Why we recorded this Elections show up everywhere: federal, state, provincial. However, today’s “election” is different. It’s your dividend election inside a participating whole life policy. It sounds boring. Frankly, it’s designed to be. Yet, the dividend choice you make quietly compounds for decades and affects your cash value, your death benefit, and even your taxes. In short: don’t fix what isn’t broken. Mutual companies have used this system, with smoothing and discipline, for well over a century. As a result, the line on the chart looks… uneventful. And that’s the point. First principles Think like an owner: when dividends […]