Estate Planning
Learn the latest estate planning strategies to help clients pass on their assets to beneficiaries while minimizing taxes.
September 15, 2002
Estate Planning Clients Are Showing More Interest In EIULWith volatile financial markets, what products are clients using to fund their estate plans? In the life insurance market, the answer may be--and increasingly, is--equity ...
September 01, 2002
Keep On Offering Estate Tax RidersByIn June, the stage was set for a showdown on repeal of the estate tax. Senate Democrats defeated President Bushs call for permanent repeal ...
June 01, 2002
Living, and Dying, With UncertaintyEstate planning has always been one of the more difficult aspects of financial planning, since advisors and estate attorneys are drafting documents designed to accommodate...
May 08, 2002
Hancock Develops Analytical SoftwareNU Online News Service, May 8, 4:53 p.m. -- John Hancock Financial Services Inc., Boston, has developed the Comprehensive Estate Tax and Income Analysis ...
April 28, 2002
Annuity Owners Need Estate PlanningWe have all read numerous articles and attended many seminars on estate planning changes resulting from the "phase-out" of the federal estate tax.But confusion remains ...
March 27, 2002
Survey: Americans Hate Talking About EstatesNU Online News Service, March 27, 3:14 p.m. -- Americans still have a hard time talking to children and other heirs about estate planning, ...
March 03, 2002
Flexibility Remains The Key To Effective Estate PlanningFlexibility Remains The Key To Effective Estate PlanningOn June 7, 2001, the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001 was enacted which, through ...
November 25, 2001
Clients Benefit When Spit Dollar Is Married To A Family Limited PartnershipsClients Benefit When Split Dollar Is Married To A Family Limited PartnershipsByIts no longer a mysteryaffluent Americans are beginning to realize that the estate tax ...
October 28, 2001
Estate Planning Doesn't Need To Be Complicated To Be EffectiveEstate Planning Doesn't Need To Be Complicated To Be EffectiveByRecently, an agent asked me for some estate planning advice for a fairly typical prospect. Josephine ...
September 09, 2001
NUCO Releases CD-ROM Of Estate Planning CourseNUCO Releases CD-ROM Of Estate Planning CourseThe National Underwriter Company has added Estate Planning to its e-Learning Courseware catalog. Driven by narration, animation and intuitive ...