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
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
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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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