Risk management/ insurance planning Flashcards
What is the method to completely transfer business interests among partners/owners using life insurance policies?
Buy-Sell: Cross Purchase Agreement
What are the 3 advantages and 2 disadvantage of a buy-sell: cross purchase plan?
Advantages:
1. Simple solution for business w/ few owners
2. Death benefit tax free to owners
3. Increase in basis to surviving owners
Disadvantages
1. Younger owners pay more with age gap
2. Difficult to implement with a higher number of owners
What is the formula to find number of polices needed in a cross purchase plan?
N*N(-1)
What is a method to completely transfer business interest back to the business using life insurance policies? (buys back ownership shares)
Buy-Sell: Entity purchase plan
What are 3 Advantages and 2 disadvantages of an entity purchase plan?
Advantages
1. Preferred solution for business with multiple partners
2. Death benefit tax free to business
3. Business pays policy premiums
Disadvantages
1. No increase in cost basis to surviving owners
2. Surviving owners more gains upon sale of business
How do you determine number of policies needed with entity purchase plans?
Equal to number of partners
What method to transfer business interests offers flexibility to both the partners and business?
Buy-Sell: Wait and see plan
What are the 3 types of buy-sell ageements?
- Cross purchase plan
- Entity purchase plan
- Wait and see
What is the 3 step process for a buy-sell wait and see agreement following the death of a business partner?
BOB
Step 1. Business has 1st option to purchase deceased partners stock
Step 2. Surviving partners/owners have option to purchase deceased stock. applies if business waives option or business purchases less than 1/2 shares
Step 3. Business required to purchased deceased partners stock
What is the tax consequence to the viatical settlement company on a viatical settlement?
Any amount received in excess of basis is taxable to the company
Basis= amount paid to insured + premiums paid by the company
Is the cash value allocated to sub-accounts in variable life subject to creditors of insurance company?
No
What is the extended term payout option for life insurance?
Cash value is used for extended term insurance. Cash value is gone.
What is the cash surrender payout option on life insurance?
Cash value to be paid in lump sum, contact ends
What are the 3 options for non-forfeiture (termination) on permanent life insurance with a cash value?
- Cash surrender value
- Extended term options
- Reduced paid- up insurance - reduced death benefit/ retain cash value
What are the 2 options for universal life?
Option A: Death benefit remains level
Option B: Death benefit is face amount plus cash values
What are the 3 types of universal life?
- Fixed
- Indexed
- Variable
What 2 things does whole life guarantee?
Death benefit and premiums
What are the 2 types of permanent life insurance?
Universal and whole
What are the 5 annual renewable terms for term insurance?
10,20,30, First to die, second to die
What are the 2 attributes associated with decreasing term?
- Typically associated with loans
- Level premium over term/ decreasing death benefit
What are the attributes of the death benefit and premiums for level term life insurance?
Death benefit remains level
Premiums increases after expiration of initial guaranteed term
What are the 2 types of term insurance?
Level and decreasing
What are the 3 types of life insurance?
Term, Universal, and Whole life
What is reduced paid up insurance life insurance?
Use cash value to purchase new policy same type as old, with reduced death benefit and keep new cash value to grow at reduced rate.
What allows the insurer to automatically make a loan against policy cash value for paying overdue premiums?
Automatic premium loan
What happens with the unpaid amount on an automatic premium loan?
Unpaid + accrued interest is subtracted from death benefit
Can you contribute to an HA once on Medicare?
No, but you can continue to use it for qualified expenses
What is the triple tax advantage of an HSA?
- Pre tax contributions
- tax deferred earnings
- Tax free distributions
How many direct transfers, up to the annual dollar limit, can you do from an IRA to HSA per year?
Only 1 per LIFETIME
What is the last month rule for HDHP’s and HSA’s
If eligible under HDHP on 1st day of the last month of the year, may fund HSA as if eligible for full year
For what reason would COBRA not be available to someone?
Gross misconduct
What does COBRA stand for?
Consolidated Omnibus budget reconciliation Act
What is the max cost of continued coverage to a qualified beneficiary under COBRA?
