You may get questions comparing the benefits of an annuity vs a CD. Or compared to a money market, bond or equity fund. This cheat sheet provides a quick reference to the features, fees, taxation and commissions of eight common types of assets your clients may consider.

A fixed index annuity can be an elite player to your client's retirement income lineup. And with this easy-to-understand game plan, you can tackle all the ins and outs of FIAs and learn how to put them in play.

If your clients are holding all their retirement assets in defined contribution plans or institutional IRAs, they’re at a financial disadvantage. See why these plans can cause problems if your client has enough assets to begin to consider individualized financial and estate planning.

When it comes to recruiting and retaining key employees, nonprofits are limited due to IRC Section 457. Here are three executive comp plans that help nonprofits including split-dollar, restricted executive bonus arrangement (REBA) and nonqualified deferred compensation.

An effective executive benefit program must meet the objectives of both the employer and employee. This concept examines the structure and design of three plans: nonqualified deferred compensation, restricted executive bonus arrangement (REBA) and split-dollar arrangement.

Even for affluent clients, pre-funding death expenses with discounted dollars remains effective. Life insurance is uniquely able to deliver a specified pool of tax-free liquidity at exactly the time needed to cover final expenses, debt, liquidation, taxes, probate costs and bequests.

Employer-provided long-term disability coverage is a start. But, there’s a cap on monthly benefits, and highly paid employees take a big pay cut if they go on claim. An individual DI policy can supplement group coverage and replace more income when clients need it most.

This discussion outline helps establish a need for business owners to create a guaranteed issue life insurance program. Common needs are buy-sell for businesses with a lot of stockholders or members, key person business protection or key employee benefit packages.

When two business partners wanted disability insurance coverage, a multi-life discount provided an overall lower premium, plus coverage for an additional employee. See how the math worked out for these partners to save 23% while providing an added benefit for a key employee.

A financial plan has many important pieces, but your client’s ability to earn an income makes everything else possible. People insure their homes, cars and personal property, yet fail to insure the thing that makes it all possible. See how to protect their income with disability insurance.

If you work with business owners, you should be talking about the benefits of offering employer-sponsored plans for long-term care and disability insurance. Discussing both types of coverage puts the protection they need right up front, allowing employers to retain key employees without having to have separate conversations. And with Ash, getting started is easy.

Disability overhead expense coverage can keep the lights on when something unexpected happens. The first step is to consider how much to cover. Help business-owner clients detail monthly operating expenses to see how they can be covered if they cannot work.