{"id":596,"date":"2026-01-15T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-15T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.duganins.com\/blog\/?p=596"},"modified":"2026-01-02T14:32:21","modified_gmt":"2026-01-02T14:32:21","slug":"can-you-take-out-a-loan-against-your-life-insurance-policy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.duganins.com\/blog\/can-you-take-out-a-loan-against-your-life-insurance-policy\/","title":{"rendered":"Can You Take Out a Loan Against Your Life Insurance Policy?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you find yourself in a cash crunch, you&rsquo;ll be grateful for your life insurance policy. The common misconception that life insurance is only payable to dependents upon death is false.<\/p>\n<p>It is often possible to take out a loan against your life insurance policy. After all, you&rsquo;ve paid into the policy, so it makes sense that you can tap into that cash in the form of a loan when under financial duress.<\/p>\n<h2>Life Insurance Policies and Loans<\/h2>\n<p>Do your due diligence when researching life insurance policies in Astoria, OR, and you&rsquo;ll find they have more flexibility than you may assume. Most policies allow policyholders to take out loans from the policy after paying premiums for a certain amount of time or after hitting a specific financial threshold. As long as the policy builds a cash value, there&rsquo;s a good chance you can borrow against it.<\/p>\n<p>There is also an opportunity to obtain a loan using your life insurance policy as collateral. If the policy has cash value, that value can be used to qualify for a sizable loan that keeps your finances or those of your business afloat. The only catch to the loan option against the policy or using the policy for a third-party loan is that those loans are distributed with interest rates.<\/p>\n<p>The silver lining is that the average life insurance loan has an interest rate significantly less than that of a credit card.<\/p>\n<h2>Be Patient and Your Life Insurance Could Be a Financial Lifeline<\/h2>\n<p>In general, it takes new life insurance policies several years to accrue sufficient value to borrow against in the form of a loan. However, as long as you pay your life insurance premiums on time and in full, the policy will remain active and valid. Such a status allows you to take out a loan against the policy.<\/p>\n<p>Most life insurance loans are provided right away, without credit checks, and tax-free as they are not considered a source of income. Moreover, the cash value of the policy will continue to grow even after borrowing against it.<\/p>\n<h2>Contact Linda Dugan Insurance Today<\/h2>\n<p>Serving Astoria, OR, Linda Dugan Insurance is here to help you get the right life insurance policy. Give us a call to find out more about your life insurance options.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you find yourself in a cash crunch, you&rsquo;ll be grateful for your life insurance policy. The common misconception that life insurance is only payable to dependents upon death is false. It is often possible to take out a loan against your life insurance policy. After all, you&rsquo;ve paid into the policy, so it makes [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[31,65,73,45,47],"class_list":["post-596","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-insurance","tag-astoria","tag-insurance","tag-life","tag-linda-dugan-insurance","tag-or"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.duganins.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/596","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.duganins.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.duganins.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.duganins.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.duganins.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=596"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.duganins.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/596\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":597,"href":"https:\/\/www.duganins.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/596\/revisions\/597"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.duganins.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=596"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.duganins.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=596"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.duganins.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=596"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}