
美国家族财富
National Life Group
1.公司概况 / Company Overview
National Life Group(NLG)成立于 1848 年,是一家互助结构的寿险集团,旗下包括 Life Insurance Company of the Southwest 等公司,近十多年在 IUL 和 Living Benefits 市场增长速度非常快。目前的主力寿险产品是 FlexLife IUL 和 SummitLife IUL,同时针对大额保费有 PeakLife IUL。所有主力寿险产品均可附加加速给付类 Living Benefits,包括 Chronic/Terminal/Critical Illness Accelerated Benefit Riders,以及新增的 Alzheimer’s Disease Rider 和 Fertility Journey Rider(视州别而定)。在年金端,NLG 的单次付费固定指数年金(SPDA)产品线中,Income Driver 7 和 Income Driver 10 属于带 Guaranteed Lifetime Income Rider 的主力 FIA,配合 Activities of Daily Living(ADL)为基础的 income doubler 功能,在退休现金流和长期照护风险管理方面有较强实用性。
National Life Group (NLG) is a mutual-based life insurance group founded in 1848. Its flagship indexed universal life products today are FlexLife IUL and SummitLife IUL, with PeakLife IUL positioned for large-premium cases. All core life products can include an integrated suite of Living Benefits (accelerated benefit riders for terminal, chronic, and critical illness) and, more recently, an Alzheimer’s Disease Rider and a Fertility Journey Rider, subject to state availability.In the annuity space, NLG’s single-premium fixed indexed annuities Income Driver 7 and Income Driver 10 provide principal protection with an optional guaranteed lifetime income rider and ADL-based income doubling features, making them practical tools for retirement income and long-term care risk management.
2. 公司结构(Ownership Structure)
NLG 采用互助公司结构(mutual),不需要向股东交出季度财报成绩,而是以保单持有人为核心利益相关方。这带来的直接结果是:1. 产品定价偏长期稳健,而非短期冲销量。2. Living Benefits 与长寿、慢病相关功能可以以更长期的视角设计,而非短期利润导向。
NLG operates under a mutual structure. Without public shareholders, it can prioritize policyholder value and long-term product sustainability over quarter-to-quarter earnings. This is particularly important when designing living-benefit riders and income riders intended to last decades.
3. 财务评级(Financial Ratings)
A.M. Best:A
S&P:A+
Fitch:A
评级处于稳健区间,与其互助结构、较为保守的定价与核保策略相匹配。
A.M. Best: A
S&P: A+
Fitch: A
These ratings reflect NLG’s conservative capital management, mutual ownership, and focus on sustainable growth rather than aggressive balance-sheet leverage.
4. 市场定位(Market Position)
NLG 在以下几个细分市场具有明显特点:1. Indexed Universal Life(IUL)销量长期位于全美前列,尤其在自雇群体和中小企业主中的渗透率很高。2. Living Benefits(加速给付)在业界覆盖范围较广,包括 chronic、critical、terminal illness,以及新增的 Alzheimer’s Disease Rider。3. 在固定指数年金(FIA)市场,Income Driver 系列在带终身收入功能的 SPDA 产品中,凭借稳定的 GLIR 结构和 ADL-based income doubler,受到部分顾问与退休客户青睐。
NLG stands out as a high-growth IUL carrier with a distinctive living-benefits platform and a competitive suite of fixed indexed annuities. It has strong penetration among self-employed clients and business owners who value flexible protection and practical income features.
