(Under a twenty-payment whole life insurance policy, the insured stops paying premiums:)

A twenty-payment whole life insurance policy is a limited-pay whole life policy that requires premiums to be paid for only 20 years. If the insured survives the 20-year payment period, the policy becomes fully paid-up and remains in force for the insured’s lifetime without any further premium payments. If the insured dies before the 20-year payment period ends, premium payments stop at death, and the death benefit is paid to the beneficiary. Therefore, premium payments cease at the earlier of the insured’s death or the end of the 20-year payment period. The policy does not require premium payments until maturity or until cash value exceeds premiums. The correct definition focuses on the limited premium payment structure of the policy.