102% of cost paid by employee and employer
What are the 6 qualifying events under COBRA and the qualified beneficiaries of each?
E= Employee, S= Spouse, D= Dependent child
1. Termination or hours reduced - E/S/D
2. SS disability ( Employee or QB) - E/S/D
3. Enrollment in Medicare - S/D
4. Divorce or legal separation - S/D
5. Death of employee - S/D
6. Loss of “dependent child” Status - D
What are the 6 qualifying events under COBRA and their max period of continuation coverage?
- Termination or hours reduced - 18 months
- SS disability ( Employee or QB) - 29 months
- Enrollment in Medicare - 36 months
- Divorce or legal separation - 36 months
- Death of employee - 36 months
- Loss of “dependent child” Status - 36 months
What are the 4 risk management choices and use in regards to frequency and severity of a risk?
- Risk avoidance - HF and HS
- Risk reduction - HF + HS, HF + LS
- Risk transfer- LF + HS
- Risk retention - HF + LS, LF + LS
What are 4 tax benefits of LTCi
- Benefits received tax free
- Premiums paid are qualified medical expenses for itemized deductions
- Premiums can be paid from an HSA
- Premiums paid by employers are tax free to employees
What are the 6 LTCi Features and benefits?
- Benefit period - 2,5, lifetime
- Elimination period - 0 to 365 days
- Daily benefit
- Riders
- Waiver of Premium
- Renewability
Why would someone choose option A over B universal life insurance?
As option A cash value grows, you pay a small premium, and lesser pure insurance
Option B CV gets stacked, so premiums are always paid on face amount. Higher premiums
What are the 6 types of whole life insurance polices?
- Variable
- Second to die
- Graded premium
- Modified
- Limited pay
- Guaranteed issue
What 2 items may result in cash surrender being taxable income?
- Dividends reduce basis in policy, considered return of premium
- outstanding loan included in surrender value when calculating a gain
What are the 5 ways participating life insurance policy dividends are paid/used?
CRAPO
1. Cash
2. Reduce premium
3. Accumulate at interest
4. Paid up additions
5. One year term
What are the 2 LTC facilities and what do they provide?
- Nursing home care
Residential, personal care, health support
Rehab, medication, 24 hour care - Assisted living facility
residential, personal care, health support
What is the taxation of disability income insurance benefits?
- If employer paid premiums, taxable
- If employee paid premiums with AT dollars, tax free
- If employer paid premiums but counts as compensations, benefit is tax free
- If employee paid pre-tax - benefits are taxable
What is the 1 community LTC location and what does it provide?
Adult day health care
1. Residential
2. Socialization, structure, supervision
3. May include medical management
What is the structure of a LTC policy where cost of care is less then the max daily benefit, making the policy last longer?
Pool of money
Does an ADL and SCI require 90 days certified by a doctor?
ADLs yes, SCI no just the Certification of a doctor
What are the 8 required features of LTCi?
- Benefits only for Qualified LTC services
- Guaranteed renewable
- Does not pay or reimburse expenses reimbursed by Medicare
- No cash surrender value
- Policy dividends reduction in premium or increase benefit
- Limitations and exclusions prohibited - no prior hospitalization required
- Cannot provide for skilled nursing care only
- Have 2-year incontestable clause for misrepresentation
What amount of LTCi is added to Medicaid spend down limit and is protected?
Total amount paid under LTCi
What are the 4 definition of disability for disability income insurance?
- Own occupation - can’t perform own occupation - more expensive
- Any occupation - payment if can’t perform any occupation
- Modified own occupation - Hybrid, own occupation first, then any after a period of time
- Social security disability- most difficult to qualify for - unable to perform any occupation and medical condition of 12 months or more
What are the 3 LTC location categories?
- Facility
- Community
- Home
What does partnership LTC insurance do?
Provides additional asset protection if LTCi benefit is exhausted and insured files for Medicaid
Who is partnership LTC insurance between?
States and insurance companies
Are blindness or inability to walk an ADL?
No
What are the 6 ADLs of LTC?
BEDCOT
1. Bathing
2. Eating
3. Dressing
4. Continence
5. On-off toilet
6. Transferring