Family Office Consulting
Family offices can leverage life insurance in a variety of ways to protect wealth, provide for family members, and accomplish strategic financial goals. Here's how life insurance can assist family offices:
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Wealth Protection: Life insurance can provide a tax-free death benefit that can protect the family wealth by providing funds to pay for any estate taxes, debts, or other expenses upon the death of the family's principal.
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Liquidity: It can provide liquidity to the estate upon the death of the insured. This can be particularly useful in situations where the majority of the family's wealth is tied up in illiquid assets like real estate or a family business.
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Wealth Transfer: Life insurance can be an efficient tool for transferring wealth to the next generation. The death benefit proceeds are generally income-tax-free and if structured properly, also estate-tax-free to the beneficiaries.
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Funding Charitable Goals: If the family office manages philanthropic efforts, life insurance can be used to fund charitable gifts. A charity may be named as a beneficiary of a policy, or a life insurance policy can be donated to a charity.
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Risk Management: Life insurance is a risk management tool that can provide financial security to family members in the event of a premature death.
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Diversification: Life insurance, particularly cash value life insurance, can add another layer of diversification to the family's investment portfolio.
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Business Succession: In family businesses, life insurance can be used to fund a buy-sell agreement or provide liquidity for the transition of the business upon the death of the owner.
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Executive Benefits: For family offices that employ non-family executives, life insurance can be used to fund executive bonus plans or deferred compensation arrangements.
In sum, life insurance can be a flexible and powerful tool that family offices use to achieve a variety of financial, estate, and business planning objectives.
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Founder of Chestnut Capital
At the age of 4, Jamie unofficially began his career by helping his father put together marketing folders. Now, after being licensed for over 20 years, Jamie has become a seasoned veteran and has a deep desire to provide his clients with the best possible solutions. He has dedicated his career to assisting high net worth families in planning for a brighter future. Jamie can also aid businesses in rewarding and retaining their top-performing employees using sophisticated planning techniques.
Not only does Jamie take pleasure in working with his own high net worth clients throughout the nation, but he also shares his cutting-edge solutions with other advisors across the country. By empowering other advisors with the necessary tools and knowledge, Jamie and his team are ensuring the continued success of their most valuable clients.
As a former member of the distinguished Forum 400, Jamie’s production has also qualified him for the Million Dollar Round Table. He has forged relationships with some of the preeminent thought leaders and producers in the industry. Jamie continues to stay active in the industry by hosting and attending invitation-only peer group meetings from coast to coast, in an effort to continuously grow as an industry leader. For that reason, he has been nominated and serves on the advisory board for one of the country’s largest life insurance carriers.
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