Recently we posted a blog listing the top three reasons to outsource your life insurance trust administration. All three reasons made sense, but for some TOLI trustees, the most logical tactic may be to simply divest of this asset.

Let’s face it – the TOLI market is not growing; in fact, it is stagnant. Some experts estimate your prospects number only one in every 1,000 estates (1), and the prospect pool is shrinking. Also, the liability for this asset is increasing – litigation is up, and policy management is increasingly difficult.

And because of the changing estate tax situation, you will see an increasing number of clients asking you what to do with their policies – hence, a heavier workload for you.

Until now, the alternatives have not been attractive, but with the introduction of Life Insurance Trust Company you now have a viable option. Here are three good reasons to consider Life Insurance Trust Company:

  1. Rid yourself of the asset, not the client. For many TOLI trustees, the administration of the ILIT is a grudging accommodation to valued, high-net-worth clients. You were forced to keep the ILIT in-house to keep the client – but no more. With Life Insurance Trust Company, you can push the burden of the ILIT to us and keep your relationship with your client. We will partner with you to make sure that the transition is smooth, and the service levels are kept to your high standards – we are the experts in this asset class. And we will provide your financial advisors with the reports needed to keep them abreast of the asset. For those of you with “stand-alone” ILITs who would like to purge those from your portfolio, we can accommodate you – for all or a select few.
  2. We do not compete. Until now your alternatives for successor trustee were your competitors. Not any more – we are your partner. Our goal is to be the preeminent trustee in just one asset class – life insurance.  We do not have eyes for your clients’ other assets – those remain yours alone to manage. And by moving your ILITs to us, you will free up additional resources that can be directed to other, more profitable asset classes.
  3. We do the heavy lifting, you get the benefit – the asset to manage. While we will take over the management responsibilities of the life insurance trust, because you will still retain the relationship with the clients (and beneficiaries), you can be rewarded when the tax-free policy proceeds are eventually paid.  Your relationship with us will create the perfect win/win scenario, alleviating the burden while maximizing the benefit to you.

In today’s competitive and rapidly changing trust marketplace, there are few ideas that make a real difference. This may be one of them.

Find out how easy it can be by contacting Leon Wessels at 605.574.1703 or lwessels@lifeinsurancetrustco.com.

 

  1. Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, https://www.cbpp.org/research/federal-tax/ten-facts-you-should-know-about-the-federal-estate-tax