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Estate Planning

All about shareholders’ agreements

Make sure business-owner clients have drawn up these documents.

By Mike George |January 15, 2013

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Estate Planning

3 ways to create an insurance trust

An insurance trust is a tool that can allow a policy owner to control the timing and use of insurance proceeds following the death of the insured

By Mike George |November 26, 2012

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Estate Planning

An estate planning checklist

Get started with our 24-point plan

By Mike George |July 18, 2012

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