How would your business manage if one of the key people was suddenly unable to work in the business?

• Could remaining business partners manage the work load?
• Would they be able to buy out the shares of the remaining spouse – and if so where would the get the money, and how easily would they get the money?
• How would your suppliers react?
• How would the bank react?
• How would your customers react?

 

We provide a range of business insurance options…

Many businesses put in place insurance to protect the value of their stock, the buildings and the motor vehicles. But what about the people that work in the business – that have key relationships with suppliers and customers, and years of knowledge.

 

Taylor Made Insurance Solutions can help you to develop a plan for your business.

Debt protection

If a business owner suffers a severe disability or dies prematurely, the proceeds from a claim can provide you with the cash to repay all or a significant part of the debt.

For example, if as business, you have borrowed $1,000,000 to expand the distribution of your services, and one of the business partners dies prematurely or becomes disabled, the remaining partners will be left with all of the debt. Appropriate levels of insurance with the correct ownership structure protects the business, the business owners and their families.

Shareholder protection

If a business partner dies or suffers serious disablement, insurance can provide the funds for the remaining business partners to buy the shares from their partner or their estate.

How will this work?

It is really important that you have a buy/sell agreement in place that sets the rules as to what will happen if one of the partners is taken out. We would recommend that you get legal advice when setting up a buy/sell agreement.

Who owns the policies?

Generally the business partners will own the policy on their partners life and vice versa. It may however be prudent to have an independent trustee own the policies to ensure that the buy/sell agreement is honored at the time the claim is paid.

Key Person

Who are the key people in your business?
How do you value their contribution to the business?
If they could not longer work in the business, what would be the impact on your cash flow?

We can assist you in determining what revenue a key person brings in to the business and what other costs would be associated with the loss of that key person – it may be recruitment costs – it may be the time it takes to get a new person up and running. An injection of cash at this time can cover these costs and reassure customers and creditors.