5. 产品线(Product Lines)
一、IUL 产品线:FlexLife、SummitLife、PeakLife
1. FlexLife IUL
定位:面向大众与中高收入家庭的旗舰 IUL,强调现金价值累积与 Living Benefits 的结合。核心特征包括:
- 现金价值基于多种指数策略与固定利率选项,具有 0% floor,不直接投资于指数本身。
- 标配或可选的 Accelerated Benefit Riders(ABR),包括 terminal、chronic、critical illness 相关的加速给付。
- 可附加 Alzheimer’s Disease Rider,在符合条件的阿兹海默症或 Lewy Body Dementia 诊断时提前加速给付部分死亡赔偿金(视州别与承保规则)。
- 新增的 Fertility Journey Rider,可在符合条件的 FlexLife 保单上提供一次性 Accumulation Value credit,用于支持生育旅程相关费用(视州别与产品批次)。
- 适合自雇人士、家庭主要经济支柱、以及需要“在活着时也能用到保单价值”的客户。
2. SummitLife IUL
定位:专为 中高净值 市场设计,更适合高保费、较大保额、与高净值家庭的长期规划。
主要特点:
- 最低保额门槛较高,设计逻辑更偏向大额 case 与高端客户。
- 具备与 FlexLife 类似的 index crediting 和 ABR 体系,同时在费用结构与资金使用弹性上做了优化。
- 适合用于企业主的 key-person 保障、买卖协议、以及家族资产的长期覆盖。
3. PeakLife IUL(大额保费专用)
定位:用于大额保费、large case 的 IUL,基于 FlexLife 框架但加入多档 bonus 机制(如 Enhancer 系列)。
主要特点:
- 重点服务 large premium 客户与 HNW 案件。
- bonus 结构适合部分更激进的累积诉求,但仍在 IUL 风险控制框架内。
- 适合作为家族办公室层面的长期资本工具,需要专业顾问进行建模与压力测试。
二、Whole Life 与 Term
1. Whole Life
- 互助公司结构支持稳定的 dividend 历史。
- 适合用作“家族资本底层仓位”,提供较高可预测性。
- 常与 IUL 搭配,为家族提供不同波动水平的多层资本结构。
2. Term Life(含转换价值)
- Term 产品可在一定条件下转换为 FlexLife 或 SummitLife 等永久寿险,无需重新核保。
- 阿兹海默症 Rider 在部分州可附加于 term 保单,提供加速给付功能。
- 适合作为前期大额保障工具,后续视收入与资产状况逐步转换为永久寿险。
三、FIA:Income Driver、Growth Driver、Zenith 系列
1. Income Driver 7 / Income Driver 10(单次付费固定指数年金)
定位:单次付费 SPDA 结构,带可选或内嵌的 Guaranteed Lifetime Income Rider(GLIR),重点在退休现金流。
主要特点:
- 保证本金不受市场下跌直接损失,指数策略决定潜在增长。
- 收入基数可能有首年 bonus,并带有简单利率的 roll-up(具体百分比与版本相关)。
- 通过 GLIR 提供终身收入选项,可选择单人或 joint life income。
- 在特定条件下(基于 Activities of Daily Living 的 incapacity 定义),可触发 income doubler,在一定时间段内将终身收入翻倍,用于应对长期照护成本。此结构通常基于 ADL 能力,而非特定疾病诊断。
- 适合需要 predictable lifetime income、又不希望承担市场下跌风险的客户。
2. Growth Driver / Zenith 系列
- Growth Driver 系列更偏向累积导向,在保本框架下追求更高的长期潜在增长。
- Zenith Growth、Zenith Income 则在增长与收入之间做不同权重的平衡:前者强调增长潜力,后者偏向可预测收入并可能带额外 bonus 选项。
- 适合将一部分资产从传统债券或 CD 转移到税延、保本、但具备指数挂钩增长潜力的工具中。
四、企业主和家族办公室视角
- FlexLife / SummitLife / PeakLife 提供以现金价值和 Living Benefits 为核心的家庭与企业安全网。
- FIA Income Driver 系列可提供终身现金流,并在 ADL-based 条件下增加收入,用于应对长期照护支出风险。
- Whole Life 则可以充当低波动的永久资本底层。
- 对于企业主、自雇与 HNW 家庭而言,NLG 组合可以构成:家庭安全层 + 税延累积层 + 长期现金流层 的多层资本结构。
English overview of product lines:
FlexLife, SummitLife, PeakLife IULs with comprehensive living benefits; whole life and convertible term; and fixed indexed annuities such as Income Driver 7/10 and Growth Driver/Zenith series with GLIR and ADL-based income enhancements, all positioned as practical tools for protection, accumulation, and retirement income.
