Covering your business
As a business owner, in the Springfield and Branson area, you need a small business insurance plan that protects your business, your employees, and your family. At The Resource Center, we help small business owners in Springfield, Nixa, Ozark, and beyond prepare for the unexpected. We’ll help you put together a custom plan that fits your needs and your budget. Our professionals have the knowledge and experience to guide you through every step of this process.
What will happen to your business if you or your partner become disabled or die? To preserve the future of your business, it is important to create a business continuation plan. Such plans often include a buy-sell agreement, which ensures that your heirs can sell their share of the business to surviving owners and that the surviving owners can buy their share.
Life insurance for a partnership is designed to help your business survive the death of a partner. To preserve the business, many partnerships have a buy-sell agreement, which fixes both the price and terms of the sale in the event a surviving partner buys out a deceased partner’s interest. Life insurance can provide the necessary funds no matter when the partner’s death occurs.
If you are the sole proprietor of your business, you may want to transfer your business to a successor. In this case, life insurance purchased by your heirs can provide funds to pay estate taxes and help sustain the business during the initial period of new management. If your employees are interested in carrying on your business, a buy-sell agreement can be funded with life insurance to assure that your family will receive the optimum value for the business.
You might consider life insurance to create a pre-death buy-sell agreement certifying that if a stockholder should die, the remaining stockholders can purchase his/her shares at a fixed price. This will guarantee that heirs will receive cash for their inherited business interest and that surviving stockholders will maintain control of the business.
Neither the firm nor its agents or representatives may give tax or legal advice. Individuals should consult with a qualified professional for guidance before making any purchasing decisions.
Are you considering providing health insurance for your employees? Group health plans don’t have to be complicated. Our insurance professionals at The Resource Center in Springfield and Branson, MO will take time to sit down with you and discuss all your options. We’ll help you determine what is best for your employees and your business.
The small business insurance company will determine the final monthly cost for your group health insurance plan once your application has been reviewed and approved. The insurance company will assess your group using a number of criteria, including the size and location of your company and the ages of your employees, to arrive at the final monthly rate, or premium. As part of the Affordable Care Act, the health of your employees, including pre-existing conditions, no longer impacts group health insurance rates.
Under the Affordable Care Act (also known as “Obamacare”), businesses with fewer than 100 full-time-equivalent employees aren’t required to provide health insurance to their employees and won’t face tax penalties for not doing so. Small businesses, however, may receive tax credits when they provide coverage, as follows
Whether you offer health insurance to employees or not, it is absolutely critical that you make your employees aware of their obligation to seek health coverage under the Affordable Care Act. And, you have to let your employees know that they have access to guaranteed coverage in the individual market, and that they may be eligible for government subsidies if the coverage you provide them is not deemed to be affordable under the law.
Beginning in 2015, businesses with the equivalent of 100 or more full-time employees must provide “affordable” health insurance or pay a tax penalty.
Your company will probably be eligible for a small business plan if it meets the following criteria:
Key Person Insurance, also known as Key Man Insurance, offers a death benefit that can help cover financial losses that occur at the death of a key person in your business. This helps assure continuity of the business for employees, customers and creditors. Key Person Insurance is a critical part of any business buy-sell agreement.
If you or your business partner suffer from a long-term injury or illness and are unable to work, disability insurance can help protect you. Disability insurance with your buy-sell agreement provides the funds to allow your company to continue paying your salary or to completely buy your share of the business if your disability is permanent.
The greatest advantage offered by using disability insurance with your buy-sell agreement is that you can receive the full value of your business interest if you become disabled before your death or normal retirement. Funding your buy-sell agreement with disability insurance assures that the other co-owners will buy your interest, names the conditions under which they will purchase your interest, and provides the money to pay you a fair price. If your injury is not permanent, disability insurance will provide income protection for your family while you are recovering.
Neither the firm nor its agents or representatives may give tax or legal advice. Individuals should consult with a qualified professional for guidance before making any purchasing decisions.
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