All About Business Protection Life Insurance: August 2009

Sunday, August 30, 2009

Update Augaust 30 2009 All About Business Life Insurance Information By Insurance Experts

What Business Insurance Do I Need?
By Billings Farnsworth

Insurance is a part of life. We have health, homeowners, automobile, life, and even business insurance. Business insurance, of course, is only used by entrepreneurs and businesses. Despite this, however, it is just as important as the many other types we use today.

Insurance is a form of protection against financial blows that would otherwise be back breaking. Most people have to cover only themselves, but a business needs to make sure all parts of the establishment have the proper coverage. The first thing that needs to be considered is liability. Where could an accident occur that could hurt the company? Are there employees driving company cars, is there anything on the property that might damage something else? Figure out where the liability may lie and buy a policy that will thoroughly cover it.

After making sure you have liability insurance, any other coverage you choose is truly preference, but it wouldn't hurt to have. This added insurance will vary depending on the type of business you run. For example, the bank of New York will want New York Business Insurance to cover the potential loss of any money in the event of a theft. On the other hand the CEO of a large company may want to get a business life insurance policy on himself and/or those directly beneath him on the success ladder. The company is usually the recipient of these funds in the event of a death. Then, of course, there's the typical health insurance given to employees through the business. This is a form of business insurance as well.

You may choose to start with liability only and work your way up or you may choose the full spectrum and give full or partial coverage to yourself and your employees. Again, it is preference, but extra coverage never hurt anybody.

Community Brokerage (http://www.01insurance.com/new-york-business-insurance/) offers information on New York Business Insurance. Billings Farnsworth is a freelance writer.

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Tuesday, August 11, 2009

Update Augaust 11 2009 All About Business Life Insurance Information By Insurance Experts

Why People Buy Life Insurance
By Donald Lusan Platinum Quality Author

Have you ever considered why people buy life insurance? I know the salesmen and the creators of the policies themselves have thought about it because if they didn't these policies simply wouldn't sell. Probably the greatest life insurance salesman ever once said that "selling is 98% understanding human beings and 2% product knowledge". Another question that is worth exploring is why do some people not own any life insurance at all. Why would you buy life insurance?

Love of FamilyMore often than not the reason people buy life insurance is because they care about what their loved ones will experience if they should die suddenly. This caring can be expressed in different ways. The Hawaiian people, I am told, have such a deep passion for the well being of their families that they will go to extreme limits to protect them. They tend to buy lots of life insurance as a result. There are others who buy life insurance through a deep sense of responsibility. They love their families but they are driven more by the fact that the family relies on them so they have to live up to what is expected of them.
Tax AdvantagesSome people, especially the business minded, buy life insurance for the tax advantages the purchase provides. The death benefit of the policy is paid free of Federal Income Taxes more often than not. If the policy is part of your estate the proceeds are taxable. If you own cash value life insurance the cash value and dividends accumulate tax free. When you cash in the policy you will need to pay the taxes on the interest earned. The reason this is advantage is that these policies are usually cashed in round and about retirement time. Your income is likely to be less than when you were working so you would be in a lower tax bracket.
Tax SheltersThe most highly paid life insurance salesmen are the ones who know the tax laws inside out. Here is how they do it. They are usually qualified Financial Planners. Some are Attorneys or Accountants. What they do is to show well off people legal ways of sheltering their income from Income Taxes. They save them a lot of money. As a result these clients think nothing of putting some of the money in a life insurance policy that they need anyway. They need to buy life insurance to protect their families. A large portion of an estate can easily go to pay estate taxes. These people buy life insurance policies sufficient to pay the taxes upon death.

The reasons we buy life insurance may vastly differ but everyone needs to buy some sort of a policy...if it is even just to take care of final expenses.

Here are some things that everyone should consider:

http://www.lifeinsurancehub.net/estateplanning.html

And for the person who owns a business:

http://www.lifeinsurancehub.net/businesslifeinsurance.html

For more than 40 years Donald has been known for his extensive knowledge of the life insurance business. He has represented some of the largest and most admired life insurance companies in the United States as well as Canada. His advice is invaluable.

Donald's website is: http://www.lifeinsurancehub.net

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The Recognition of a Life Insurance Policy Holder
By Graham McKenzie

When a life insurance policy is purchased, the widow/widower is protected when a fatality is recorded. 90% of a population decided on purchasing a policy.

Those business minded individuals may make insurance claims in correlation with cooperations along with other members. These methods are traditionally described as covering the security of the business in the time of an associate losing life. There are limits on whom is eligible for the purchase of an insurance policy.

Anyone is able to get insurance on their life. Typically, the cost is the issue when contemplating if this is a policy that is needed by the purchaser.

As the research increases on the causes of death, these findings are put into set of guidelines that are taken into consideration when applying for insurance. For example, a person that smokes cigarettes, or consumes a controlled substance will pay more for life insurance, versus a person that doesn't do these things. Life insurance policy premiums are based on what is more likely to cause the death of a person, when in deed death is inevitable no matter what.

Be extremely careful when gaining an insurance policy. Although, no one is turned down for trying to get insurance on a life, there are things that will increase costs. Anything with carcinogens, are considered life threatening and will raise the degree of risk bracket that is used to determine the costs of policies.

After considering what limits need met to obtain an insurance policy at a rate that falls within your budget. Contemplate who the beneficiary will be, and if this is the best way to prepare for a death. There are other options, where a person can set their own rates. If a separate account is the route you decide on, make sure you calculate for everything that is involved in final expenses.

If you find you are considered a low risk applicant when getting a life insurance quote, and you have people that will need money when you die, life insurance is wise. If you have to make minor adjustments to the way you live to lower your premium and you are willing to abide, life insurance is the best way to go.

Chances are if you are an adult with limited social habits, work behind a desk, and do not have any ongoing illnesses, your premium will be pretty cheap. On the other hand, a middle aged person, that works as a police officer, with testicular cancer that has been in remission, will pay more to insure his life.

The last thing to realize when deciding on life insurance. How much money will the beneficiary receive? Is the ratio of premium payment to benefit feasible? Will all costs be covered? These are a few questions to ask yourself when making a decision.

