Executive Life Insurance Planning With HIV!

Until very recently we have had to go almost exclusively to Lloyds of London for Key person,  CEO loan collateral and buy/sell funding business life insurance when the client was HIV positive. There’s no need to beat redundant to death by going over all of the...

I Know It’s None Of My Business, But!!

The nice thing about having your own business is that, at least within the law, no one can tell you how to run it. We can recommend all we want that you flip those burgers just 15 seconds earlier or that you use gluten free beer in your beer battered fish filet, but...

Who Is The Key To The Success Of Your Business?

Who, if they left your company or died without adequate life insurance, would derail your company? Maybe it wouldn’t put you out of business but for at least a while you would experience chaos at a business level. It could be that the reputation of the CEO, with...

You Need Your Life Insurance When?

The old saying goes, “Lack of planning on your part doesn’t constitute an emergency on my part”. But there are times, especially with business life insurance where all the planning in the world is derailed by the unforeseen and you need an agent who...

How Businesses Outlive Their Founders!

For those of us who own businesses at some point the question pops into our mind, “what happens to the company when I die”? If it doesn’t cross our minds, I assure you it will cross your spouse’s mind and at least the mind of the employees who...

How Valuable Was Your Dead CEO?

In all seriousness I hope you don’t ask yourself that question after the fact. Whether you are the President of the company or on the Board of Directors, or the Janitor you should know that the death of the CEO of a company can pass one of two ways, 1. Planned...

Business Succession Life Insurance Isn’t Just Fluff!

As a business person I can tell you that just the suggestion by someone that I should purchase something else to benefit my business makes me, well, underwhelmed with enthusiasm. I know the problem extends way beyond business and centers around the fact that there are...

Does Your CEO Need Cash Value Life Insurance?

There are definitely two schools of thinking on the subject of how to handle executive life insurance, especially key person policies. Just to put this in perspective, I’m kind of an old guy and I would call the idea of using cash value policies to fund key...

Nothing To Lose? Are You Sure?

I get that business people get tired of hearing about all of the kinds of insurance they should be carrying because I am one. I carry more than what’s required by law in errors and omissions insurance just because of the litigious nature of our country. I err on...

International Business Risk Life Insurance!

According to recent U.S. State Department statistics, over 6.3 million American civilians currently live in more than 160 countries around the world. Due to modern globalization and the optimistic ideals of free trade and enterprise, the United States has one of the...