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Discovering Unique Solutions for Loan Balances
Discovering Unique Solutions for Loan Balances
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A Modern Approach to Small Business Buy/Sell Agreements
It’s a fact: Most business owners will execute a living buyout rather than have a business owner die prematurely. That singular fact…
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Optimizing Buy/Sell Agreements with Insurance LLCs
Traditional cross purchase or stock redemption buy/sell agreements often present challenges around control and transfer of related insurance policy to owners upon…
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Inflation-Proofing Your Supplemental Retirement Strategy
Inflation-Proofing Your Supplemental Retirement Strategy
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The Small Business Owner Qualified Retirement Plan “Catch Up”
We have all worked with clients who made a late start to their retirement planning. This is particularly common for small business…
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Navigating an Uncertain Estate Tax Planning Environment
The potential, if not likely, sunset of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) has high net worth clients concerned about the…
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Succession Solutions for Single Owner Businesses
The lack of a second business owner does not eliminate the need for effective buy/sell planning. A well thought out, formal agreement…
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A Simplified Approach to Multi-Life Executive Business Cases
It's rather obvious that the ability to retain key executives is crucial to the success of any business. One way to do…
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IRA Maximization in a Risk-Off Economic Environment
One of the most painful elements of selling a business built by years of hard work is paying the tax bill. With…
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The Leveraged Long-Term Care Ticket
We know that in the long-term care market, many individuals own a tremendous amount of annuity assets, yet fail to plan. Additionally,…
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Carve Out Opportunities in the Group Life Market
In today’s market it is readily apparent that employers must offer compelling compensation and benefits packages to attract the key employees that…
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Office Hours with the Chief Underwriter
As much as our industry has modernized and adopted automated underwriting solutions, your most important cases still require a human touch. With…
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IUL with an Exit Strategy: A New Approach to Designing IUL Cases
If you are as frustrated as we are about recent trends in cap and participation rates in the Indexed UL segment, it…
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The State of the Premium Finance Market
There is no doubt that this year has brought quite a bit of disruption to the premium finance world. That said, premium…
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Asset Location Optimization: The Power of the Tax-Free Account
Asset Allocation has been part of the investment professional’s asset management strategy for decades. More recently, a considerable amount of attention has…
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Found Money: How You and Your Clients Win with a Systematic Approach to Life Settlements
How do you build recurring revenue with life settlements? It starts with an easily executable strategy for identifying insurance policies likely to…
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Indexed UL Built for the Securities Based Advisor
As we all seek to deliver more consumer value, a small subset of life insurance products in the market start to stand…
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Making the Case for Variable UL in an Indexed UL Dominated Market
Considering the current economic environment, there is a point of viewing gaining momentum that the days of Indexed UL dominance may be…
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Executive Benefits that Stick
Working with a business owner who is looking for unique ways to attract and retain employees? If so, calendar a session with…
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The New Wealth Transfer: Integrating Estate and Long-Term Care Planning
Working with a high-net-worth client who is facing a certain level of exposure to federal estate tax and is seeking strategies to…
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Triple A Ratings, Bond-like Returns and Money Market-like Liquidity
Interested in a unique approach to building a durable income strategy with a bond-like asset that is largely immune to the current…
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Permanent Protection with Cash Flow Optimization
Do you have a client looking to provide guaranteed death benefit coverage to their loved ones with as little impact on current…
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How to Close the Benefits Gap for Highly Compensated Employees
Ironically, the employees that mean the most to the success of the company often have benefit packages that offer far less than…
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The Latest Developments in the LTC Market
Long-Term Care Planning has become its own discipline, and the product solutions in that market require a unique expertise.