Whole Life Insurance

Grow your policy. Protect your legacy

Our Whole Life plans are more than just life insurance—they’re a powerful financial tool designed to help grow your long-term assets, access cash when you need it, and protect what you’ve built. With strong growth projections and competitive cash values, these plans may increase your total death benefit over time—providing your loved ones with greater financial security. Plus, the built-in tax advantages help you leave a lasting, tax-efficient legacy for the people who matter most.

Whole Life – Pay to Age 100

This plan also provides a guaranteed base amount of insurance protection to age 100. You pay premiums on the base policy, and these premiums are guaranteed never to go up. At age 100, your policy is considered paid up and coverage continues for life with no additional premiums.

20 Pay Whole Life

This plan provides a guaranteed base amount of insurance protection for life. You pay premiums on the base policy for only 20 years, and these premiums are guaranteed never to go up. After 20 years, your policy is considered paid up, and your protection continues for life with no additional premiums.

Rider Options:

Accidental Death Benefit, Child Protection Rider, Child Critical Illness Rider, Disability Waiver of Premium Benefit, and Mortgage Protection Benefit.

Unique benefits

Both plans provide the following protection for you and your family:

Lifelong Protection

Whole Life Insurance ensures coverage throughout your entire life, providing peace of mind for you and your loved ones.

Guaranteed Premiums

Premiums remain level and are guaranteed never to increase, allowing for predictable financial planning.

Flexible dividend options

Policy owners may be eligible to receive annual dividends to support financial planning.

Paid-up additions: Purchase additional coverage to grow your policy’s value without extra premiums
Cash payments: Receive dividends directly as cash in a single lump sum
Left on deposit: Dividends are deposited into an account to accumulate interest; accumulations may be withdrawn at any time

Access to Cash Values

A portion of the premium payments go into a cash value account which grows over time. These include guaranteed cash values and non-guaranteed cash values. Individual or corporate policy owners can access cash values via a policy loan or surrendering the policy for the cash value.

Tax-Free Growth

The growth of the cash value is tax-deferred, meaning you won't owe taxes on the gains as long as they remain within the policy.

Premiums for Whole Life plans are level, meaning they remain constant and are guaranteed never to increase. After the premium-paying period, the policy is considered paid up, and the permanent insurance protection will never decrease.

Whole Life plans are available to individuals aged 15 days to 80 years, making it suitable for various age groups.

Policy owners of Whole Life plans may receive annual dividends based on the participating account’s performance. These dividends can be used to purchase additional life insurance coverage called Paid-up Additions, which are permanent and do not expire or require extra premiums.

Underwriting classes for Whole Life plans include Non-tobacco User and Tobacco User.

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Wawanesa Life does not currently offer Individual life insurance or investment products to Quebec residents – check back with us soon.