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Life Insurance for Business Partners
When one partner in a business dies, the surviving partner is often left negotiating a buyout with the deceased partner's spouse or estate, under pressure, with no agreed price and no ready cash. Life insurance tied to a buy-sell agreement removes almost all of that uncertainty ahead of time.
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Why an unfunded agreement is not enough?
A buy-sell agreement sets the terms of a future buyout, but without funding behind it, the surviving partner still has to find the money — often by taking on debt or forcing a sale of business assets at a bad time. Life insurance provides the cash the moment it is needed.
What should you know about Cross-purchase versus entity-purchase structures?
The two common ways to structure funding, each with different mechanics.
Cross-purchase — each partner personally owns a policy on the other partner's life and uses the payout to buy their share directly
Entity-purchase — the business itself owns policies on each partner and redeems the deceased partner's share
Cross-purchase works cleanly with two partners; it gets more complex to administer with several
Entity-purchase is often simpler to manage with more than two owners
What should you know about Setting the value ahead of time?
A buy-sell agreement should specify how the business will be valued at the time of a triggering event, whether by formula, appraisal, or a fixed and periodically updated figure. Agreeing on this while everyone is healthy avoids a dispute over valuation happening at the worst possible time.
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