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Upcoming Webinar May 27th: Minimizing Trustee Liability in a Changing Market

Upcoming Webinar May 27th: Minimizing Trustee Liability in a Changing Market

Minimizing Trustee Liability in a Changing Market Judith Pearson, Nomadx Solutions Risk management is always more challenging in a volatile environment, especially in a society that has grown more litigious. Learn how to minimize your liability by taking a few simple steps. The trust world has become rich with opportunity. Learn how to navigate this complex market while dodging landmines of personal liability. Understand [...]

ITM TwentyFirst2020-05-21T16:12:28-05:00May 21st, 2020|Event, General Interest, TOLI Administration, Webinar|0 Comments

Prudently Managing ILITs – It Is More Than Just Tracking a Policy

Prudently Managing ILITs – It Is More Than Just Tracking a Policy

Updated 5/14/2020, Originally posted 3/12/2019 When we first ventured into the trust-owned life insurance (TOLI) servicing business, our lead product was a policy tracking and trust administration system - what is known today as InsuranceIQ, and it was light years ahead of anything TOLI trustees had at their disposal. At the time, most trustees simply got an in-force ledger every couple of years, along with [...]

ITM TwentyFirst2020-05-14T15:43:00-05:00May 14th, 2020|Life Insurance Investments, Policy Management, TOLI Administration|0 Comments

Upcoming Webinar May 13th: An Insider’s Guide to Life Insurance in a Challenging Environment

Upcoming Webinar May 13th: An Insider’s Guide to Life Insurance in a Challenging Environment

A decade-plus of historic low interest rates and a financial crisis unlike any we have seen before has negatively impacted life insurance. Do you know why and what you can do to deal with it? You will if you take part in this fast-paced webinar. By attending, you will: Learn which policies will be most affected and how to manage them effectively going forward. [...]

ITM TwentyFirst2020-05-07T16:10:22-05:00May 7th, 2020|Event, General Interest, TOLI Administration, Webinar|0 Comments

Take the TOLI Challenge: Can you answer this?

Take the TOLI Challenge: Can you answer this?

Updated 4/9/2020, Originally Posted 2/19/2019 What is most important when determining the liability of a trustee’s actions? Over the years, we have noticed that the knowledge of TOLI trustees varies from trust company to trust company. After publishing the TOLI Handbook in 2018, we thought we would “chunk it down” with the TOLI Challenge—a series of questions designed to test the knowledge of the typical [...]

ITM TwentyFirst2020-04-09T16:27:02-05:00April 9th, 2020|General Interest, Policy Management, The TOLI Handbook, TOLI Administration|0 Comments

Business Continuity – Unique Asset Management Reality Check

Business Continuity – Unique Asset Management Reality Check

Millions of businesses worldwide have drafted or purchased business continuity plans, some have even practiced or simulated implementation of said plans, but few ever dreamed a worldwide pandemic would force these plans into action. The rapid spread of the Covid-19 virus has impacted all of humanity, including thousands of businesses which include fiduciary services. For those who serve as a fiduciary or provide fiduciary support [...]

ITM TwentyFirst2020-03-24T14:15:21-05:00March 24th, 2020|General Interest, Policy Management, TOLI Administration|0 Comments

TOLI Trustee Alert: More of Your Clients Will Be Living to 100 and That Could Be a Problem

TOLI Trustee Alert: More of Your Clients Will Be Living to 100 and That Could Be a Problem

Updated 3/12/2020, Originally posted 2/5/19 A little over five years ago we wrote about a little-known problem for trust-owned life insurance (TOLI) trustees - clients living to age 100 - the maturity age for many older life insurance policies. The problem is that many policies in their portfolio will not pay out a full death benefit at maturity and the chances of insureds living to [...]

ITM TwentyFirst2020-03-12T11:17:33-05:00March 12th, 2020|General Interest, Policy Management, TOLI Administration|0 Comments

Best Interest Standards for Life Insurance Would Be a TOLI Trustee’s Best Friend

Best Interest Standards for Life Insurance Would Be a TOLI Trustee’s Best Friend

As a TOLI trustee, you have a fiduciary responsibility to ensure that every transaction - either a new policy sale or replacement is not only suitable for your client, but also in your client’s best interest.

ITM TwentyFirst2020-02-27T16:38:03-06:00February 27th, 2020|Policy Management, The TOLI Handbook, TOLI Administration|0 Comments

TOLI Trustee Alert: Life Settlements – How to Sell a Policy

TOLI Trustee Alert: Life Settlements – How to Sell a Policy

Updated 1/22/2020 Originally posted 10/19/2018 In our last blog, we tackled the question of when to sell a life insurance policy. With the changes in the estate tax laws and the aging of the population in the typical TOLI portfolio, life settlements will become more prominent in the coming years, and the TOLI trustee must become aware of the sales process, so we wanted to [...]

ITM TwentyFirst2020-01-22T15:35:46-06:00January 22nd, 2020|General Interest, Life Insurance Investments, Life Settlements, TOLI Administration, What to Do With An Unwanted Life Insurance Policy?|1 Comment

Remediation, the Weak Link for Trustees – The TOLI Handbook: Chapter 16

Remediation, the Weak Link for Trustees – The TOLI Handbook: Chapter 16

Updated 11/13/19 Originally posted 8/8/18 A TOLI trustee we work with received a request from a grantor tired of gifting to pay premiums on his portfolio of whole life policies. His agent suggested that the three policies be replaced with one policy with a reduced death benefit. The existing portfolio totaled $5.7 million of coverage. The agent proposed transferring the $2.1 million of cash value [...]

ITM TwentyFirst2019-11-13T09:56:11-06:00November 13th, 2019|General Interest, Policy Management, The TOLI Handbook, TOLI Administration|0 Comments

The Life Insurance Trust Company Solves Major Problems for Veteran Life Insurance Agents and Advisors

The Life Insurance Trust Company Solves Major Problems for Veteran Life Insurance Agents and Advisors

Updated 10/29/19 Originally posted 6/4/18 Four years ago, it was reported that the average age of a financial advisor in America was 51, with 43% over the age of 55 and many heading towards retirement (1). One year later, an industry publication noted that the average age of a US life insurance agent was even higher — 59 (2). Many veteran life insurance agents have [...]

mbrohawn2019-10-29T10:42:09-05:00October 29th, 2019|General Interest, Policy Management, TOLI Administration|0 Comments