Units of Hartford Financial Services Group Inc. are selling an unusual benefits acceleration rider along with the new Bicentennial Freedom UL and Bicentennial Joint Freedom UL universal life policies.
The LifeAccess Accelerated Death Benefit rider pays benefits if a purchaser develops a serious chronic illness, according to Hartford Financial, Hartford.
Hartford Life and Annuity Insurance Company will be selling the underlying UL policies and rider outside New York, and Hartford Life Insurance Company will be selling the policies and rider in New York.