Key Person Life Insurance Provided By Our Agency

Most maturing small businesses have a core group of key individuals who are essential to the profitable operation of the company. Unfortunately, one of these key people's premature death or disability could create negative impacts. Key person insurance is designed to protect your business by giving you the financial resources to regroup and get back on track.

What is Key Person Life Insurance?

Key person life insurance is a type of life insurance policy that provides a death benefit to a business if its owner or another significant employee passes away.

Key Person Life Insurance may make sense in many circumstances:

  • If the business’s reputation and financial viability are critically linked to the key employee’s name, reputation, or unique skills, the key employee’s death could end the business.
  • If the death of a key employee (like a top salesperson) could quickly threaten the company financially.
  • If a financial institution or other creditor needs collateral for a business loan and requires the option of putting a lien on a key person policy. (This is sometimes called a collateral assignment.)
  • If the business is a partnership and each partner wants to be able to buy out the other’s shares in case of an untimely death.

What does Key Person Life Insurance cover?

The monetary worth of your key person insurance cannot be determined using a predetermined formula. However, to begin, you might want to consider the financial impact that losing a key employee will have on your business.

For instance, if you're a lone proprietor purchasing key person insurance on yourself, you might want enough coverage to assist your heirs in winding down your business and paying off any outstanding obligations from the business. On the other side, let's say you run a bigger business and are covering a crucial worker. In that event, you might require sufficient insurance to, for instance, replace the employee's sales income or act as a financial safety net while you look for a suitable replacement.

Who owns Key Person Life Insurance, and who benefits?

How your policy is structured may depend on your company's legal structure. Typically, the company pays premiums for the key person's policy, owns it, and is the beneficiary. In writing, the key employee must consent to your company owning the policy.

Suppose you have key people who are irreplaceable or whose contributions are so crucial that without them, your business might fail. In that case, key person insurance can provide the money necessary to recover and rebuild in the event of a premature death. Connect with us to know more!