurance may be exempt from participating in this state-run program.