How does the plan work
- The employer takes out a policy on the life of the employee with the
purpose of compensating the business for the loss it will experience
should the employee die or become disabled
- Ensure that there will be cash available to absorb any financial
disruptions to the business e.g. loss of profit, recruit and train a
replacement
Structure
- Contract Party
- Life Assured
- Beneficiary
- Premium Payer
- Business
- Key Employee/Director
- Business
- Business
How does it work?
- Agreement between the shareholders/members of a business entity,
obligating them to sell their interest on death(or disability), to the survivors and likewise obligating the survivors to purchase the deceased’s (disabled) shareholders shares/ members interest
- Partners/shareholders/members enter into a contract in terms of which they affect policies on the lives of each other e.g. A and B effect a policy on C’s life; B and C effect a policy on A’s life and A and C effect a policy on B’s life
- Premium payers should be the co-owners and not the life assured.
- Co-owners will contribute to the premiums in the same ratio in which they intend to purchase the life assured’ share
Structure
| Standard Method |
Policy 1 |
Policy 2 |
Policy 3 |
| Contracting parties |
A & B |
B & C |
A & C |
| Life assured |
C |
A |
B |
| Beneficiaries |
A & B |
B & C |
A & C |
| Premium payers |
A & B |
B & C |
A & C |
| Cover amount |
To the vaalue C's business interest and in the proportions agreed upon [Include estate duty if applicable] |
To the vaalue A's business interest and in the proportions agreed upon [Include estate duty if applicable] |
To the vaalue B's business interest and in the proportions agreed upon [Include estate duty if applicable] |
How does the plan work
- Business insures the life of the member/share holder who has signed as
surety or provided a personal security for a loan taken out by the
business
- Business pays the premiums
- Agreement is entered into between the business and the
member/shareholder whereby the business undertakes to utilize the
proceeds of the policy to repay the loan upon the death/disability of
the member/shareholder who had given personal security for the loan
Structure
- Contract Party
- Life Assured
- Beneficiary
- Premium Payer
- Cover amount
- Business
- Surety
- Business [if security cession,
cessionary]
- Business
- Amount of outstanding loan [plus
estate duty if applicable]
Suretyship agreement must accompany the application documents