Business Protection Plans

Designed to maintain corporate stability, protect owners, and ensure continuity.

1. Key Person Insurance
(Key Man Insurance)

Purpose: Protects the business if a critical employee or owner dies.

How it works

  • The business owns the policy
  • The business pays the premiums
  • The business receives the payout

If the key person dies, the death benefit can help:

  • Replace lost revenue
  • Cover recruitment and training of a replacement
  • Reassure lenders and investors
  • Maintain working capital

2. Shareholder / Partnership Protection

Avoid Financial Struggles

Used in companies with multiple owners.

Purpose: Ensures surviving owners can buy the deceased owner’s shares.

How it works

  • Each owner has a life insurance policy
  • On death, the policy pays a lump sum
  • Surviving owners use the proceeds to buy the shares from the deceased’s estate

Benefits:

  • Family receives fair value
  • Surviving owners keep control of the company
  • Avoids unwanted shareholders

This is usually backed by a cross-option agreement.

3. Loan Protection

Businesses often insure key people when borrowing money. Purpose: Repay business debt if a borrower or guarantor dies.

How it works

  • Policy covers the loan amount
  • Lender or business receives payout
  • Debt can be cleared without forcing asset sales

4. Business Continuity / Buy-Sell Funding

Similar to shareholder protection but used more broadly for succession planning.

The life insurance payout provides liquidity to:

  • Fund buyouts
  • Maintain operations during transition
  • Prevent forced liquidation

How Can We Help?

Get all your Income Protection queries answered by our experts 

We will be able to explain all of the options available to you in simple terms so you can make an informed decision. 

Key Structuring

Considerations

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  • Individual vs corporate ownership
  • Impacts tax and control
  • Premium deductibility
  • Taxation of proceeds
  • Potential capital gains implications
  • Often used for shareholder protection
  • Ensures proceeds go to correct parties
  • Sum assured should match share value or financial exposure

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3 Simple Steps to Secure Your Financial Future 

 
01
We Listen First

Speak with our Insurance Specialists to find out all you need to know about Business Protection and if it’s the right policy for you

02
We Present Your Options

We will gather information from you so we can research the market to find you the best fit for your circumstances 

03
We Handle Everything

We will present you with and explain all of your options so you can make an informed decision 

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