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Life Insurance for Business Owners
Owning a business changes the coverage conversation in a specific way: there is usually your family's exposure, and then a separate layer of exposure tied to the business itself. Both are real, and they are solved with different tools.
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What should you know about The layers to think through?
Most owners need to consider more than one of these, not just one.
Personal term coverage sized to your household's mortgage, debt, and income needs, same as any family
Key person insurance, owned by the business, paying the business if an essential person dies
Buy-sell funding, so a surviving partner can buy out a deceased partner's share without a forced sale
Coverage tied to any personally guaranteed business debt, which can otherwise fall on your estate
What should you know about Key person coverage in plain terms?
If the business would struggle to operate, recruit a replacement, or reassure lenders and clients without you or another essential person, key person insurance gives the business cash to absorb that disruption. The business is the owner and beneficiary.
What should you know about Buy-sell agreements need funding to mean anything?
A buy-sell agreement without a funded mechanism is a document describing a problem, not solving one. Life insurance funds the buyout so a surviving partner can execute the agreement immediately rather than scrambling for financing after a death.
What should you know about Personal coverage still comes first?
Before layering on business structures, make sure your own household is covered with a personal policy. The business-owned layers protect the company; your family's protection is a separate, individually owned policy.
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