Graham McKenzie is the content Syndication Manager at insurance123.co.za South Africa's leading Life Insurance information portal.

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Sunday, August 2, 2009

All About Business Life Insurance Information By Insurance Experts

It is important that people own a business understand what is business insurance, so they can protect their business in case of any unforeseen event happened causing hardship to the business owner and their family such as business store burned down one day, if you don't carry insurance, you would endured some hard times after that. You make sure you have insurance for anything of importance, or anything that could prevent me from earning a living. In fact, business insurance helps people who own businesses to protect the viability of the business and themselves, so they invest in business insurance. The protection of business insurance involved their assets is primary and the guarantee of a business to carry on is a close second. It also is an extension of the protection of the family interest , as such, as a convenience for the Underwriter to tackle the inherent problems.
Business insurance usually falls into one of three categories:
1. A Buy and Sell Agreement between partners or shareholders that make sure that the survivor(s) to carry on after death of the owner or one of the owners

2. Recovery of loss of income in the event of business interruption due to the death of one of the owners. In most instances, it would be wise to insure the human life values as it would be to insure the physical assets.

3. Insurance to protect the employees and their dependents from the financial hardship that can be created at death, disability and retirement.

Business insurance also helps to

1. Transfer ownership upon death of an owner to a new owner, a partner or another shareholder(s) in the event of death or retirement.

2. Insure key persons – Often success of a business rests on the shoulders of one or more very talented employees. These vital components of the business should be insured in the event of their death or disability to ensure the business will continue successfully.
3. Provide coverage for a most important assets of business – its employees ( By Kyle J. Norton )

Business Life Insurance - Option to Fund Buy-Sell Agreement
By Kyle J Norton Platinum Quality Author

There are three main options or ways to fund the Buy-Sell Agreement. I'm sure you won't be surprised to find that most Buy-Sell Agreements are paid out using life insurance. In fact, the first two funding options deal with available options using life insurance:

1. The criss cross option
Under this option the life insurance is owned and paid for by the partner out of after tax income. In other words, life insurance are purchased and paid for by the partner or shareholder on each other's life and the owners are the beneficiary. This is the primary and traditional method of structuring a buy-sell agreement and for sole proprietors and partners and it is the only option available for unincorporated businesses. Under the criss cross option, policies can be co-owned and paid for by split dollar arrangements.

2. Split dollar funding option
The second option to fund buy-sell agreement is split dollar funding option that is the pre-determined agreement between employer and employee on how to fund life insurance premiums. Split dollar funding became popular to fund several important functions.

a) Key man insurance and award.
b) Employee buy-out.
c) Corporate buy-sell agreements between shareholders and used as the incentive for a business to accommodate a split dollar buy-sell agreement
i) The premium payment creates unequal contributions due to extreme differences in the ages of the partners, or employees buy out the owner.
ii) If the employee is the son or daughter of the owner, it allows the siblings and heirs to be compensated in cash for their share of the business interest.
iii) It is particularly attractive in closely held corporations due to the lower corporate tax rate. This is not available to partners where the tax advantage is considerably less advantageous.
Whole life policy containing cash values is the best choice for life insurance used for buy-sell agreements.

3. Corporate repurchase and corporate redemption method
The third funding option for buy-sell agreements is the corporate repurchase or corporate redemption method. This is used solely by corporations, who may also use the criss-cross method. The corporate repurchase or corporate redemption method may be funded in one of two ways:

a) Cross-purchase agreement:
This technique is funded by tax free dividends. It provides for corporations:
i. To own the required amount of insurance on the lives of the shareholders.
ii. To pay the premiums.
iii. To be the named beneficiaries.

b) Corporate buy-back of shares.
Premiums of insurance are paid by the corporation.

I hope this information will help. If you need more information of the above subject, please visit my home page at:

Kyle J. Norton
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Business Life Insurance - The Advantage & Disadvantage of a Sole Proprietorship
Kyle J. Norton

As we mentioned in the previous article, sole proprietor is responsible for every aspect of their business and they may hire others to carry out these duty.
I. Set up and continuation is uncomplicated.
1. Register a name for the company and renew it as required by law and obtain necessary licenses.
2. A sole proprietor keeps all the gains and is responsible for all the losses.
3. Company incomes are treat as personal income therefore sole proprietorship only pay personal taxes.
4. They also have the power of the right to borrow funds for operating capital or estate settlement needs.
5. The power to change the form of business.
6. Their personal saving bank account is the business capital account.
7. Pay and deduct wages to family members who are usually taxed at a lower rate than the owner.
8. All their personal and business assets are subject to claims of creditors.
9.All loan financing are limited to personal and business assets available as collateral.
10. The business ceases at the death or the owner.
II. If the owner wishes the business to continue, they should:
a) stipulate in the will that the executors and trustees are not responsible for the deceased’s prior business debts as well as subsequent business debts incurred while carrying out their duties.
b) the will should state how the business is to be disposed of.
c) the executors should execute the buy-sell agreement, if one exists. We will discuss how buy-sell agreement with life insurance works and why it is the best solution for sole proprietorship and theirs employees after the death of the owner.
I hope that this information will help you to understand the advantage and dis- advantage of sole proprietorship. If you need more information, please visit my website at http://businessinsuranceii.blogspot.com

Do You Own A Business? Here Are Ways A Term Life Insurance Can Save You A Lot
By Chimezirim Chinecherem Odimba Platinum Quality Author

It's a great thing to own a business. But there are tough times that come with it. What happens when an employee passes on? What happens if they get disabled even it happens outside their line of duty? What happens if a partner passes on? These are tough questions that a term life insurance policy can help you answer with more ease with any risk to your business. Let's look at each of these scenarios in details...

1. What happens when an employee passes on? Believe it or not, it affects your business unless the employee was totally worthless (In which case it will take only a fool to keep such a fellow).

This means that you'd have lost a resource person. And, depending on how specialized their role is, getting a suitable replace will cost you both in money and time.

Furthermore, if you've structured your business right, then you'd have to pay some money to the deceased's family even if it's NOT required by law in your country.

