To deliver trusted advice on Estate, Generational, and Life Insurance planning. We don’t manage money or sell insurance--making our advice conflict free.
Our Services
Charitable Foundation Planning
Independent & objective analysis of charitable foundation owned life insurance
Recommend specific action on life insurance policies – whether to continue, modify, replace, surrender, or consider selling on the secondary market
Provide unbiased conflict-free expertise aligned with the goals of the foundation. We don’t sell insurance so your best interest is also ours
Identify opportunities when/where life insurance makes sense as an effective way to increase charitable fundraising with legacy gifts & long term endowments
Estate & Generational Planning
We will help you protect and preserve what you’ve spent your life building. We use innovative planning strategies to meet all of your wealth transfer goals.
Strategies may include:
Grantor Retained Annuity Trust (GRAT)
Sale to an Intentionally Defective Grantor rust (IDGT)
Generation-Skipping Trust or Dynasty Trust
Family Limited Partnership/Limited Liability Company (FLP/LLC)
Charitable Lead/Remainder Trust
Irrevocable Life Insurance Trust (ILIT)
Interfamily Sales & Loans
Trust Owned Life Insurance Review
Independent & objective analysis of trust owned life insurance
Work with Trustee to identify/remedy at risk policies and to properly document the communication process with the Grantor & Beneficiaries to mitigate the risk of future litigation
Provide unbiased conflict-free expertise aligned with the goals of the Trust/Trustee
Ensure the Trustee fulfills their fiduciary duty while complying with the Uniform Prudent Investor Act (UPIA) and recent updates from the OCC
Served 15 years as National Insurance Trust Manager for US Bank's Wealth Management Group 1998-2013. Responsible for managing 5+ billion of Trust Owned Life Insurance.
Co-Chaired the Estate Planning Work group for US Bank’s Wealth Management Group
Speaker/Author on many occasions regarding Estate, Generational, and Life Insurance planning (Trust & Probate conference, MN Bar Association, etc.)