The strategic use of life insurance helps equalize inheritances, provide immediate liquidity for tax bills and more Life insurance can be a valuable tool to help you control your financial legacy. The ...

A trust can keep life insurance out of your estate, protect government benefits and give you more control over how the money is used in the future If an irrevocable life insurance trust is the owner ...

A frequently overlooked aspect of a client’s life insurance is proper alignment with their estate planning goals. Between the typical set-it-and-forget-it mentality and a simple beneficiary approach ...

High-net-worth individuals can use life insurance for estate planning, tax mitigation, business succession and leaving a legacy for future generations. Understanding the types of life insurance ...

In “Is Your Marketing Message Missing the Mark?” I observed that agents in the middle market who use estate planning as a pathway to sales were wasting their time. That’s because the merely well-to-do ...

Life insurance strategies could help wealthy families remove assets from their estates while acting as the collateral for loan financing and a source of tax-free distributions. Processing Content ...

Next year, the threshold for federal income-tax exemptions for estate, gift and generation-skipping transfer taxes will start to increase dramatically. While that may be good news for some clients, ...

As life evolves your estate plan needs to be updated. Life events such as moving, getting a new job, having a child or grandchild, selling a major asset, or experiencing a medical condition can ...

Amy Danise is the former managing editor for the insurance section at Forbes Advisor, which encompasses auto, home, renters, life, pet, travel, health and small business insurance. She is a highly ...

If an irrevocable life insurance trust is the owner and beneficiary of a policy you can keep the death benefit out of your estate. Having a trust as a beneficiary of a life insurance policy can also ...