Can you imagine how motivated your other workers will be if they see the bumper package given to their colleague's dependents by your business? These all will cost money.

Taking out a term life policy on your employees and naming your business as beneficiary will do you a world of good if such arises.

2. What happens if your partner passes on? Would you allow your business to go under by being forced into a partnership with an heir who isn't apt for the business? Wouldn't it be a better deal if you bought over your partner's share of the business?

But where do you get the money for this? This won't be a problem if you took out a term life insurance policy for your partner with yourself as the named beneficiary.

Term life insurance gives you the most bang for your bucks. But more interestingly, you can pay even far less if you took the time to get and compare quotes from a wide range of insurers.

Here are great pages for life insurance quotes...

InsureMe Life Insurance Quotes

Life Insurance Quotes

Chimezirim Odimba writes on insurance.

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Life Insurance Premium Financing
By James J. Robinson

Life insurance premium financing is used by wealthy individuals to pay their life insurance premiums. By financing your premiums, it allows you to free up the funds that might have otherwise been used to pay your premium. Many wealthy people require a substantial amount of life insurance for business planning, estate planning, or for income replacement.

In order to qualify for life insurance premium financing most insurance companies require you have a minimum of $2.5 million in net worth and at least a $200,000.00 a year income. In addition, you must be bankrupt remote entity, such as a Limited Liability Corporation, or an Irrevocable Life Insurance Trust.

In a normal premium financing arrangement, you would apply for a policy at the same time you apply for a loan. The loan is usually arranged by the insurance company you are working with although there are many different companies that handle only the financing and do not deal with the actual insurance policy. While you are being medically underwritten for the life insurance policy, your loan is being processed. Assuming you pass the medical exam and qualify for the loan, the policy and financing are put into place at the same time.

The benefits of a premium financing arrangement is that it frees up business and personal money to be used more efficiently in other investment arenas. In addition, life insurance premium financing may minimize gift taxes, and can provide a greater rate of return on the death benefit paid through regular non-financed methods.

Life insurance premium financing loans may be repaid either by paying a monthly payment while you are alive, pay from the policy itself, or at the time of your death, proceeds from the policy will pay off the loan.

Interest on the life insurance premium financing loan is considered to be personal interest, and therefore, not tax deductible.

If you are considering a premium financing loan for estate planning, there are some tax issues you may want to consider. The life insurance proceeds will be included in your estate if you own the policy. If the life insurance policy is owned by an irrevocable life insurance trust, estate taxes on the death benefits may be avoided.

Before you consider financing your life insurance premiums you should be aware that the life insurance policy will have to earn returns of between 150 to 300 basis points over the interest rate of the loan.

In addition, you should ask what the loan commitment fee is, as well as knowing whether the life insurance premium financing loan is renewable, how long the term of the loan is, and if the loan extends well beyond your life expectancy.

You may want to find out if the loan requires a personal guarantee, or if the loan is guaranteed by the life insurance policy.

Also, you want to know how if the program is designed on your IRS calculated life expectancy or is it conventional. If the loan is based on your life expectancy, and you live beyond that, the loan amount will exceed the cash value and the whole program will come apart.

Before entering into a financing agreement you may want to consult a trusted attorney, your financial advisor, and/or your Certified Public Accountant.

You will also want to shop around and compare insurance companies, their individual plans, the premium amounts, and the different types and amount of life insurance available to you.

Get started comparing life insurance quotes now!

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The Buy-Sell Agreement- Why It Is The Simple Solution
By Robert Cavanaugh Platinum Quality Author

If you own a business, odds are the business represents a sizable portion of your estate. Therefore, planning for the orderly disposition of the business is an important planning consideration.

The most basic element of the plan involves the use of a buy-sell agreement. It is astounding how many business owners do not have a buy-sell agreement. Even more amazing is the numbers who have one, but have no method to fund it. Let's take a look at the rationale behind a funded buy-sell agreement.

Creates a Market

Most businesses are closely held. A person can't call their stockbroker and buy shares in the business. Essentially, there is no market for the business.

If the business is a sole proprietorship or one-man or one-woman corporation, who is going to buy the business when the owner dies? In rare cases, a family member may be able to step in and successfully continue the business. Most of the time, the businesses simply closes its doors.

If the business owner is a partner or minority shareholder in a corporation, where is the financial motivation for the other owners to buy a minority interest? A buy-sell agreement among the person's partners, or one involving one or more key employees for the sole owner, creates a market for the business.

Avoids a New Partnership With the Heirs

In my experience, there is no quicker way to get a male business owner's attention with respect to business succession planning than to ask two questions.

"Do you and your partner have a buy-sell agreement?"

"No."

"If your partner died, would you like to be in business with his wife?"

Silence.

When a partner dies, and the dust settles, generally one of two things happens. The wife calls up her husband's partner and asks where her paycheck has been for the last month. The partner has to explain that her husband's salary was a result of his active participation in the business, not tied simply to the fact that he owned stock in the business.

The second possibility is the wife, who has no experience or participation in the business, takes over her husband's position.

A buy-sell agreement avoids both of these scenarios.

Sets the Price

Assuming buyers surface, what is the value of the deceased owner's interest? If the seller is the deceased owner's family, they want as much as they can get. The remaining partners want to pay as little as possible. Oftentimes, the dollar amount is far apart.

By setting a price that everyone is happy with while living, there is no haggling over price at death. In addition, this "pegs" the value of the business for estate tax purposes. In the absence of an agreement, the estate lists a value on the estate tax return, if one is required. The IRS often comes back with their valuation opinion: a much higher amount. What ensues is a back and forth argument, involving attorney's fees and stress. Some of these cases have dragged on for as much as ten years.

Converts an Illiquid Asset to Cash

A properly funded buy-sell agreement instantly converts bricks, mortar and steel into cash. This provides funds for the heirs to pay obligations and taxes. Cash can be invested to generate an income; cash is easily divided among heirs.

Funded With Life Insurance

Assuming that a buy-sell agreement has been drafted, the next question becomes, "Where will the funds come from for the obligation now mandated by the buy-sell agreement?" There are three typical choices.

