Shepard Insurance Insights
Category: Retirement Planning
Four Things Your Client Wants from their Insurance Professional
Are they getting it? At Shepard Insurance Group we routinely are asked by Wealth Managers and Investment Professionals to provide a "Second Opinion" on their client’s insurance protection as a value added effort. By a large percentage we routinely find two issues. Clients do not have appropriate coverage for their individual needs, and many are [...]
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Poor Insurance Coverage is Worse than a 25% Market Correction!
Personal insurance coverages come with limits, terms, and then conditions that are critical components in being protected in the event of a claim. Periodic audit of personal insurance coverage is vital to being sure that coverage is appropriate for any claim. WHEN WAS YOUR LAST INSURANCE AUDIT? A full audit of a successful individual or [...]
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A ILIT Tune up is in order
It is clear that the “Tax Cuts and Jobs Act" of 2018 has increased the point of concern for estate tax planning to beyond $20m for married couples. But the use of an Irrevocable Life Insurance Trust continues to have planning value, especially with the sunset clause in the tax change pending in year 2026. [...]
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ILIT’s – still a powerful legacy tool
As we are all aware, our industrious leader, Donald Trump, has dented the legacy planning business with his Estate Tax revision effective in 2018. But there is a big question as to whether Trump can hope to be re-elected for a second term with all the vitriol. If he is unsuccessful, it would seem likely [...]
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Focus on the Term(s)
Managing the policy conditions of a “Term” life policy would seem to be relatively straight forward. The Term is the number of years the policy is inforce with a level premium. It can be 10, 15, 20, or 30 years. So during those years as long as the premium is paid on time, or within [...]
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Lapse Traps – Keeping Life Coverage in Force!!!
The normal thought to keeping Life Insurance coverage in force so the benefit is paid when the insured dies, is to “pay the premium” when due. But it can be much more complicated than just paying the premium. Certainly, if you have a term policy with temporary coverage, prompt payments are the simple solution. Your [...]
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