Pacific Select Harbor VUL

Protection, growth potential and living benefits in one policy

Pacific Select Harbor VUL is permanent life insurance from Pacific Life, designed to protect the people you love, give your cash value long-term growth potential, and offer benefits you can use along the way.

Three ways it works for you

One policy. Three ways to work for your family.

Each benefit below comes with the conditions that apply, so you can see the whole picture.

Protection

Protection your family can count on

A death benefit designed to last your lifetime, generally paid to your beneficiaries income-tax-free.1

  • Protect your family, your estate or your business

What to know: Coverage continues while the policy stays in force.

Long-Term Growth Potential

Put your cash value to work for the long term

Direct your cash value among a diverse range of variable investment options, or two fixed options with guaranteed minimum interest crediting rates.

  • Tax-deferred cash value growth potential
  • A potential source of tax-free supplemental income2
  • Reallocate as your goals change

What to know: Variable options can lose value, including principal. Fixed-option guarantees depend on Pacific Life’s claims-paying ability, and an asset charge may reduce their yield. Transfer limits and policy charges apply; the policy works best when funded consistently for the long term.

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Living Benefits

Benefits you can use while you’re living

Access available cash value when opportunities or emergencies arise.

  • A policy that adjusts as your life changes

What to know: Loans and withdrawals reduce cash value and the death benefit and can cause a lapse and taxes.

Costs and risks apply to every benefit. See charges and risks →

1 Life insurance death benefits are generally income-tax-free to beneficiaries under IRC Sec. 101(a)(1); exceptions apply, such as certain transfers for value and employer-owned policies. 2 Tax-free income potential assumes, among other things, that withdrawals do not exceed tax basis, the policy remains in force until death, early withdrawals do not coincide with a reduction in benefits, and the policy is not a modified endowment contract. Loans, withdrawals and loan interest reduce policy values and may reduce benefits. Pacific Life does not provide tax advice.
The basics

How a variable universal life policy works

Variable universal life insurance is permanent life insurance. As long as the policy stays in force, it pays a death benefit to your beneficiaries. Part of each premium, after charges, goes into a cash value account that you direct among investment options.

That investment choice is what gives a VUL its growth potential, and also its risk: cash value can rise or fall with the markets, unlike whole life or traditional universal life, where the insurer credits interest.

The “universal” part is flexibility. Within policy limits you can adjust how much you pay and when, change your allocations, and access available cash value as your needs change.

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Four moving parts

How the pieces fit together

Death benefit

The amount paid to your beneficiaries. Policies may offer a level benefit or one that includes cash value, chosen when you apply.

Cash value

The portion of your premiums, after charges, that is allocated to your investment options. It can grow, and it can also lose value.

Investment options

A diverse range of variable investment options, some using asset allocation, plus two fixed options with guaranteed minimum interest crediting rates.

Flexible premiums

Pay more in some years and less in others, within limits. Paying too little can cause the policy to lapse.

At a glance

What Pacific Select Harbor VUL offers

  • Lifetime life insurance protection while the policy remains in force, with a death benefit generally income-tax-free1
  • Cash value growth potential through a diverse range of variable investment options
  • Two fixed options with guaranteed minimum interest crediting rates
  • Tax-deferred cash value growth potential under current federal tax law (conditions apply2)
  • Living benefits: cash value you may access and supplemental income potential
  • Designed for long-term financial goals rather than short-term saving

Read the prospectus before you decide

A VUL policy is a variable product. The current prospectus describes the policy's features, charges, investment options and risks in full. Ask Markist for the current prospectus and review it carefully.

A long-term commitment

Policy charges are deducted every month, and values can fall with the markets. Pacific Select Harbor VUL works best when it is funded consistently and held for the long term.

The company behind the promise

Backed by Pacific Life

A life insurance policy is only as strong as the company that stands behind it. Pacific Life has served policyholders for nearly 160 years, and its fixed options and any policy guarantees are backed by its financial strength and claims-paying ability.

With Markist Athelus, FSCP®, you also get a licensed professional who prepares your personalized illustration, explains the costs, risks and conditions, and reviews your policy with you every year.

What guarantees mean

Guarantees, including the fixed options’ minimum crediting rates, depend on the claims-paying ability of Pacific Life Insurance Company. They do not protect the value of the variable investment options.

See it with your own numbers

Your personalized illustration shows the protection and cash value potential for your age, budget and goals. Start with the free 35-minute workshop or request a consultation.