by Jack Nachtrab | Sep 3, 2024 | Life
The Supreme Court recently made a ruling in Connelly v. United States that has drastically changed the tax treatment of death benefit proceeds for buy-sell life insurance owned by a business entity. The case focused on how to value a company for estate tax purposes...
by Jack Nachtrab | Aug 7, 2024 | Life
Jack Nachtrab Life Insurance Consultant A key feature of term life insurance is the opportunity to convert the coverage to a permanent policy without needing to go through underwriting. However, conversions are something not a lot of agents/advisors mention....
by David Bollinger | Jul 2, 2024 | Annuities
Annuity Sales Consultant In today’s environment, many fiduciary advisors are turning to protection products such as fixed indexed annuities and fixed annuities to offset client portfolio risk. That was one of the findings from Security Benefit’s Registered Investment...
by Jack Nachtrab | Jul 2, 2024 | Long Term Care
Jack Nachtrab Life Insurance Consultant Last summer, we saw a number of states start the process to implement state mandated LTC similar to what Washington did. As we sit in July 2024, here are some updates on a few states and the possible implications of new bills...
by David Bollinger | Apr 12, 2024 | Annuities
David BollingerAnnuity Sales Consultant In 2023, the financial landscape witnessed a notable shift towards securing stable, long-term income streams, as evidenced by record annuity sales with a 22% increase compared to the previous year. Reaching a total of $355.4...
by Chris Wholehan | Apr 3, 2024 | Tax
Chris Wholehan, President Wholehan Marketing As I stated in my article back in October, most of us generally think of tax season as the first quarter of the year as we all prepare to file our taxes by April 15. However, filing our taxes in the first quarter of the...
by Chris Wholehan | Jan 19, 2024 | Life, Long Term Care
Chris Wholehan, President Wholehan Marketing Over the last 6 months or so I have had many discussions with agents/reps. around the country asking them what is important to them and their clients lately. One answer continues to resurface time and time again:...
by Chris Wholehan | Sep 27, 2023 | Annuities, Life
Chris Wholehan, President Wholehan Marketing Have you Tried E-Apps? In our post-Covid environment, we are realizing the adaptations we have made in our lives as a general response to not being able to interact personally with each other during the Covid pandemic. ...
by David Bollinger | Sep 12, 2023 | Annuities
David Bollinger Annuity Sales Consultant An annuity rider is an optional feature that can be added to an annuity contract. It is a way to tailor an annuity to fit the specific needs and goals of the policyholder. There are a variety of riders available...
by Jack Nachtrab | Sep 12, 2023 | Long Term Care
Jack Nachtrab Life Insurance Consultant For clients nearing retirement, long term care insurance is a very important piece of the financial plan. However, many clients shy away from traditional LTCI policies since there’s no guarantee they’ll use it, and they don’t...
