Directed TOLI Trusts – the Good, the Bad and the Best Solution
After over a decade in the TOLI (trust-owned life insurance) business, we are aware of trends that come and go. One trend we are seeing more and more lately is the use of directed TOLI trusts. Directed trusts divide the responsibilities of the trust into two distinct tasks – administration and asset management. Directed trusts are not new in the industry. Once, all trustees retained full authority over both the administration of the trust and the management of the trust asset, but as the trust and financial services world evolved, responsibilities blurred. Today it is not uncommon to have
Life Insurance Based Dynasty Trusts Provide Much More Than Just Tax Advantages
Life insurance trusts today have lost some of their allure with the raising of the federal estate tax exemption amount. However, a specific type of life insurance trust can have much more than just tax advantages – advantages that last for generations. Most of us have read stories about the dissolution of family wealth over a generation or two. This can occur for several reasons, mostly because the family capital is not replenished because of bad business decisions or personal financial mistakes. There is a tax-advantaged vehicle that can leverage the current high tax exemptions for high net worth
Insurance Trusts – Are Your Clients in Good Hands?
The single largest personal investment for couples between thirty and sixty years of age is often their personal home. The mortgage payment on a $400,000 home is $2,416 a month, the national property tax rate average is 1.19%, and the average homeowner insurance cost is $2,300. When you look at the total investment over the span of 30 years, it is substantial. By comparison, our clients who have irrevocable life insurance trusts will make similar or greater investments between ages sixty and ninety as a part of their estate and succession plan. According to ITM Twentyfirst Services and the data collected
What is Life Insurance Financing?
Guest Post: Thomas Yaeger - Managing Director | Premium Finance Group, Pacific Western Bank Life insurance financing is a way to pay for insurance premiums for the purchase or maintenance of a life insurance policy. The term may also be used to describe the monetization of excess cash value within an existing policy. In a 1911 U.S. Supreme Court case, Grigsby v. Russell Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes confirmed in the court’s decision that life insurance is an asset and as such enjoys the same characteristics as more traditional investment property such as stocks, bonds, and real estate. Similar to
5 Reasons Why Top Life Insurance Professionals Are Utilizing the Life Insurance Trust Company
Top life insurance advisors – those who are Top of the Table or Forum 400 producers or aspire to be – do things a bit differently than other life insurance agents. They spot trends before others, see opportunities where others don't, and create advantages for their practice whenever they can. That is why so many are looking to the Life Insurance Trust Company as a home for the trust-owned life insurance (TOLI) policies they place. There are 5 reasons why top producers look to the Life Insurance Trust Company (LITCO): Like today's top producers, the professionals at LITCO are