Archive for the ‘Life’ Category
Invest Fair 2010 Experience
I went to the Invest Fair 2010 at Marina Bay Sands last Saturday. The event was jointly organised by ShareInvestor and The Business Times. My purpose there is feel the atmosphere, find out what people are after and just get a little exposure to this side of financial product sales.
As I walked in, was approached constantly by promoters speaking to me about what they are promoting. Not surprising, considering this is a free event and the exhibitors and participants paid the organizers to have a booth there. Main aim is to do promotion and sales.
Case Study – Universal Life Insurance for Estate Division
Universal Life Insurance can be used for dividing your estate equally as was done in this case. The same solutions apply for situations where other single major asset, such as property, forms the major part of your estate.
Mr Tan is approaching 65 and wishes to do some estate planning. His estate consisted of a business, valued at $8 million, a landed property worth $2.5 million and $2 million in cash. Mr Tan has a wife, two sons and a daughter. He is semi-retired from the business and handing the business over to the eldest son, who is the only one interested in running the business.
He is not worried about the wife, should he pass away, as she is close to the children and has ample savings. However, he is worried about how he can distribute the estate equally. The main worry is the business. Should he hand major ownership of the business to the eldest son, it will not be fair. Should he distribute the business equally, the two youngest children will be more interested to sell the business. This will dilute the ownership of the business and disrupt expansion plans the eldest son has. Secondly, it will be difficult to split the inheritance of the landed property.
Case Study – Universal Life Insurance for Estate Creation
The following is a real life case study.
Mdm Hayashi is 60 years old. She was the second wife of her deceased husband, late Mr Cheong, who was also her second husband. She married Mr Cheong when she was in her late forties and Mr Cheong in his early fifties. She has 2 adult children still in Japan from her first marriage and Mr Cheong has 2 adult children from his first marriage living and working in Singapore.
When Mr Cheong passed away 3 years ago, he left in his Will 55% of his assets to Mdm Hayashi and the rest to his 2 children. Mdm Hayashi’s current networth of $5 million is almost fully from this inheritance. Mr Cheong’s 2 children are both doing really well financially. However, it is Mdm Hayashi’s wish and the step children’s expectation that upon Mdm Hayashi’s passing, most of the wealth from Mr Cheong should be inherited by the step children instead of Mdm Hayashi’s Japanese biological children.
