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A flight to safety

Stock market volatility has caused some advisers to shy away from the sexiest life insurance policies — variable universal life and variable life — and to steer clients to a tamer cousin, universal life.

Stock market volatility has caused some advisers to shy away from the sexiest life insurance policies — variable universal life and variable life — and to steer clients to a tamer cousin, universal life.

Advisers point to the inherent equity risk in variable policies, where cash value is inves

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