1. Pay cash. This is only an academic choice. Most businesses don't have cash in these amounts laying around.

2. Buy out over time. If the business interest is worth $500,000, the arrangement is to pay, for example, $50,000 plus interest over 10 years. Negotiations could be tough. The family wants their money as quickly as possible; the remaining owners want to string it out for as long as possible.

This option is expensive. It requires the survivors to pay principal plus interest. The payments put a mortgage on future earnings and have to go through the tax wringer. The result is paying much more than a dollar for each dollar of business interest purchased.

3. Fund the agreement with life insurance. This is the "discounted dollar" method. Money is available immediately to fund the agreement, and the total premiums on the policy will come nowhere near the amount received.

If you own a business and do not have a buy-sell agreement in effect, call your life insurance agent, attorney and accountant. Set up a meeting, come up with a value, have an agreement drafted, and fund it with life insurance. You have probably spent a lifetime putting your business together. Now allocate a couple of hours toward keeping it together for your heirs and circumventing a myriad of problems.

Robert D. Cavanaugh, CLU is a 36-year financial and estate planning veteran and author of the free newsletter, "The Estate Preservation Advisor". For cutting-edge, easy-to-understand financial planning resources and techniques to increase your income, reduce taxes and preserve your estate and to claim the free video, "How to Sell Your Life Insurance Policy for More than the Cash Value", go to http://theestatepreservationadvisor.com/rd/subscribe.htm

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Key Man Life Insurance
By Julie Shields Platinum Quality Author

One of the most significant uses of life insurance in a business is "key man insurance". With key man insurance, your business financially secures itself against the potential early loss of someone who is so vital to the company's profits or continuance that without them it's a very realistic possibility that your company will suffer severe financial losses or have to fold entirely. Key man insurance is most often used by smaller businesses, but big businesses also use it.

Key man life insurance is different from disability insurance on a key man. Life insurance on a key man (or woman, for that matter) covers against the permanent, irrevocable loss of them from participation in the business. It pays out the death benefit to the company (which is also the payer of the premiums), which can then use the proceeds to pay off creditors, make it affordable to hire a successor, or set up a "buy-sell agreement" to buy out the deceased company (wo)man's shares.

Now, many people naturally assume that the key man insurance policy needs to be on the company's founder/owner or a member of the highest ranking executive management. This is, indeed, often the case. But it doesn't necessarily have to be that way. The "key man" (or men; there can be more than one) might be a top salesman without whom your business will take serious hits to its revenues; or that marketing director without whom nobody knows where or who you are.

So, when should your company consider buying key man life insurance one one or more members or employees?

Again, if the ongoing activities of the business are heavily dependent upon a certain person, that's one time to consider key man insurance. One note: if the key member in question is under the age of 65, s/he should also have a disability insurance plan that coordinates with the key man life insurance. You see, working people under the age of 65 are far more likely to become disabled than to die an untimely death. If you coordinate your key man life insurance with disability insurance, you'll save on premiums while having a better comprehensive insurance plan.

Key man life insurance can also be necessitated if a smaller business takes out a business loan. The loan is officially granted in the name of the key persons, who in turn take out at least enough of a life insurance policy to pay off the full principle of the debt if they die before the loan is paid back.

With some smaller businesses, they have a great salesman who brings in a very large percentage of their revenues. If he dies, it will be difficult to replace him, and there will be a time lag between his death and finding and training the new salesman anyway. During this time, company revenues may go down through the floor. The company can use the death benefit proceeds to keep paying expenses that would have been paid for by that salesman's work. An analogous situation might exist for, say, an IT company that has a "genius" software designer or computer scientist on its staff--without her, they could very well see a precipitous drop in productivity for a while and will need the death benefit pay to sustain them while they find a replacement or adjust.

Now, how much death benefit should be carried on the key man? This depends on both the size and the debt situation of the business. Some companies carry this life insurance policy in face amount that's just twice or triple the person's annual salary. But many such policies are written for as much as 15 times their annual salary.

If you feel that you need this kind of life insurance for your company's most important person or people, consult with some life insurance agents to find out how to acquire it.

The author lives with her husband in Maryland, with their two dogs and cat. She put together the website http://www.affordable-life-insurance-guru.com in order to help the everyday person navigate the often confusing world of life insurance

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Term Life Insurance - A Safeguard for Small Business Owners
By Carrie Reeder Platinum Quality Author

Term life insurance can offer protection for a small business and its owners in surprising ways. If you own a small business, you probably pay property and liability insurance, and are protected against fire, theft, flood and other disasters. But what would happen if you or one of your key employees was suddenly unable to work due to disability - or death? If something happens to you or one of your partners, what happens to your business? Who will pay outstanding business loans and other obligations?

That's where term life insurance comes in.

As your company grows, there are very likely to be one or two key people without whom you'd find it difficult to function. Besides you, there may be an accountant who understands the books inside and out, or the sales manager who drums up most of your sales. By taking out a term life insurance policy on each of those people, you can insure your company against the losses it would inevitably face if one of them were to become unable to work because of death or disability.

Why term life insurance? Especially for a young company, the lower premiums and limited term of coverage make more sense. As the company grows and becomes more stable and successful, a term life insurance policy can often be converted to a whole life key person policy - a life insurance policy that is specifically designed to cover the loss of a key person in an organization.

A term life insurance policy can also be used to cover partners in a business who agree to a buy-sell arrangement. In this case, if one partner dies, the death benefit is used as a 'buyout' to purchase his half of the company from the family. That way, the family of the deceased partner isn't stuck with a business in which they have no interest, and the surviving partner isn't forced into accepting the family as a partner.

Sometimes term life insurance isn't the best option. A whole life policy, for instance, allows you to use your investment in the policy to finance and fund projects, can help provide the basis for a retirement plan, or provide a cushion for the business to borrow against for expansion.

Whether you choose whole life or term insurance, though, key person insurance is a protection that your company shouldn't be without.

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Carrie Reeder is the owner of eZerk, an informational website with articles and the latest news about various topics.

