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Episode 188: Infinite Banking: How Flexible Are Premiums In A Life Insurance Policy?
Episode 18915th September 2025 • Wealth Warehouse • The IBC Guys via Podcast Principles
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This week, Dave and Paul bust a big myth about whole life: that premiums are rigid forever.


They break down base (required) vs. PUA, Paid-Up Additions (flexible), why both buy death benefit, and how to use a floor-and-ceiling model to fund smart in tight months or boom years.


You’ll hear how dividends typically route to PUA, how to check extra LPUA room without triggering MEC, why loans don’t “increase” growth, and how convertible term preserves future capacity as your income rises.


Becoming Your Own Banker by Nelson Nash:

https://infinitebanking.org/product/becoming-your-own-banker/ref/46/


Episode Highlights:

0:00 - Teaser & open

3:06 - Premium flexibility myth

6:19 - Base vs. PUA

9:40 - Cash value = ownership

10:59 - Dividends → PUA

15:10 - Floor & ceiling funding

16:37 - Year-two: pay base, drip PUA

20:00 - Extra PUA + MEC check

23:50 - Convertible term runway

30:38 - Sign-off


ABOUT YOUR HOSTS:

David Befort and Paul Fugere are the hosts of the Wealth Warehouse Podcast. David is the Founder/CEO of Max Performance Financial. He founded the company with the mission of educating people on the truths about money.

David's mission is to show you how you can control your own money, earn guarantees, grow it tax-free, and maintain penalty-free access to it to leverage for opportunities that will provide passive income for the rest of your life.

Paul, on the other hand, is an Active Duty U.S. Army officer who graduated from Norwich University in 2002 with a B.A. in History and again in 2012 with a M.A. in Diplomacy and International Terrorism. Paul met his wife Tammy at Norwich.

As a family, they enjoy boating, traveling, sports, hunting, automobiles, and are self-proclaimed food people.


Visit our website:

https://www.thewealthwarehousepodcast.com/


Catch up with David and Paul, visit the links below!


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https://infinitebanking.org/agents/Fugere494

https://infinitebanking.org/agents/Befort399


LinkedIn:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-a-befort-jr-09663972/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/paul-fugere-762021b0/


Email:

davidandpaul@theibcguys.com



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