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Insight on Life Insurance
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Polling
• Throughout the class we will be conducting periodic polls
• We need 100% participation on the polls• The polls are intended to check
participation but also to create discussion topics throughout the presentation
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Forms To Complete for CE
• After class ends– Return attendance form– Proctors – return your form to email
address
• Email address is in chat window or in email sent to you today
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DOI Requirements
• We will file your hours with the DOI after the completion of this webinar and we have received the attendance form.
• You have 48 hours to return the form• You will be sent a Certificate of
Attendance/Completion by email. Please retain this for your records for five years.
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Disclaimer
Insurance forms and endorsements vary based on insurance company; changes in edition dates; regulations; court decisions; and state
jurisdiction. This instructional materials provided by Insight is intended as a general guideline and any interpretations provided by
Insight do not modify or revise insurance policy language. The authors of these materials, Insight Insurance Consultants is a
division of Insight Consulting and Management Inc. and Quick Life. In providing these materials, Insight assumes neither liability nor responsibility to any person or business with respect to any loss
that is alleged to be caused directly or indirectly as a result of the instructional materials provided.
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Your Instructor Today
Presented by: George Fraser, Director of Annuities
Quick Life, a strategic partner of the Insurance Community Center
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About George Fraser, III• George Fraser has over 40 years of Life
and Annuity sales experience. In that time, he has acted as an agent, General Agent and Vice President of Retail Sales for leading Insurance providers.
• George has served as National President of GAMA International, Chairman of the Board for AMTC as well as committee work for LIMRA. He also serves as a Director for Rainmaker Advisory LLC a leading consulting firm within the retail insurance broking sector.
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Polling Question #1
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What this course will cover:
• Types of Life Insurance– Term Insurance– Universal Life Insurance– Whole Life Insurance– New Product design
• Personal uses for Life Insurance• Business uses for Life Insurance• Marketing Programs
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Types of Life Insurance
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Term Life
• Level term for a specific period• Contracts are written for specific periods
of time
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Term Life• 5 year, 10 year, 15 year, 20 year and 30
year term• At the end of the written term premiums
increase dramatically or the insured can rewrite with evidence of insurability
• Many contracts have a conversion option• Most carriers give volume discounts
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Term Life
• Carriers typically issue in 4 underwriting classes
• Super preferred• Preferred• Standard• Multiple substandard classes
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Decreasing Term Life
• Written for specific periods• Reduces at a uniform rate• Level premium
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Universal Life Insurance
• Two policy forms• Fixed universal life• Variable universal life
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Universal Life InsuranceBasic Policy Design • The life Insurance policy is unbundled• Policy holder retains the risk
– Premiums can be variable as long as enough money in subaccount to cover cost of insurance
– Minimum premium– Target premium– Maximum premium
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Universal Life InsuranceBasic Policy Design • Cost of Insurance is not guaranteed and
can be changed by company• Death benefit is typically has two
options– Level death benefit– Face amount plus cash value of contract
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Polling Question #2
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Modified Endowment Contract (MEC)• Law changed in 1988 to curb abuses in
contract• The 7 pay test determines MEC status• If contract fails MEC test it looses its tax
advantage features• Once a MEC always a MEC• Substandard ratings only applied to cost
of insurance
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Fixed Universal Life
• Insurance company determines annually the crediting rate to policy
• Contract will have a minimum guaranteed crediting rate
• Only requires a state life Insurance license to sell
• Typically will have a higher premium need in low interest rate environment
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Variable Universal Life
• Requires a securities license to sell• Stock and bond sub-accounts are
created in contract• If sub-accounts have large losses could
require a premium call• Typically sold to younger insureds
because of longer investment time frames
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Whole Life
• Two forms of Whole Life• Participating• Non-Participating
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Participating Whole Life
• Fixed premium• Guaranteed death benefit• Guaranteed cost of Insurance
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Participating Whole Life
• Pays an annual dividend– Accumulate with interest– Accumulate with the purchase of paid up additions– Used as a single premium to purchase one year
term rider– Used to reduce premium payment– Paid in cash
• Sold by mutual insurance company• Cash value increases at prescribed rate
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Non Participating Whole Life
• Fixed premium• Guaranteed death benefit• Guaranteed cost of Insurance• Sold by stock Insurance company• Excess interest determined yearly by
Insurance company
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New Product Designs
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Index Universal Life
• A fixed universal Life product• Crediting rate is determined by
performance of the index• Cash value cannot decrease in value due
to poor index performance• Does not require a securities license• Designed to compete with Variable
Universal Life
