High Court's Connelly Decision Upends 20 Years of Buy-Sell Plans - What Should Your Clients Do?

Life insurance rarely figures prominently in U.S. Supreme Court cases. But there are scattered exceptions, and on June 6 2024, the Court released its decision in Connelly v. United States, originally a Tax Court case involving life insurance in an entity stock redemption arrangement between two brothers who owned a closely held corporation. The Court ruled in favor of the IRS and held that in this case, for purposes of establishing the value of the corporation for estate taxes, the corporation's obligation to purchase the deceased brother's shares did not offset the value of corporate owned li...

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Fast & Furious: Five Problems and Five Solutions in Five Minutes

Ready for some fast and furious sales ideas that can help you get a head start on 2022?  Here are some of the best from Windsor and our carriers including:     The retired wealthy client who has no cash The couple on the edge of their seats about estate taxes  The PhD in Financial Engineering  The retiree with overfunded IRAs The business owner who needs to find new ways to keep the best people 1,  The retired wealthy client who has no cash - or who doesn't want to spend it right now. Your client is 78 years old and knows he needs more life insurance – but hi...

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