Your Business

Running a successful business is no small task—and things like your business succession plan, key employee benefits, and key person insurance may not be top of mind. I can help you take the next steps to protect your business—and your financial wellbeing—so you’re ready for unexpected changes and future transitions. I can help find a customized solution – let’s explore your options for helping to protect your business:

 

Your Employees

Helping you invest in your greatest assets. Your employees are essential to your business. Retain your best and brightest—and recruit new top talent—by offering retirement and group insurance benefits they’ve come to expect. Help create financial wellbeing, now and in the future. Explore benefits to help you stay competitive, meet goals, grow your business, and provide the financial protection you and your employees may need: 

  • Qualified Retirement Plans: Help attract and retain employees with a range of defined contribution and defined benefit retirement plans. Navigating through retirement plan options can be a challenging and exciting process. I would love the opportunity to help. From simple start-up plans to complex plans for large institutions, I offer defined contribution plan services to fit your business, including:

    • 401(k), 403(b), 401(a), ESOP, KSOP, and other retirement plan types

    • Plans tailored to for-profit, tax-exempt, governmental, and union organizations

    • Full-service or third-party administrator (TPA) service arrangements

    • Flexible integration with payroll providers

    • Administrative services that limit your involvement in participant transactions

    • Personalized participant education and engagement

  • Group Benefits: Tailor group dental, disability, life, vision, and critical illness insurance solutions to fit the needs of your business and your employees.

  • Bonus Plans: Help your top people overcome limitations on qualified retirement plans with an added benefit for their value.

  • Employee Stock Ownership Plans: As a business owner, you may want to provide your employees with retirement benefits and a shared stake in your company’s success, while establishing a succession plan for your business. I'm here to help understand whether an ESOP can be right for your business. Together, we can help provide expertise and support you in setting up a plan that offers retirement savings primarily through employer stock and establishes an employee-owned company. For business owners, an ESOP can be a valuable piece of a succession plan. It can facilitate an efficient ownership transfer, letting you leave a legacy when you reach retirement or leave your company. You can exit on your timeline, not an outside buyer’s requirement. What makes an ESOP different? An ESOP is a retirement benefit. But it’s different than a 401(k) or pension plan.

    • It’s an exclusive option for C- and S-corporations.

    • Assets are primarily invested in company stock.

    • It gives you a flexible way to sell all or part of your business.

  • Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Plans: Extra savings beyond qualified plan limits. Offering competitive benefits for top talent is important to the success of your organization. Nonqualified deferred compensation plans (deferred compensation plans) allow key employees to contribute additional tax-deferred compensation (up to 100%, depending on plan design) to their savings—and allow employers to make discretionary contributions as well.  This can often be an easy way to contribute more and eliminate any savings gaps for highly compensated employees, where appropriate. Is a nonqualified deferred compensation plan right for your organization? To offer a viable nonqualified plan, your business should meet certain criteria:

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    • Public, Private C Corporation, Pass-through tax entity (for non-owners), or non-governmental tax-exempt business entity

    • Substantial business continuity and financial integrity

    • Highly compensated employees with a retirement gap due to qualified plan limitations

 

Your Lifestyle

Protecting your business is a top priority. But even more important is protecting your loved ones and the life you’ve built. Whether you want to prepare for retirement, create a plan if you become too sick or hurt to work, or leave a legacy after you’re gone, we can help. Together, let’s explore customized solutions for all your needs:

  • Business Owner Strategies: Plan for your retirement goals and request a complimentary analysis to get personalized recommendations.

  • Disability Income Protection: Help ensure your financial security—and your business—are protected if you become too sick or hurt to work.

  • Life Insurance: Learn how you can leverage life insurance to cover financial needs for your family and your business.

  • Legacy & Estate Planning: Design a plan for the transfer of your personal and business assets, including trust and gifting strategies.

 

 

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