Other Consideration For Succession Planning

February 10, 2002 at 07:00 PM
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Other Considerations For Succession Planning

Disability. Ideally, this would be treated by any agreement in a manner similar to death. Be careful to define, right in the agreement, what does it mean, for the purposes of the agreement, to be disabled. This can often be trickier than the contingency of death because it may well be more difficult to insure.

Family Business. Be wary of "family attribution" rules that can complicate estate planning situations as you work to solve a business succession plan.

Key Person Coverage. In the event insurance is being implemented to fund a cross-purchase or stock-redemption buy-sell, dont forget to suggest that the business also own key person coverage to help provide a critical shock absorber in the event of the death of an owner.

Business sold during lifetime. One concept which can be very valuable for a buyout that is stretched out over a period of time is to require there to be an amount of life insurance, funded by the buyers, payable to the sellers family in the event of the sellers premature death. This completes the transaction at the sellers death and removes the need for an ongoing business relationship with parties among whom there was initially no relationship. For this purpose, and especially under the clarity provided by Notice 2002-8, endorsement split dollar can be a wonderful fit.

–Timothy Malarkey


Reproduced from National Underwriter Life & Health/Financial Services Edition, February 11, 2002. Copyright 2002 by The National Underwriter Company in the serial publication. All rights reserved.Copyright in this article as an independent work may be held by the author.


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