Efficient legacy protection for two
Your affluent clients have big goals for their legacy. So when you need an efficient, cost-effective and flexible strategy for helping 2 people preserve and maximize their wealth, Nationwide® Survivorship Variable Universal Life (VUL) II can help you deliver.
Nationwide Survivorship VUL II is designed to simplify the life insurance experience for 2 insureds. Strong guarantees, cash indemnity long-term care and low-cost fund options allow clients to plan efficiently together.
The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act raised the estate and gift tax exemption to $13.61 million in 2024, but that could fall to around $7 million1 on January 1, 2026, if the law is not extended.
Nationwide Survivorship VUL II offers an income tax-free death benefit to help your clients protect their estate value and make the most of the wealth they plan to pass on.
Explore our flexible policy features for more confident planning
Nationwide Survivorship VUL II offers clients a range of options they can use to customize their policy to suit their specific estate and legacy planning needs.
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LTC Rider on survivorship
Nationwide Long-Term Care (LTC) Rider on survivorship
For those concerned about how the potential costs of long-term care could affect their family or finances, our LTC Rider on survivorship can help. It’s available at an additional cost and is a cash indemnity LTC rider, which gives clients the flexibility to use the money as they see fit.2
And because the policy covers two lives, the rider is available on both insureds, meaning they can each access up to 50% of the death benefit for long-term care expenses.3
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Extended No-Lapse Guarantee Rider
Extended No-Lapse Guarantee (ENLG) Rider
Our Extended No-Lapse Guarantee (ENLG) Rider can help by adding an extra measure of security at a low cost. It guarantees that Nationwide® will pay the death benefit for the selected guaranteed duration upon the death of the second insured.4
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ENLG Advantage Program
The ENLG Advantage Program
This optional program is for large first-year premium case designs (including lump sums or 1035 exchanges) and is designed to help lower premium costs for clients who elect the ENLG Rider.
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Additional riders
Estate Protection Rider
Provides an increased death benefit to your beneficiaries for the first 4 years of the policy. This benefit can be up to 122% of the policy’s specified amount and can be used to help pay some or all the estate taxes that may be due when the second insured passes away.
Policy Split Option Rider
This rider allows you to split your policy into two individual policies in the event of a divorce or tax law changes specified in the rider. It is not available with the LTC Rider on survivorship.
Overloan Lapse Protection Rider II
This rider helps protect heavily loaned policies from lapsing.
Discover our diverse investment options
Nationwide® has carefully selected experienced money managers to provide clients with a breadth of investment options to help them pursue their financial goals through all market cycles.
Clients can select from 50+ funds that range from simplified, low-maintenance asset allocation options to more involved specialty sector options.
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Visit our site for all the details about how Nationwide Survivorship VUL II can help clients protect their legacy and contact your wholesaler if you have questions.
[1] Estimate of $5 million adjusted for inflation.
[2] Nationwide pays long-term care benefits to the policyowner. If the insured is not the policyowner, there is no guarantee that benefits will be used to pay for long-term care.
[3] Keep in mind that, as an acceleration of the death benefit, the Long-Term Care Rider on survivorship payout will reduce both the death benefit and cash surrender value. Make sure that life insurance needs will be met even if the rider pays out in full. Costs for long-term care vary by person, and there is no guarantee that the rider will cover all long-term care costs.
[4] Any change to the policy — such as taking loans or partial surrenders or making changes to the amount of coverage or the riders — will impact the death benefit. The Extended No-Lapse Guarantee Rider is intended to protect the death benefit if premiums are paid as originally planned and the policy is managed as illustrated.