1. Life Insurance Premium Financing
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Life Insurance Premium Financing
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2. Premium Financing Summary
Loan to purchase life insurance
Non-amortizing loan (interest only)
Leverages insurance assets
Many different options for third party lenders

3. Client Profile High net-worth individual with insurance needs
Ability to pay for premiums
Understands leveraging concepts
Has alternative uses of cash
Motivated by internal rates of return and estate planning objectives
Does not want to liquidate assets

4. Standard Loan Structure
Third party lender loans funds to qualified borrowers to pay life insurance premiums
Balloon structure/interest paid in advance
Floating rate/fixed spread
A few lenders may offer a fixed interest rate

5. Standard Loan Guidelines
Generally, no fees, points, or prepayment penalties
Secured lending
Requires annual re-qualification and review of collateral
Collateral decided on a case by case basis

6. Requirements
Borrowers should have minimum $5 million net worth, $100,000 annual premium
Non-variable products only
Financing MECs is not advised

7. Loan Collateral
In most instances, the insurance asset will secure the insurance loan over time
Collateral types:
Policy cash surrender value
Policy death benefit
Liquid collateral
Cash, CDs, Money Market Funds
Marketable securities (50% discount)
Letters of credit
Personal guaranty may be required

8. Interest Options Interest in advance (beginning of year)
Interest in arrears (end of year)
Deferred interest (in limited cases)
Interest rates may be adjusted annually or may be a fixed rate
Size of premium usually impacts spread on interest rate

9. Repayment Options
In many cases, the loan will be repaid from the policy death benefit
The loan can also be repaid during the insured’s lifetime from the policy cash value and/or a side fund of cash
Partial or full repayment of principal can be made – no prepayment penalties

10. Trust is the policy owner
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Premium Financing Flowchart
Trust is the policy owner
Insured/Grantor of Trust
Lender
Trust pays interest to Lender
Grantor makes gifts to trust to pay interest.
Irrevocable Life Insurance Trust (ILIT)*
Lender funds premium
Heirs receive trust proceeds.
Trust receives death benefit free from estate and income taxes.
Trust can pay off the loan either during the insured’s lifetime or from the death benefit. Trust must annually qualify for the loan.
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Grantor’s Heirs
*Trust should be drafted by an attorney familiar with such matters in order to take into account income and estate tax laws, including generation skipping tax. Failure to do so could result in adverse treatment of trust proceeds.
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11. Self-Financing
Premium financing can also be done privately with the insured, a family member, or the insured’s corporation
Interest has to be set at a fair market rate
Can help avoid gift taxes
An alternative to split dollar
Self-financing may remove the need for collateral

12. Premium Financing Applications
Estate Liquidity, Gift Tax Leverage
Key Person, Deferred Compensation, Buy-Sell Arrangements
Split Dollar Rollout
Family Limited Partnerships (FLP’s) and Limited Liability Companies (LLC’s)
1035 Exchanges and Term Conversations

13. Examples of Premium Financing Applications
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14. Example #1: The Power of Leverage (Peter and Nella Simon)
Business Owners who want to keep their assets invested and appreciating.
Need to buy a survivorship policy for estate liquidity purposes.
Want to cut down on out of pocket and gift tax costs.
Considered split dollar but decided against it.

15. The Solution
Peter and Nella’s Trust will take out a $2 million loan for a single pay premium of a Survivorship UL policy*.
The trust will pay interest each year on loan.
The Simon’s can apply their gift tax credits to the premium gifts.
The loan principal will be paid off from the policy’s death benefit.
Survivorship UL is a life insurance product issued by The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company of New York.
*68 Peter, 73 Nella non-smoker preferred risk (both)

16. The Numbers Financed Non-Financed Interest 5.5% $2M DB Net of Loan IRR
Year
Interest
5.5% $2M DB
Net of Loan
IRR
Death Benefit 1
(110,000)
$8,710,938 %
$7,506,837 % 5
$ 8,710,938
112.02%
104.65% 10
36.27%
33.65% 15
19.05%
17.42%
21 (LE)
10.90%
9.76%
This is a hypothetical illustration and is not intended to project actual performance. Current interest rates and/or dividend rates and values (unless indicated otherwise) are not guaranteed.

17. Example #2: Key Person Insurance (Kevin Arnold)
Founder and CEO of his company.
Business has significant real estate but limited disposable cash.
Company needs to buy a $12 million key person policy on Kevin (age 48) with a premium of $150,000 annually for 20 years.

18. The Solution: Premium Financing
The company considered purchasing a 20-year term policy.
Kevin does not plan on retiring anytime soon.
The company is also looking for a way to supplement Kevin’s retirement income.
Interest rates are at an all time low.

19. The Numbers
The Company will take out a loan of $150,000 a year for 20 years.
The loan will be paid off in year 21 from the company’s retained capital account.
In year 21 the potential cash value available for supplemental retirement income is $4,429,272.

20. Premium Financing v Term
Term Insurance
Annual Interest rate may be lower than annual term cost.
Low annual premiums.
Premiums will generally remain level.
After level term period the amount to pay the premium increases significantly.
Once loan is paid off, the cash surrender value is available to supplement retirement income.
No cash surrender value.

21. Example #3: Split Dollar Rescue (Susan King)
Susan needs to terminate her existing split dollar arrangement.
At age 78, term costs are very high and the split-dollar rules are changing in 2004.
She can use financing to pay off the “rollout amount,” and then do a 1035 exchange with premium financing.
The "Replacement" of existing policies should only occur when it is demonstratively in the best interest of the client and in compliance with all applicable state and Company requirements. You may incur acquisition costs and there may be surrender costs deducted from your policy or contract.

22. Split Dollar Example
Susan can apply for financing to cover the rollout amount and replace the split dollar arrangement with premium financing to minimize her gift tax costs (1035 exchange).
She needs to maintain a policy with a $20,000,000 death benefit.
The same concept can be applied to clients with large loans on large whole life policies.

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Here are the Numbers
Financing for premium and rollout payoff is $3,973,577 in Year 1.
After the first year, premiums of $1,146,039 are paid for the next 10 years.
Susan can defer interest payments for 5 years internal rate.
In year 11, she can use the retained capital account to start paying off interest.
The death benefit can be used to pay off the loan principal.
This is a hypothetical illustration and is not intended to project actual performance. Current interest rates and/or dividend rates and values (unless indicated otherwise) are not guaranteed.
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24. Example #4: Gift Tax Leverage (Lucy Boyle)
Lucy, age 82, needs to buy a $20,000,000 policy.
Premiums are $3,393,468 for 4 years.
She can pay interest annually and significantly reduce gift tax and out of pocket costs.
The loan can be repaid from the death benefit.
This is a hypothetical illustration and is not intended to project actual performance. Current interest rates and/or dividend rates and values (unless indicated otherwise) are not guaranteed.

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