It's a great thing to own a business. But there are tough times that come with it. What happens when an employee passes on? What happens if they get disabled even it happens outside their line of duty? What happens if a partner passes on? These are tough questions that a term life insurance policy can help you answer with more ease with any risk to your business. Let's look at each of these scenarios in details...
1. What happens when an employee passes on? Believe it or not, it affects your business unless the employee was totally worthless (In which case it will take only a fool to keep such a fellow).
This means that you'd have lost a resource person. And, depending on how specialized their role is, getting a suitable replace will cost you both in money and time.
Furthermore, if you've structured your business right, then you'd have to pay some money to the deceased's family even if it's NOT required by law in your country.
Can you imagine how motivated your other workers will be if they see the bumper package given to their colleague's dependants by your business? These all will cost money.
Taking out a term life policy on your employees and naming your business as beneficiary will do you a world of good if such arises.
2. What happens if your partner passes on? Would you allow your business to go under by being forced into a partnership with an heir who isn't apt for the business? Wouldn't it be a better deal if you bought over your partner's share of the business?
But where do you get the money for this? This won't be a problem if you took out a term life insurance policy for your partner with yourself as the named beneficiary.
Term life insurance gives you the most bang for your bucks. But more interestingly, you can pay even far less if you took the time to get and compare quotes from a wide range of insurers.
Monday, November 17, 2008
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