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Polling Question #3
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Guaranteed Death Benefit Universal Life• Contract will guarantee payment of a
death benefit as long as minimum premium payments are made
• Will pay death benefit even if no cash value in contract
• Basically allows the creation of a level term contract to specific ages in the future
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Personal Uses of Life Insurance
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Family Needs
• Cover risk for dependent children– Typically level term is used to cover the
income loss caused by premature death of husband or wife
• Used as savings plan for long term needs such as college expense
• Gifts of policies from Grand Parents to Grand Children
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Family Needs
• Estate Planning– To cover settlement costs at death– Payment of potential estate tax costs– Estate equalization– Provide income in non-liquid estates
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Family Needs
• Retirement planning– To insure retirement benefit– Accumulation vehicle using the tax deferred
benefits of a life insurance contract– Create income stream at retirement
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Business Insurance Needs
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Key Man Life Insurance
• Insures company against loss of revenue because of premature death of key employee
• Proved company with funds to replace key employee
• Required by a lending institution• Amount of coverage determined by
need being covered
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Buy Sell Agreements
• Two methods: funded and unfunded• Funded provides money in advance to
executed agreement• Unfunded means that funds out of
current earnings will be used to fund agreement
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Buy Sell Agreements
• Valuation methods• Agreed on in advance in agreement• Agreement calls for valuation at death• Periodic valuation
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Buy Sell Agreement
• Two types of agreements– Cross Purchase Agreement– Stock Redemption Agreement
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Cross Purchase Agreement
• Typically no more than 3 partners• The remaining partner agrees to purchase
decedents interest at death• Business value gets a “step up in basis”• Reduces possibility of litigation• Provides certainty of value for family of
decedent• Partners purchase life Insurance on each other
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Stock Redemption Agreement
• Typically used with more than 3 partners• Sometimes used as part of a section 303
strategy• Company purchases decedents interest of
death and retires stock• Remaining interest do not have “step up in
basis”• Company purchases Life Insurance on all
participants
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Types of Life Insurance Used to Fund Agreements• In a cross purchase sale many times
Universal Life is used because funds are created for a “living” buyout
• Term Life Insurance is mostly used large amounts of Insurance are needed with limited cash flow as premiums are paid by the individual partner
• Amount of premium can be given as bonus to participant
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Types of Life Insurance Used to Fund Agreements• In a stock redemption plan company can
purchase Universal Life and set funds aside to augment retirement plan of participant
• Since the need is long term in redemption plans some type of cash value life Insurance or Guaranteed Premium Life Insurance is typically used to fund agreement
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Polling Question #4
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Non-Qualified Deferred Compensation Plans• In a stock redemption plan company can
purchase Universal Life and set funds aside to augment retirement plan of participant
• Since the need is long term in redemption plans some type of cash value life Insurance or Guaranteed Premium Life Insurance is typically used to fund agreement
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Non-Qualified Deferred Compensation Plans• Participant is not taxed currently on the
contribution• Plans can be funded or unfunded• In a funded plan money is typically held in
a life Insurance contract or some other type of accumulation vehicle
• Unfunded means that the company is agreeing to pay out a benefit at a later date and will fund it out of current earnings
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Non-Qualified Deferred Compensation Plans• Assets of the plan are owned by the company
and therefore subject to the creditors of the company
• Assets of the plan are reflected on the company’s balance sheet
• Company takes a tax deduction when the benefit is paid to the participant
• Life Insurance is the preferred funding vehicle as the money accumulates tax deferred
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ESOP Plans
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ESOP Plans
• A trust is created to purchase the business interest from the owner with the employee being the beneficiary of the trust
• The trust is a qualified plan trust• Owner still controls business as the
trustee of the plan
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ESOP Plans
• Life Insurance is used to insure the owner during the payout to have funds to complete purchase in the event of premature death
• Life Insurance is used as keyman Insurance to cover successor management while buyout is occurring.
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Polling Question #5
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Marketing Life Insurance
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Marketing Life Insurance
• Cross market to existing clients who have businesses that involve partnerships or corporations with multiple owners
• Include family need questions as part of your client annual review
• Create your own webinar program and invite existing clients to join in
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Marketing Life Insurance
• Look at existing clients who own businesses and are over age 55 most are thinking about creating an exit plan
• Look at available online support programs for the sale of life Insurance you do not need to recreate the wheel
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Contact Information
• George Fraser III• Main Phone: 925 634 4914 (main)• Cell Phone: 408 313 1165• Email: [email protected]• www.quicklifecenter.com
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