A New Program Offers Life Insurance for Declined Cases. It always seems to happen. You have a client—probably one of your best clients — who desperately needs to buy life insurance to cover a loan or a business buy-sell and is willing to pay the price for whatever they can get. You've sealed the deal — but because of health problems or other issues you are unable to deliver an offer from any carrier—at any price. It's a conundrum for the ages, but now there is a solution. Windsor recently developed a relationship with a creative A.M. Best "A" rated domestic carrier to tackle this very pr...
Jumbo cases can be challenging. Defined by many carriers as total line of coverage applied for including coverage in force exceeding $65 million, this is especially true for super jumbo applications that involve total lines in excess of $100 million, and where health conditions or applicant age become factors. Every application is unique and individual case facts make the task of putting jumbo and super jumbo cases together anywhere from reasonably challenging to downright impossible. However, with premiums from five figures to several million, we need to approach these situations with working...
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A Guest Blog by Laura Brown CPA PFS - Vice President Advanced Sales - Partners Financial As a result of the recent election, some clients may feel that there is no urgency for estate planning. We are going to look at two recent cases brought to the A...
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