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- 1. © 2013 VSA, LP Valid only if used prior to January 1, 2014. The information, general principles and conclusions presented in this report are subject to local, state and federal laws and regulations, court cases and any revisions of same. While every care has been taken in the preparation of this report, neither VSA, L.P. nor The National Underwriter is engaged in providing legal, accounting, financial or other professional services. This report should not be used as a substitute for the professional advice of an attorney, accountant, or other qualified professional. Preparing for Your Retirement The Role of Life Insurance in Retirement Planning 1a2-02
- 2. Your Earning Power 2Preparing for Your Retirement: The Role of Life Insurance in Retirement Planning $ 50,000 $ 100,000 $ 250,000 $ 500,000 $ 2,000,000 $ 4,000,000 $ 10,000,000 $ 20,000,000 $ 1,500,000 $ 3,000,000 $ 7,500,000 $ 15,000,000 $ 1,000,000 $ 2,000,000 $ 5,000,000 $ 10,000,000 $ 500,000 $ 1,000,000 $ 2,500,000 $ 5,000,000 $ 250,000 $ 500,000 $ 1,250,000 $ 2,500,000 Your Future Earning Power If Your Family Income Averages: Years to Age 65: 40 30 20 10 5 If something happens to you during your working years, how will your family replace your earning power? If, as is likely, you live to retirement, will you have sufficient retirement income to replace your earning power? Few people realize that a 30-year-old couple will earn 3.5 million dollars by age 65 if their total family income averages $100,000 for their entire careers, without any raises. Your Income Spouse’s Income Other Income Investment Income Your ability to earn an income is your most valuable asset.
- 3. Sources of Retirement Income 3Preparing for Your Retirement: The Role of Life Insurance in Retirement Planning When you retire and your earning power ceases, you will have to depend on three primary sources for your retirement income: Social Security Employer- Provided Plans Personal Retirement Savings According to the Social Security Administration, the average retired worker in 2013 receives an estimated $1,261 monthly benefit, about 40% of average pre-retirement income. As pre-retirement income increases, however, the percentage replaced by Social Security declines. You may be eligible to participate in a retirement plan established by your employer and receive pension income at your retirement. For many people, there is a gap between the retirement income they can expect from Social Security and employer-provided plans and their retirement income objectives. Personal retirement savings represent the only way to bridge that gap! personal retirement savings Of the three primary sources of retirement income, is the one over which we exercise the most control!
- 4. Important Facts About Social Security Retirement Benefits 4Preparing for Your Retirement: The Role of Life Insurance in Retirement Planning The Social Security Normal Retirement Age, currently age 66 for those people born between 1943 and 1954, is gradually increasing to age 67 for persons born after 1954. Early retirement results in a permanent reduction in the Social Security retirement benefit. continued on next slide ! For example, the Social Security retirement benefit of a worker born between 1943 and 1954 who retires early at age 62 will be reduced by 25%. According to the Social Security Administration: The maximum Social Security retirement benefit for a worker retiring at full retirement age in 2013 is $2,533 monthly. The average Social Security benefit for all retired workers in 2013 is an estimated $1,261.
- 5. Important Facts About Social Security Retirement Benefits 5Preparing for Your Retirement: The Role of Life Insurance in Retirement Planning The Social Security spousal retirement benefit is limited to a maximum of 50% of the retired worker’s benefit. The spousal retirement benefit is reduced if the worker retires before his or her full retirement age. How much do you want to rely on a source of retirement income over which you have no control? Consider this quote from a Time magazine article titled "Social Insecurity": Question: When was this article published? “For government to pay pensions to the advancing tide of baby boomers will almost certainly require stunning benefit reductions or huge tax increases. Most likely both. After years of fiscal and political fecklessness, an explosive conclusion.” Answer: March 12, 1995, although the same statement could easily apply today, in the absence of any reform to the Social Security system.
- 6. A Potential Solution for a Lifetime 6Preparing for Your Retirement: The Role of Life Insurance in Retirement Planning Cash Value Life Insurance Cash value life insurance is the only financial product with the flexibility to provide benefits: Should you die prematurely, the death benefit is available to help replace your earning power. This means that funds are available to provide your family with an income, enable them to remain in their home, help pay for an education for your children... whatever the financial needs that arise at your death, funds will be available to help meet those needs. If You Die With the waiver of premium benefit, your plan can become self-completing in the event of your disability. This means that if you are sick or hurt and unable to work, policy benefits will remain available just as though you were paying the premiums. If You Become Disabled Most of us can expect to live to retirement age, at which time cash value life insurance can serve as a source of retirement income, while still maintaining needed life insurance protection.* This means that the same life insurance that protected your family’s financial security during your working years can continue to play an important role in helping to provide retirement security. If You Live to Retirement * Withdrawals and loans will reduce the policy’s death benefit and cash value available for use.
