As trusts gain momentum, Zurich's updated master trust coverage helps banks, wealth managers and fiduciaries insure trust-held real estate with less complexity, greater consistency. To simplify asset ...

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The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) changed its deposit insurance coverage for some accounts effective April 1, 2024. The basic insurance limit of $250,000 per account still holds and ...

An important gap in many financial plans is the failure to review with an estate planner the potential risks to losing assets and the ways available to protect those assets. The risk to estate leakage ...

Clients who want their beneficiaries to avoid probate often place assets in trust. Many CPAs are reluctant to take on being a trustee, which is a time-consuming responsibility. An alternative is to be ...

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What Is an Asset Protection Trust? An asset protection trust is an irrevocable trust used to protect your assets from creditors, unjust lawsuits, and court decisions. Typically, they are funded with ...