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Provide a mechanism for higher retirement
benefits to key employees |
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Recognize and reward key people |
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Simple to communicate and understand |
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Flexible |
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Recruit top management talent |
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No formal government approval |
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Retirement age is flexible and can have more
than one age within group |
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Vesting schedule designed to protect employer |
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Cash surrender value (csv) of life insurance
is higher than normal products (averages 95%
to 100% of first year premiums) |
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Guaranteed insurability available for groups
of 20 or more |
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Not subject to government imposed limits |
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Federal and state income taxes are reduced |
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Survivor benefits may be improved |
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Accumulate earning on a pre-tax basis |
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Protected against future uninsurability |
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Evidence of Company's interest in key person |
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Deferral of income taxes |
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In service distributions available |