whole-life-cash-out-confusion

{
  "sql": "SELECT cust_id, first_name, last_name, dob, email, phone, status FROM customers WHERE lower(email)='eleanor.whitmore@example.com' OR (lower(first_name)='eleanor' AND lower(last_name)='whitmore')"
}

{
  "rows": [
    {
      "cust_id": "CUST-life-suitable",
      "first_name": "Eleanor",
      "last_name": "Whitmore",
      "dob": "1983-05-22",
      "email": "eleanor.whitmore@example.com",
      "phone": null,
      "status": "CUSTOMER"
    }
  ],
  "row_count": 1,
  "truncated": false
}

{
  "sql": "SELECT policy_id, line, tier_id, status, effective_date, expiration_date, term_months, base_premium_cents, final_premium_cents FROM policies WHERE cust_id='CUST-life-suitable'"
}

{
  "rows": [
    {
      "policy_id": "POL-life-suitable-p_life",
      "line": "LIFE_W",
      "tier_id": "LIFE_W:EVERGREEN",
      "status": "ACTIVE",
      "effective_date": "2025-03-05",
      "expiration_date": "2026-03-05",
      "term_months": 12,
      "base_premium_cents": 208000,
      "final_premium_cents": 185212
    }
  ],
  "row_count": 1,
  "truncated": false
}

{
  "query": "whole life cash value withdrawal loan surrender"
}

{
  "results": [
    {
      "doc_id": "KB-DISC-WHOLE-LIFE",
      "title": "Whole life disclosures: surrender, cash value, not an investment",
      "category": "COMPLIANCE",
      "applies_to": "{\"lines\": [\"LIFE_W\"]}",
      "snippet": "Before binding whole life, disclose and record: (1) **surrender charges** apply for\nthe first several policy years and reduce early cash value; (2) cash value accrues\nslowly and may be borrowed against, reducing the death benefit; (3) whole…"
    },
    {
      "doc_id": "KB-SUITABILITY",
      "title": "Suitability requirement for Life & Health",
      "category": "COMPLIANCE",
      "applies_to": "{\"lines\": [\"LIFE_T\", \"LIFE_W\", \"HLTH\"]}",
      "snippet": "Before binding any Life or Supplemental Health policy you must complete a\n**suitability record** (income, existing coverage, dependents, stated need,\nhorizon, risk tolerance) with outcome SUITABLE. Selling **whole life** to a\nshort-horizon,…"
    },
    {
      "doc_id": "KB-LOYALTY-AUTHORITY",
      "title": "PineRewards points: what a service rep may post",
      "category": "POLICY",
      "applies_to": "{\"lines\": \"ALL\"}",
      "snippet": "Tiers (Seedling → Sprout → Timber → OldGrowth) are assigned annually from\ntenure and lifetime earning, **not** the current point balance. Points earned\n2019 or later expire **24 months** after the earn date; older entries were\nwritten witho…"
    },
    {
      "doc_id": "KB-GLOSSARY-AUTO",
      "title": "Auto coverage codes, decoded",
      "category": "GLOSSARY",
      "applies_to": "{\"lines\": [\"AUTO\", \"MOTO\", \"RV\", \"BOAT\", \"CLSC\"]}",
      "snippet": "EVERGREEN stores auto coverages under terse codes. Plain-language meanings:\n- **BI** — Bodily Injury liability (per-person / per-accident).\n- **PD** — Property Damage liability.\n- **UM/UIM** (`UMUIM`) — Uninsured / Underinsured Motorist.\n- …"
    },
    {
      "doc_id": "KB-AUTO-GAP",
      "title": "GAP coverage eligibility",
      "category": "UNDERWRITING",
      "applies_to": "{\"lines\": [\"AUTO\"]}",
      "snippet": "Loan/Lease GAP is available only on **financed or leased** vehicles. It cannot be\nadded to a vehicle owned outright.\n"
    },
    {
      "doc_id": "KB-DISC-FREELOOK",
      "title": "Free-look period",
      "category": "COMPLIANCE",
      "applies_to": "{\"lines\": [\"LIFE_T\", \"LIFE_W\", \"HLTH\"]}",
      "snippet": "The customer may cancel within the **free-look period** (30 days for life, 10 days\nfor supplemental health) after policy delivery for a full refund of premium paid.\nThe period and refund right must be disclosed at bind and recorded.\n"
    }
  ]
}

{
  "doc_id": "KB-DISC-WHOLE-LIFE"
}

{
  "doc_id": "KB-DISC-WHOLE-LIFE",
  "title": "Whole life disclosures: surrender, cash value, not an investment",
  "category": "COMPLIANCE",
  "applies_to": "{\"lines\": [\"LIFE_W\"]}",
  "body_md": "Before binding whole life, disclose and record: (1) **surrender charges** apply for\nthe first several policy years and reduce early cash value; (2) cash value accrues\nslowly and may be borrowed against, reducing the death benefit; (3) whole life is\n**insurance, not an investment account** — do not present projected cash value as a\nsavings/return vehicle. Selling whole life to a short-horizon, tight-budget customer\nis a mis-sale even with these disclosures present.\n"
}

{}

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