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Buy Sell Agreement - Life Insurance Buy Sell Agreements For LLC Or Corporation Business Partners
By James J. Robinson

The first question most people have is what in the world is buy sell life insurance? In closely held businesses the death of one owner can cause a plethora of inconvenient issues to arise within the business. Depending on the deceased owners' estate planning, the remaining business partners could face a number of legal and financial hurdles.

A buy-sell agreement is a contract among business owners, where upon the death of one of the owners, the remaining owners are required to purchase the deceased's interest via the terms of the contract (buy-sell agreement) and the deceased's survivors or heirs are required to comply by selling their inherited interest at the pre-determined price.

The buy-sell life insurance method is becoming more and more attractive to business owners because it avoids the question of how family members are to ensure they are receiving a fair price for their inherited share in the business. It also avoids the corporation having to produce a large amount of cash to redeem the heirs' interest in the corporation, and it avoids corporations having to deal with unwanted and potentially inexperienced partners (such as the spouse of the deceased).

Cross Purchase vs. Stock Redemption

There are two basic formations of buy-sell agreements. The first is a cross purchase agreement. The next is a stock redemption agreement. In a cross purchase agreement each owner of the corporation will purchase a life insurance policy on the other owners, and will in turn be named the beneficiary of the policy. In a stock redemption agreement the corporation purchases the life insurance policies. In each instance when an owner dies either the corporation or the other owners will use the proceeds of the life insurance policies to redeem the deceased owners' interest in the corporation.

Pros and Cons Of Buy Sell Agreements

These agreements are financially advantageous to both the corporation and the individuals that stand to inherit interest in the corporation. The fair market value of the owners' shares are agreed upon at the time of the signing of the buy-sell agreement. The proceeds are paid out to the other owners who then use the funds to purchase or buy out the deceased owners shares. There are no income tax consequences to the deceased's family as a result of the "sale", nor are the proceeds subject to corporate creditor claims or the corporate alternative minimum tax. As a result of the life insurance proceeds there is a lump sum of cash available to buy out or "fund" the agreement at the time of death, without having to go thru the probate period required by most states.

There are some drawbacks to the life insurance buy-sell agreement, most centering around the premiums paid into the life insurance policies during the lives of the owners. Since insurance premiums are not paid with pre-tax dollars, they are usually not tax deductible. Depending on the age and health of the owners, some of them might not be insurable. The uninsurable owners would really have no incentive to participate in a buy-sell agreement, which would result in an inequitable situation in regards to stock redemption agreements. Also, since interests and ages of the owners of the corporation could vary widely, there is a chance that the corporation will have to pay higher premiums for older owners and for those with smaller interest to pay a disproportionate share of premiums.

There are other ways to fund buy sell agreements, each with their own set of advantages and disadvantages. However, depending on the size of your corporation (or partnership or LLC), age and interests of its owners the life insurance buy sell agreement is an excellent way to ensure that your family and co-owner have the easiest transition of your shares in the event of death.

Buy Sell Agreement Life Insurance Quotes

Be sure that you shop around and compare life insurance quotes from multiple companies before purchasing a policy. A little bit of research spent early on will be well worth it when it comes time to draw up the paperwork.

Get started shopping around and finding life insurance today!

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Business Life Insurance - What is Buy-Sell Agreement?
By Kyle J Norton Platinum Quality Author

Buy-sell agreement is a legal contract drawn by the lawyer that indicates in detail of the parties to the agreement, an evaluation method of the business and method of payment for the following occurrences:
1. Death.
2. Disability.
3. Disillusionment.
4. Transfer of business interest at retirement.

Buy-sell agreements are used in any types of business including a sole proprietor or partnership. Since these types of business must legally close their doors when the owner or partner dies. The use of buy-sell agreements allow the business to continue while the new owner completes the transfer of ownership without going into debts.

Here are the buy-Sell agreement guarantee commitments:
1. Each party will transfer their interest to the surviving partner(s). This agreement will also bind their heirs and estate to the agreement.
2. Each party will pay the purchase price as indicated in the agreement.
3. All parties will buy and maintain sufficient life insurance to fund the agreement.
4. The procedure for the additional payment required if excess of the insurance proceeds.
5. The method of how dispersal of insurance proceeds in excess of the business interest.
6. The method of storing and maintenance of the funding life insurance policies.
7. The method of how dispersal of the survivor's policies after transfer of the business interest.
8. Each party agrees that the deceased's estate shall be held free and clear from liability to the business creditors after the transfer of business interest is completed.

Both parties must also agree to the method of funding this buy-sell agreement:

1. Life insurance
If life insurance is used to fund the buy-sell agreement then life insurance on the lives of all parties concerned needs to be applied for and put in place. The contract may be held as a legal document until needed.

If one of the parties is not insurable, joint life last to die on the lives of the partner and spouse may be a solution. The sum insured, paid out on the second death, would then fund the agreement.

2. Non-fund contract
Here are also some non-funded methods that can be used to pay out the survivors after death of one of the parties:
a) Borrow the Funds
Requires sufficient collateral and payback.
b) Bring in a New Investor
It is always difficult and may be costly to the heirs of the decreased partner
c) Set up Sinking Fund
It may be far more expensive than life insurance and adequate time to set it up may not be available.
d) Sell Company Assets to Pay Out Deceased's Estate
It is very counterproductive to the carrying on with business as usual.
f) Payment out of Profits

Payment is made out of the business interest, usually over a number of years. This can create a business risk and brings future uncertainty into the arrangement.
In fact, using life insurance to fund the buy-sell agreement is always the least expensive and most functional approach.

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How the Insurance Business Works
By Sarah Martin Platinum Quality Author

In some lines of insurance, one additional type of service is important: engineering and loss prevention. The quality of engineering service varies from company to company.

A well qualified corps of inspectors may weigh the balance in favor of a given company for a boiler and machinery line. And an imaginative engineering department may be the deciding factor which swings a workman's compensation line from one company to another.

Wherever insurance is concerned, there is no one best life insurance policy. Many arguments have been and will continue to be advanced by the proponents of each of the several types of companies. Each group rightfully can claim some advantages; each has some disadvantages.

Variations are present among carriers of the same type. These are more important than variations among types of companies. Factors that should be considered in selecting a carrier are its financial condition, its services, and its rates. Competition tends to reduce the points of distinction among carriers.

