Typically designed so that the surviving business partner would have the money to purchase the company interests, life insurance for businesses can also be structured as «key person insurance,» where if a key
employee dies the business owner will receive a benefit to help offset the financial impact of losing the key employee.
Not exact matches
Other policies to consider include: • Key
employee insurance life or disability income insurance compensates a
business when certain key
employees become disabled or
die.
But in reality, Canadians make this place Canada, and as we get old and
die, we need to be replaced, if only so Canadian
businesses still have an
employee and customer base.
You might also want life insurance to cover college expenses for your kids if you
die, or pay off your mortgage at that point, or to pay for funeral expenses, or to protect the income your
business gets from a key
employee.
Key
employee insurance is designed to help protect a
business from the financial losses that may occur when a key
employee dies.
The key
employee usually has special skills that, if unavailable, would harm the
business if the
employee died, resigned, or became disabled.
(Small
businesses may wish to consider purchasing life insurance policies for key individuals, such as an owner or top
employee, to help prevent financial distress if that person were to
die.)
In the worst - case scenario, of your company so dependent on an
employee that it could potentially go out of
business if they were to
die, key man life insurance can also provide an alternative to declaring bankruptcy.
This covers what happens to your
business when you
die, what happens if a key
employee or a
business partner
dies, and how to cover term life insurance benefits to
employees.
What would happen to your
business if you, one of your fellow owners or a key
employee died tomorrow?
With this coverage in place, if a covered
employee dies or is disabled, the insurance proceeds are generally paid directly to the
business tax free and can be used for any purpose.
It is also a logical way to insure that a
business can retain options and flexibility if a key
employee dies or is disabled.
If the key person
dies, the death benefit is payable to the
business and not the key
employee's family.
In the event that the key
employee dies, the proceeds of the policy are paid to the
business, usually tax free.
In the event the key
employee dies, the
business receives the lump sum policy proceeds that can be used at the company's discretion to stabilize the company until a replacement
employee can be found.
Some
employees are so vital to the success of a
business that should they suddenly leave the company because they were severely disabled or
died unexpectedly, the company could be virtually ruined overnight.
If you, a fellow owner, or key
employee were to
die unexpectedly, how would this affect the
business?
Should that
employee die unexpectedly, the payout would buy Barbour some time to replace that
employee without worrying about the financial implications for the
business.
(Small
businesses may wish to consider purchasing life insurance policies for key individuals, such as an owner or top
employee, to help prevent financial distress if that person were to
die.)
In the event an owner, partner or key
employee dies, life insurance could also ensure
business can continue.
They fund buy sell agreements and they provide cash to a
business if a key
employee should
die.
If not, then a second to
die policy may be used to fund a buyout of the
business by a key
employee or third party.
Business people may buy term life policies to protect the business should a key employee die without
Business people may buy term life policies to protect the
business should a key employee die without
business should a key
employee die without warning.
When the key
employee died the bank got quite uncomfortable because the owner of the
business was on older man... and he did not know the details of the bank's relationship with his company.
It is used by
business people to cover outstanding loans, to fund buy - sell agreements in the event that a partner or shareholder
dies in the initial years of a new
business, or for key
employee life insurance.
Or,
businesses will sometimes insure an
employee with specialized skills so that if he or she
dies, the
business will have cash flow until they find a replacement.2
If the
employee dies, the
business receives policy proceeds.
A key
employee life insurance policy is put in place to protect a
business from losses if an invaluable
employee dies.
If one of your most trusted
employees or partners
died unexpectedly, how quickly would your
business be able to recover from having lost their skills, contacts, and experience?
In one of my efforts to obtain references about a potential
employee, I found one company out of
business, one supervisor moved to places unknown, and one supervisor who had
died.