{"id":28716,"date":"2025-07-29T09:19:48","date_gmt":"2025-07-29T13:19:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rbcinsurance.com\/en-ca\/?page_id=28716"},"modified":"2025-07-29T09:19:49","modified_gmt":"2025-07-29T13:19:49","slug":"increasing-protection","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.rbcinsurance.com\/en-ca\/life-insurance\/increasing-protection\/","title":{"rendered":"Increasing Protection Death Benefit"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"yoast-breadcrumbs\"><span class=\"rbc-yoast-breadcrum-span\"><span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rbcinsurance.com\/en-ca\/\">Home<\/a><\/span> &gt; <span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rbcinsurance.com\/en-ca\/life-insurance\/\">Life insurance<\/a><\/span> &gt; <span class=\"breadcrumb_last\" aria-current=\"page\">Increasing Protection Death Benefit<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-increasing-protection-death-benefit\">Increasing protection death benefit<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"mar-t-dbl mob-mar-t-dbl\">Increasing protection pays a death benefit equal to your coverage amount plus your accumulation value.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"pad-b-dbl mob-pad-b-dbl\">It&#8217;s a good choice when your coverage needs are likely to rise (due to a growing business or increasing estate value), or if your primary goal is tax-effective accumulation rather than insurance protection. 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