6. 竞争优势(Competitive Advantages)
1. Living Benefits 体系覆盖范围广,包含 chronic、critical、terminal illness,以及 Alzheimer’s Disease Rider,真正做到“活着时也能用到保单价值”。
2. FlexLife / SummitLife / PeakLife 提供从大众到 HNW 的不同层级 IUL 解决方案,可按照家庭与企业的资本结构做精细规划。
3. FIA Income Driver 系列在退休收入规划与长期照护风险管理上具备实用功能,ADL-based income doubler 在同类产品中较为突出。
4. 互助结构使产品定价与长期承诺更加聚焦于保单持有人权益,而非短期盈利。
5. 对自雇者和中小企业主而言,NLG 的产品组合适合同时承担“家庭保护 + 企业主个人养老金 + 资本缓冲池”的多重角色。
1) Broad and practical living-benefits framework, including chronic/critical/terminal illness and an Alzheimer’s Disease Rider.
2) A tiered IUL lineup (FlexLife, SummitLife, PeakLife) that can be matched to different income and net-worth profiles.
3) Competitive FIAs with lifetime income riders and ADL-based income doubling features, enhancing retirement and care-planning strategies.
4) Mutual ownership enables long-term product management focused on policyholders.
5) Strong fit for self-employed clients and business owners who need products that bridge family protection, personal retirement, and capital resiliency.
7. 适用客户(Suitable Clients)
• 自雇人士(没有传统 employer benefits,需要自己搭建保障与养老金体系)。
• 中小企业主(既要家庭保障,又要为自己和搭档设计长期资本保护与收入来源)。
• 高净值家庭与家族办公室(需要多层资本结构、兼顾保障、累积与流动性)。
• 担心长期照护风险、认知能力下降(如 Alzheimer’s)的家庭,希望通过 Living Benefits 和 income riders 做预备规划。
• 不期望极端杠杆和最高回报,而更看重功能性与安全边界的客户。
- Self-employed professionals lacking employer-sponsored benefits.
- Business owners who need both family protection and personal retirement income structures.
- HNW households and family offices seeking layered capital structures.
- Clients concerned about long-term care or cognitive decline risks.
- Individuals who value practical, function-oriented designs over maximum illustrated returns.
8. 风险提示(Risks)
• IUL 设计偏稳健,通常不会给出市场上最激进的演示收益,适合长期持有而非短期投机。
• Living Benefits 和 Alzheimer’s Disease Rider 的触发条件、等待期、给付比例需要在签单前明确理解。
• FIA Income Driver 的 income doubler 基于 ADL 标准,而非特定疾病诊断,不能被当作传统 LTC 保单的完全替代品。
• 所有产品均为长期工具,若在退保费用期内提前退出,成本可能较高。
- IUL projections are conservative relative to aggressive market designs, which may not fit clients seeking maximum leverage.
- Living-benefit and Alzheimer’s rider triggers, waiting periods, and benefit levels must be carefully understood.
- FIA income riders are not long-term care insurance and rely on functional (ADL) criteria for enhanced benefits.
- Products are designed for long-term use; early surrender during charge periods can be costly.
9. 总结(Summary)
NLG 在市场中的差异化不在于“最高收益”,而在于“在客户最需要时,保单仍然能提供可用的现金流与保障”。FlexLife、SummitLife、PeakLife IUL 构建了一个以 Living Benefits 为核心的家庭与企业安全网;FIA Income Driver、Growth Driver 和 Zenith 系列则为退休与长期照护风险提供了税延、保本且具备终身收入潜力的工具。对于自雇者、企业主和高净值家庭来说,NLG 更像是一个围绕 Living Benefits 和实用收入功能设计的家族资本工具平台,而不仅仅是一家卖寿险和年金的公司。
NLG’s real differentiation lies in its focus on usable protection and income at the moments when families and business owners need it most. Its IUL lineup centers on living benefits and practical accumulation, while its FIA portfolio emphasizes principal protection with robust income features. For self-employed clients, business owners, and HNW families, NLG can serve as a functional capital platform rather than just a traditional insurance carrier.
10. 作者信息 (Author)
Written by Austin Wang, CFP® EA
Founder — MMG Family Office
