Settlement options

Settlement options

The various possibilities open to a beneficiary under a life insurance policy as to how the benefit will be paid out.

Settlement Options

Any of a number of possibilities for the beneficiary of a life insurance policy to receive payment. Among the options are the reception of a lump sum, monthly payments for a certain number of years, smaller monthly payments for the remainder of the beneficiary's life, and leaving the benefit with the insurance company and collecting interest with the option of withdrawing the principal at any time.