- 7. Cash Value Life Insurance and Retirement Planning 7Preparing for Your Retirement: The Role of Life Insurance in Retirement Planning Cash value life insurance brightens your financial picture with flexibility, accessibility to cash values, tax-deferred growth and an immediate death benefit. * Withdrawals and loans will reduce the policy’s death benefit and cash value available for use. In addition, there are a number of roles that cash value life insurance can play in your retirement planning: At retirement, the cash value available in the policy can be: Source of Retirement Income taken in a lump sum by surrendering the policy; converted into a guaranteed lifetime income; or periodically withdrawn and/or borrowed to supplement your retirement income * At retirement, you can elect the maximum life annuity pension option from your pension plan and use life insurance death benefits to help replace your pension income for your spouse, if you should die first. You and your spouse then enjoy a higher pension income while both of you are alive, with the knowledge that if something should happen to you, your spouse will have a continuing source of retirement income. Retirement Income Protection Many life insurance companies make it possible for policyholders to collect a portion of a policy’s death benefit early, if the policyholder is terminally ill, stricken with a specific catastrophic illness or requires long-term care in a nursing home. Accelerated Death Benefits
- 8. Features of Cash Value Life Insurance 8Preparing for Your Retirement: The Role of Life Insurance in Retirement Planning * Withdrawals and loans will reduce the policy’s death benefit and cash value available for use. Immediate Death Benefit During your working years, your family is protected by the life insurance. In the event of your premature death, income-tax-free benefits are paid to your family. Tax-Deferred Growth Under current law, the annual growth of the cash value in a cash value life insurance contract is not subject to current income tax. Flexibility Certain types of cash value life insurance allow you to increase or decrease your premium payments, or make large, single premium payments. Access to Cash Values You can borrow or withdraw life insurance cash values prior to age 59-1/2 without tax penalty.* Ownership Since you own the policy, benefits are not affected by changes in employment or by changes in Social Security or employer-provided pensions. Disability Protection If you become disabled, the waiver of premium benefit can take over your premium payments for you. Tax- Advantaged Retirement Income The cash value in the policy can be converted to a retirement income that is partially or fully free from federal income tax.*
- 9. Tax Issues Affecting the Role of Cash Value Life Insurance 9Preparing for Your Retirement: The Role of Life Insurance in Retirement Planning in Retirement Planning The Tax Court has held that cash values are not constructively received by a taxpayer when he or she could not reach them without surrendering the policy. The necessity of surrendering the policy constituted a substantial limitation or restriction on their receipt (Theodore H. Cohen, 39 TC 1055, acq. 1964-1 CB-4). Tax-Deferred Growth Assuming a single premium or periodic premium life insurance contract satisfies the conditions of the “seven-pay test” of IRC Sec. 7702A(b) (i.e., not a modified endowment contract), living benefits received from the contract are taxed under the “cost recovery rule,” regardless of when the contract was entered into or when premiums were paid. This means that such amounts received from the contract are included in gross income only to the extent they exceed the investment in the contract (IRC Sec. 7702). FIFO Taxation of Withdrawals continued on next slide
- 10. Tax Issues Affecting the Role of Cash Value Life Insurance 10Preparing for Your Retirement: The Role of Life Insurance in Retirement Planning in Retirement Planning Policy loans from life insurance contracts are not treated as distributions, assuming the policy qualifies as life insurance under IRC Sec. 7702 and is not considered a modified endowment contract. Upon policy lapse or surrender, the outstanding loan balance is automatically repaid from policy cash values. This may, however, cause the recognition of taxable income. At death, the death benefit will automatically be reduced by the amount of the outstanding loan, an action that does not cause the recognition of taxable income. Policy Loans Are Income Tax Free As a general rule, death benefits are excludable from the beneficiary’s gross income (IRC Sec. 101(a)(1)). Income-Tax-Free Death Benefit Depending on current tax law, receiving an accelerated death benefit disbursement may trigger a "taxable event" for the insured. Consult a tax professional about the possible tax implications of accepting a disbursement of accelerated death benefit funds. Income-Tax-Free Accelerated Death Benefits
- 11. Types of Cash Value Life Insurance 11Preparing for Your Retirement: The Role of Life Insurance in Retirement Planning * Guarantees are subject to the claims-paying ability of the issuing insurance company. Whole Life Insurance The policy owner pays a fixed, level premium and cash values accumulate at a guaranteed* rate of return. The insurance company promises to pay a guaranteed* death benefit. Policy dividends may be payable. Universal Life Insurance The policy owner can increase or decrease premium payments and select from a level or increasing death benefit. Cash value accumulations reflect current interest rates or are tied to a stock market index, such as the S&P 500 Index. There are four types of cash value life insurance from which you can select a policy that best satisfies your needs and objectives. The primary differences in the types of cash value life insurance fall into three categories: continued on next slide fixed or flexible premiums; responsibility for investment decisions; and benefit guarantees or benefits based on actual investment returns.
- 12. Types of Cash Value Life Insurance 12Preparing for Your Retirement: The Role of Life Insurance in Retirement Planning * Guarantees are subject to the claims-paying ability of the issuing insurance company. Variable Life Insurance The policy owner pays a fixed, level premium and selects from a variety of investment options for cash value accumulations. There is generally a minimum guaranteed* death benefit and the potential for higher death benefits, depending on the performance of the investment options selected. There is no minimum guaranteed cash value. Instead, the cash value available depends on the performance of the investment options selected. Variable Universal Life Insurance The policy owner can increase or decrease premium payments and select from a variety of investment options for cash value accumulations. If a minimum premium payment schedule is maintained, there may be a minimum guaranteed* death benefit. Cash values are not guaranteed. Instead, the cash value available, as well as the potential for a higher death benefit, depend on the performance of the investment options selected. Your licensed financial adviser will discuss with you how specific cash value life insurance products may work for you in your particular situation, including the product's features, benefits, risks, charges and expenses. Note: