Life Insurance Basics - Business Uses of Life Insurance

Common uses of business uses of life insurance

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Buy-sell agreement or Business continuation agreement

a legal contract that determines what will be done with a business in the event that an owner dies or becomes disabled.

Types of buy-sell agreements for partnerships and corporatons

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Cross Purchase

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Entity Purchase

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Stock Purchase

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Stock Redemption

used when the corporation buys one policy on each shareholder

Key employee is insured, the business is all of the following

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Key person life insurance

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Executive Bous

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Corporate-owned life insurance (COLI)

-policy is owned by the corporation and payable to the corporation
-purchased on the lives of the employees
-employer provides post-retirement benefits to the employees and are tax deductible to the employer
-corporation receives death benefits tax free
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