Here are some questions that outline life insurance basics and may help you to better understand how insurance companies work:

• Many people who accuse the mutual insurance companies of doing business contrary to the traditional American way often exclude mutual life insurance companies from their attack. How do you account for this lack of consistency?

• Mutual companies are not automatically stronger than stock companies, nor are stock companies automatically stronger than mutuals. By making use of financial data reported in either the Spectator Insurance Year Book or Best's Insurance Reports, demonstrate the authenticity of this conclusion.

• It is generally said about any product that you get just about what you pay for. It would not be too difficult to disprove this comfortable axiom in so far as the insurance business is concerned. How would you go about it?

• Since mutual insurance companies generally write insurance at lower net rates, how do you account for the fact that they have not driven the stock companies out of business?

• Why have the mutual carriers been so much more successful in the medical insurance business than in the life insurance business?

• If participating life insurance policies are held long enough, the dividends paid on it may more than offset its higher initial cost. How long will a participating policy have to be held before it becomes cheaper than a nonparticipating policy? Under what circumstances may it never become cheaper?

• By far the larger percentage of new life insurance is written by mutual companies, whereas the overwhelming majority of fire insurance is written by capital stock companies. Does this prove the superiority of either type of company in its field?

• If Best's Insurance Reports rate a company as "good" or even "very good," does this mean that an insurance buyer can purchase low cost life insurance from this company with complete confidence as to its financial stability?

• What are the factors that should be considered in appraising the financial standing of an insurance carrier? Select your favorite carrier and appraise its financial condition in so far as you can ascertain it from published reports.

• You are the general manager of the Big Value Corporation and have asked your insurance manager to write a report justifying his selection of insurance carriers for presentation to the board of directors. What type of information would you expect to find in this report?

• A large university has established an insurance buying policy which prohibits the purchase of more than 25 % of its insurance in mutual companies. Is this a sound policy?

• A university calls for bids on its insurance and generally divides its purchases among a number of different agents. Are there any disadvantages to this type of buying policy?

• Is it possible for a city or county to do business entirely with one agency without antagonizing the rest of the agencies in the community?

• You are a member of your state legislature and a bill is before you to establish a state fund for life insurance without medical. How would you vote? How would you explain your position to your constituents if called upon to do so in your campaign for re-election?

Sarah Martin is a freelance marketing writer specializing in finance, business, and different types of low cost life insurance. For life insurance without medical quotes, please visit http://www.equote.com/.

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Small Business Insurance 101 - Do I Need Insurance For My Business?
By David Gianella

Insurance can cover a variety of catastrophes including natural disasters, fire, and theft. Providing good health coverage for your employees can help you retain them. However, these are not the only types of insurance available. You may be required to carry life, business interruption, or auto insurance depending on the nature of your business.

Other types of insurance cover business liability or damage to your inventory. The easiest solution for new business is to purchase a business owners policy or package policy. These packaged policies cover the most common business insurance needs and are usually cheaper than buying the policies one-by-one. If there are specific insurance needs required for your business, such as product liability or professional liability, you can purchase these separately.

Banks, investors, and other lenders may require a business owner to have good insurance coverage before processing a loan; this minimizes their risk of losing their investment. Investors and partners may also require a business to have a "key man" insurance policy-life insurance on the owner or crucial employees-so the business can survive in the event something happens to these people.

Who Should I Call?

There are a couple of different ways to buy insurance for your business. Institutions you already have a relationship with-such as your bank, home insurance agent, or accountant-may be able to recommend an insurance agent. Ask fellow entrepreneurs who are in the same industry to suggest an agent. You can also reach out to your Local Chamber of Commerce. If you do not know anyone in the same field, visit a place of business and ask to speak with the owner.

Make sure you contact your industry trade associations; there might be specialized insurance companies that cater to your industry. Visit Web sites such as http://www.idealist.org to get a list of non-profit associations catering to your industry. Contact these associations for a list of insurance providers.

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Business Life Insurance - Understanding the Statement of Retained Earnings and Cash Flow
By Kyle J Norton Platinum Quality Author

Beside understand what is business insurance and business life insurance are important that people own a business understand , so they can protect their business in case of any unforeseen event happened causing hardship to the business owner and their family such as business store burned down one day, if you don't carry insurance, you would endured some hard times after that. Understand operations of the company also equally important for a successful business. In this article ,we will try to discuss what is the statement of retain earning? and cash flow of the company.

Statement of retain earning is the accumulated of that portion of the shareholders equity derived from a profitable operation since the corporation stared it business.

I.There are two ways to express a Statement of Retained Earnings.

1. Retained earnings (end of year)= retained earnings (beginning of the year)+income for the year- dividends

2. Year end retained earnings= income (for the year)-dividends+ earnings retained (during the year)+ previous year balance

Total accumulated retained earnings does not normally reflect a cash position, but reflects the value of equipment, machinery or inventory and other assets. Instead of paying out all revenue each year as received in salaries or bonuses, a portion is retained to replace equipment and inventory and to finance expansion.

II.Cash Flow
Cash Flow is best expressed and understood in terms of inflow and outflow of cash.

1. Inflow

Inflow is the amount of cash that the company earned, such as additional sales, new investments and new borrowing.

2. Outflow

outflow is the cash that the company has expended in a period of time and it can be controlled by the timing of payments, replacing of equipment or postponing hiring and expansions.

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Life Insurance - The Good, The Bad, & The Ugly
By Joseph Chappine

The Good.

If you have ever received a large check in the form of life insurance proceeds after a loved one has died, you understand the "beautiful sadness" that is felt.

When the check arrives it does not ease the pain of your loss. Rather, it adds to your fond memories of the loved one. This person cared enough about you and your family that he/she wanted to ease the financial impact which their loss of life would surely create.

A good example of this would be the woman with an infant child who purchased enough life insurance, not only to help pay the bills, but enough to make certain the child would be raised by the proper loved one. Perhaps, she wanted her mother or a sister to help raise the child, but that person could not afford the loss of income. Properly planning, she left enough money to reimburse the care giver's loss of income. This type of planning shows her devotion to the child.

