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AICPA Personal Financial Planning (PFP)The best and worst things you can do with insurance – Part 2 {PFP Section}In part 2 of this PFP Section podcast series, experts Lee Slavutin, MD, CLU, and Marty Shenkman, CPA/PFS, JD, LLM share planning details to help you guide your clients in the following areas: The different perspectives on long term care (LTC) insurance that goes beyond the numbers to the psychological benefits. Why it makes sense to have every client go through the process of evaluating LTC insurance, whether they buy it or not. The importance of understanding the nuances of SLATs and SLANTs in the context of filling the gaps with LTC coverage. Avoiding the consequences of not...
2024-03-0838 minAICPA Personal Financial Planning (PFP)The best and worst things you can do with insurance – Part 2 {PFP Section}In part 2 of this PFP Section podcast series, experts Lee Slavutin, MD, CLU, and Marty Shenkman, CPA/PFS, JD, LLM share planning details to help you guide your clients in the following areas: The different perspectives on long term care (LTC) insurance that goes beyond the numbers to the psychological benefits. Why it makes sense to have every client go through the process of evaluating LTC insurance, whether they buy it or not. The importance of understanding the nuances of SLATs and SLANTs in the context of filling the gaps with LTC coverage. Avoiding the consequences of not...
2024-03-0838 minAICPA Personal Financial Planning (PFP)The best and worst things you can do with insurance – Part 1 {PFP Section}Proper insurance planning is one of the most overlooked areas of personal financial planning. In part 1 of this PFP Section podcast series, experts Lee Slavutin, MD, CLU, and Marty Shenkman, CPA/PFS, JD, LLM share planning details you will want to know, including: Buying the adequate amount of life insurance Using whole life insurance as a way to save, to diversify client portfolios, and to protect assets How to protect against a fraudulent conveyance Buying insurance from highly rated companies Making sure disability insurance needs are not overlooked For more resources related to this episode: Find...
2024-01-1231 minAICPA Personal Financial Planning (PFP)The best and worst things you can do with insurance – Part 1 {PFP Section}Proper insurance planning is one of the most overlooked areas of personal financial planning. In part 1 of this PFP Section podcast series, experts Lee Slavutin, MD, CLU, and Marty Shenkman, CPA/PFS, JD, LLM share planning details you will want to know, including: Buying the adequate amount of life insurance Using whole life insurance as a way to save, to diversify client portfolios, and to protect assets How to protect against a fraudulent conveyance Buying insurance from highly rated companies Making sure disability insurance needs are not overlooked For more resources related to this episode: Find...
2024-01-1231 minAICPA Personal Financial Planning (PFP)Crucial issues related to disability and long-term care insurance {PFP Section}150 million Americans live with chronic illness. And yet, disability and long-term care (LTC) insurance are often overlooked in planning with clients. In this episode of the PFP Section podcast, experts Lee Slavutin, MD, CLU and Marty Shenkman, CPA/PFS, JD, LLM share the most important considerations for client planning, including: What three riders are important to have on a disability insurance policy Why the exercise of determining the impact of disability on a family's finances is critical Why you need to reassess disability, life insurance, and LTC insurance as part of estate strategies being done ahead of the T...
2023-12-1532 minAICPA Personal Financial Planning (PFP)Crucial issues related to disability and long-term care insurance {PFP Section}150 million Americans live with chronic illness. And yet, disability and long-term care (LTC) insurance are often overlooked in planning with clients. In this episode of the PFP Section podcast, experts Lee Slavutin, MD, CLU and Marty Shenkman, CPA/PFS, JD, LLM share the most important considerations for client planning, including: What three riders are important to have on a disability insurance policy Why the exercise of determining the impact of disability on a family's finances is critical Why you need to reassess disability, life insurance, and LTC insurance as part of estate strategies being done ahead of the T...
2023-12-1532 minAICPA Personal Financial Planning (PFP)Life insurance planning strategies for businesses {PFP Section}You can give your clients tremendous value by guiding them with their life insurance planning, even if you're not an insurance expert. In this episode of the PFP Section podcast, Ed Mendlowitz, CPA/PFS, interviews expert Lee Slavutin, MD, CLU to share strategies for businesses. Ed poses the following questions to Lee: What are the advantages of having life insurance in a qualified plan for a business owner? What specific rules do CPAs need to watch out for with key person insurance? Share more about the ins and outs of buy sell agreements that CPAs need to consider. W...
2023-12-0826 minAICPA Personal Financial Planning (PFP)Life insurance planning strategies for businesses {PFP Section}You can give your clients tremendous value by guiding them with their life insurance planning, even if you're not an insurance expert. In this episode of the PFP Section podcast, Ed Mendlowitz, CPA/PFS, interviews expert Lee Slavutin, MD, CLU to share strategies for businesses. Ed poses the following questions to Lee: What are the advantages of having life insurance in a qualified plan for a business owner? What specific rules do CPAs need to watch out for with key person insurance? Share more about the ins and outs of buy sell agreements that CPAs need to consider. W...
2023-12-0826 minAICPA Personal Financial Planning (PFP)Life insurance planning strategies for individuals {PFP Section}You can give your clients tremendous value by guiding them with their life insurance planning, even if you're not an insurance expert. In this episode of the PFP Section podcast, Ed Mendlowitz, CPA/PFS, interviews expert Lee Slavutin, MD, CLU to share strategies to consider for your individual clients. Ed poses the following questions to Lee: What strategies would you recommend to make use of the lifetime exemption before the sunset at the end of 2025? Why is doing an insurance audit a great service to provide for your clients at all wealth levels? What are the benefits of...
2023-11-1034 minAICPA Personal Financial Planning (PFP)Life insurance planning strategies for individuals {PFP Section}You can give your clients tremendous value by guiding them with their life insurance planning, even if you're not an insurance expert. In this episode of the PFP Section podcast, Ed Mendlowitz, CPA/PFS, interviews expert Lee Slavutin, MD, CLU to share strategies to consider for your individual clients. Ed poses the following questions to Lee: What strategies would you recommend to make use of the lifetime exemption before the sunset at the end of 2025? Why is doing an insurance audit a great service to provide for your clients at all wealth levels? What are the benefits of...
2023-11-1034 minAICPA Personal Financial Planning (PFP)Tax traps to beware of with life insurance planning {PFP Section}There are many professionals involved with clients and their tax, retirement, estate, insurance, and investment planning. In the case of life insurance, it's important to be on the lookout for tax traps before it's too late. In this episode of the PFP Section podcast, David Kushner, CPA, interviews expert Lee Slavutin, MD, CLU to inform us of the issues we need to know. They discuss: The 3 situations in which life insurance premiums are tax deductible and have little risks of being challenged. What is the estate and income tax impact when an individual with a retirement plan that...
2023-09-0129 minAICPA Personal Financial Planning (PFP)Tax traps to beware of with life insurance planning {PFP Section}There are many professionals involved with clients and their tax, retirement, estate, insurance, and investment planning. In the case of life insurance, it's important to be on the lookout for tax traps before it's too late. In this episode of the PFP Section podcast, David Kushner, CPA, interviews expert Lee Slavutin, MD, CLU to inform us of the issues we need to know. They discuss: The 3 situations in which life insurance premiums are tax deductible and have little risks of being challenged. What is the estate and income tax impact when an individual with a retirement plan that...
2023-09-0129 min