Life insurance in which the cash value and benefit level change according to how the investments in the portfolio perform. Equity investments (corporate stock) are those in which investors gain part ownership in a corporation.
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Equity-linked life policies
Life insurance policies combining life insurance with investment in equities, i.e. ordinary shares. Life insurance is linked to equity investment either through an established unit trust or unitised fund administered by the life office itself. Usually a large part of the premium is invested in the unit trust or equity portfolio, the balance provides life cover, usually term insurance.
Equivalency review
Process that Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) employs to compare an accreditation organization’s standards, processes, and enforcement activities to the comparable CMS requirements, processes, and enforcement activities.
Equivalent single payment
One payment that stands for several payments because it is equal to the value of the other payments.
Equivocal suicide
Type of suicide in which there is doubt as to whether it was intentional or not.