The man who leaves an extra $20,000 to be set aside and used exclusively for the expenses of a wedding, will not only be reminding his little girl "I love you", but will also be saying, I'm still with you.

The Bad.

An improperly planned future is both bad and sad. One's entire financial situation should be analyzed and protected. A person buying a $1 million whole life insurance policy, rather than a disability or income protection policy and a term life insurance policy qualifies as bad.

Would it make much sense to purchase life insurance and have no health insurance? Would purchasing cancer insurance before disability be intelligent? These types of decisions are made every day by people who either do not think or do not know better.

The Ugly.

Doing absolutely nothing, or making financial decisions without receiving professional advice, results in the ugliest of situations. Far too many people take whatever insurance is offered by their employer and think they have enough. Show me an entity providing free benefits to all of their employees, while making certain that each individual is set for life financially and I'll show you a member of the United States Congress or Senate. (Sorry. I digress).

The insurance industry estimates that over 70% of the people in United States have never met with an insurance agent. This is beyond ugly. It's stupid!

After 33 years in the business, I still find occasion to request advice from an associate. The industry is constantly changing. For that reason, each state requires continuing education to make certain an insurance agent remains current on these changes. Why would the average person, without any insurance back ground, try to make these decisions alone? Please don't. Wouldn't you prefer your loved ones feel a "beautiful sadness" after your death. I would think it much better than sadness...and misery because the family cannot sustain the life style which it enjoyed previously!

Joseph Chappine. Licensed insurance agent since 1977.
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Top Insurance Company Secret Revealed - AIG Life Insurance Company & Others Risk All Buying Business
By Donald Yerke Platinum Quality Author

As an insurance insider I will reveal why the failing of AIG Life Insurance Company was destiny, not fate. The top insurance secret reveals the practice of AIG Life Insurance risking all for financial glory. Other insurance company headquarters like AIG have commonly manipulated business risk. See why buying business is a risky financial explosion rarely succeeding.

Sure you read and saw on the news lots of reasons why AIG is a still a failing life insurance company that will never recover the financial status it once had. The liquidity crisis caused by dealing in derivatives tied to the downfall of the real estate market in the United States is not surprising. Dealing in subprime mortgages seemed a certain bet to obtain high profit returns. Lots of life insurance companies did it also. However it is now revealed that only a little over a dozen show any possible failing financial outlook.

This dirty dozen, did almost everything the same as AIG Life Insurance Company. Products were offered by agents and brokers that were equity indexed annuities. These products sold mainly by industry giants, put the annuity policies offered by other companies to shame. Before the financial bailout, the insurance and financial trade magazines were loaded with top ads revealing why their products were the best agents could ever offer their clients. All of these companies should be accused of greed. Fortunately for their financial sake, these other providers still promoted other annuities and various profitable life and health insurance products.

The Top Secret Revealed

AIG pulled out one of the most dangerous secrets in the industry. To gain insurance market share the easiest way is "buying business". In the competitive insurance market to have to have a large field force of agents selling your products to stay or become an industry leader. Companies like Metropolitan, Prudential, New York Life, and others were hard to jump ahead of with name recognition and plenty of agents. To move up, AIG Life Insurance Company each year kept trying to climb the charts to become the number one company with the most assets They enacted an old trick works that works for some insurers, and causes the financial downfall of many more.

How Buying Business Works

Almost all health and life insurance products plus non-institutional annuities are directly sold by insurance agents. The average agent has great difficulty in selling an annuity. Other financial orientated agents make their living selling annuities and investment products. AIG Life had a plan that could combine annuity and great investment. Nonetheless, the equity indexed annuity product cannot sell itself. That is when the company began the process of buying business. The purpose being to sell massive quantities of a product so you can bypass the assets of insurance companies ahead of you. You then become the top dog with other carriers chasing you.

The process involves giving clients the highest payouts on money invested, and pay selected insurance representatives the highest commissions for selling their annuity product. AIG Life decided to do a similar concept with their term insurance, as new policyholders ordinary do not die for awhile. Therefore, little money would initially be spent on paying claims. The client received the cheapest term insurance rates that were often 30% less than other major companies. The independent agents were rewarded with commissions well beyond the normal 60% to 70% range. In fact the commission varied from 80% or over 100%.

Easy sales and lots of them were racked up by the selling agents, bringing in more money than ever before. In turn, AIG was revealing gigantic increases in the amount of premiums collected. They were skyrocketing in the industry charts. Suddenly all came to a halt. The real estate mortgage crash which few experts predicted was the real crusher.

Their poor planning style on buying business was greed motivated, poorly planned, and misfortune bound.

When you offer the lowest rates, or highest investment return, plus pay the highest insurance company commission eventually lightning will strike This is the effect of buying business. AIG felt after accumulating enough business they could gradually raise rates, and have an established base of agents selling more profitable policies. AIG did not realize that agents that sell annuities and term insurance are not loyal. A better offer from a competitor and the business will then stop to flow. There they were caught in a death trap set to occur. If the liquidity crisis did not take place first, eventually all the cheap term policies would have turned into expensive death claims forcing them into company receivership.

The consequences of buying business could take many years to occur. By then their fat salaries and astronomical bonuses could have cushioned them into a guaranteed retirement plan. The insurance company like other companies that engaged in buying business were doomed to fail. The failure was no secret to me, as I have seen so many cases of buying business eventually causing an health, annuity, or life insurance company go into state receivership.

The logic of governmental & taxpayer bailout is far from a guaranteed solution. On that subject I will leave it to anyone who passed Economics 101 to explain.

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Ordinary Business Life Insurance
By Sarah Martin Platinum Quality Author

The ordinary business Metropolitan Life Insurance Company prospered anew soon after 1892. This new lease on life was due not only to the low cost of the contracts, but also, in large measure, to the wide variety of plans available and to the many liberal features Mr. Fiske had incorporated in the policies.

During 1892, 1,704 ordinary policies were written for approximately $2,000,000, as compared with 178 policies for less than $200,000 the year before. The ordinary insurance on the books jumped rapidly from approximately $5,300,000 in 1892, to almost 10 times that sum only five years later. Before the turn of the century more than $110,000,000 of such business was in force, representing close to 125,000 policies.

Whereas in 1891 the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company was at the bottom of the list of ordinary companies operating in New York, it had reached fourth place as regards business written in this Department by 1900. After the Armstrong investigation the company forged ahead at an even more rapid pace, narrowing the margin between itself and the older, larger companies. Between 1906 and 1913 the ordinary business in force gained $609,905,310.

In the same period the New York Life gained $243,493,494; The Mutual $81,208,898; the Equitable $94,417,206. The Metropolitan thus gained nearly 50% more than all these three combined. Only a decade later, in 1923, the Metropolitan had become the largest ordinary insurance company in the world as well as the largest in total insurance in force. This standing, moreover, had been achieved without general agents or salespeople other than the men who represented the company on the so called industrial "debits," that is, the territory which each agent serves.

Shortly after the ordinary business was reestablished and the company's agents began to canvass for this type of insurance, they found that a considerable number of working people were able to pay premiums quarterly, but could not afford to buy insurance in sums as large as $1,000, the minimum amount for ordinary. To provide this group with protection, the company in July 1896 began to issue intermediate insurance, i.e., policies for $500, with premiums payable annually, semiannually, or quarterly.

It is not surprising that the Metropolitan should have pioneered in this field, since it has always blazed trails in bringing insurance protection to the lower income groups, such as no medical exam term life insurance. This new form of insurance likewise found a ready market. After the first six months 5,110 Intermediate policies were on the books for $2,555,000. At the end of 1901, only 5 1/2 years after this department was launched, there were nearly 110,000 Intermediate policies in force for an amount close to $55,000,000.

Within the next three years these figures more than doubled, and continued to increase rapidly. The use of intermediate insurance has been subsequently extended to include persons in somewhat hazardous occupations and for those with physical impairments which make them ineligible for standard ordinary policies. To widen even further the circle of protection, the Metropolitan in 1899 inaugurated "Special Class" policies for those who, because of occupation or physical impairments, could not meet the standards of ordinary or intermediate insurance.

An even more formidable task than building the ordinary department confronted Mr. Fiske when he joined the Metropolitan. Industrial insurance was under severe attack. Even before the Hegeman Fiske administration came into office, the storm clouds had begun to gather. Late in the 1800's a number of attacks were directed against industrial insurance. Incredible, but nevertheless true, was the fact that some worthy citizens of the day actually charged that life insurance policies on children endangered their lives because a number of parents would let their children die of neglect, or murder them for the insurance proceeds. This was an era of muckraking, and the sensational attack on Big Business, life insurance companies included, found a sympathetic response among certain legislators, newspapermen, and others who took up the cry.

Sarah Martin is a freelance marketing writer based out of San Diego, CA. She specializes in life insurance policies and the history of the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company. For a free no medical exam term life insurance quote, please visit http://www.equote.com/.

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Life Insurance - An Important Part of Your Business Succession Plan
By Denise M

No matter how certain the future seems, there is always a need for a business succession plan. It's all too easy to give planning a miss when things are going well. But what happens when an unforeseen illness, a natural disaster, a premature death, or the sudden retirement of top management turns all your progress upside down? No one can plan for every type of disaster no matter how good you are at revenue projections or economic predictions. The reasons for having an efficient business succession plan are therefore manifold. With a number of contingency plans, you can ensure that your company stays afloat irrespective of whatever catastrophe occurs. Life insurance plays an important part in a business succession plan and can be easily integrated with many of the techniques and strategies often used in business succession planning. These could include:

Buy-Sell Agreement Funding - If a company has multiple partners and one of the owners dies, the shareholder's agreement most probably has the provisions for the shares of the deceased owner to be purchased by the other owners. In such situations, life insurance is the best way to provide the cash necessary to purchase the deceased owner's interest. In many cases and depending on how the policy is structured and the type of business involved, the premiums are often tax-deductible and the insurance benefits are also tax-free.
Key Person Insurance - A company is generally insured against the loss or damage of its property since office equipment and inventory are considered valuable assets. But, what about the value of key employees? Key employees are possible a company's most valuable resource. If this key person prematurely passed away, there could be a serious impact on profits and a sudden increase in costs with relation to hiring and training another suitable replacement. Insuring the life of a key employee can provide extra cash that will help keep the business running and offset any consequent reductions in revenue. There are some banks that demand key person insurance when approving significant business loans. This assures them that an unexpected death won't mean the end of the company and the lapse of any of their loan payments.
Estate liquidity - If business owners transfer all or most of their business interests to family members only after their death, life insurance can provide the children the cash necessary for them to pay estate taxes. Life insurance is also an easier (and less expensive) alternative to deferring estate taxes.
Estate equalization - In case a business owner leaves the business only to some children (active children), his or her life insurance can be left to the inactive children, thereby equalizing the inheritance among all the children. This policy is often owned by an irrevocable trust and also avoids the need and the unnecessary expense of buying off the company interests of the inactive children by the active ones.
Non-Qualified Deferred Compensation Plans (NQDC) - A NQDC can be used by a small business to provide members of the senior generation with death, disability and/or retirement benefits. This is especially useful in situations where senior members no longer receive any compensation from the company and have handed over the business to the junior members. The tax-deferred cash value growth and tax-free death benefits make life insurance a popular means to fund an NQDC plan.
Family bank - When a business is left to both active and inactive children, it is recommended that the voting interests lie only with the active children in the business. A life insurance policy on the owner's life will create a 'family bank' that allows the active children to satisfy the needs and demands of the entire family. This policy is generally maintained as a trust for the benefit of the active children.

The requirements for life insurance can vary from company to company and individual to individual. It is a complex process that needs several factors to be taken into consideration such as the nature of the business, the needs of the owners, along with individual financial and family situations. But, as life continues to change, the one certainty that remains is the need to plan and prepare in the present for a hassle-free secure future.

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Business Life Insurance - Option to Fund Buy-Sell Agreement
By Kyle J Norton Platinum Quality Author

b) Corporate buy-back of shares.
Premiums of insurance are paid by the corporation.

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