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Cash Management Services: What Difference Can They Make to an Independent Agency?

Independent agencies are not like many other businesses. They have unique cash management opportunities. A bank that recognizes this difference will offer a variety of specialized products, competitively priced, to help agents…

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Remote Deposit Offers New Road to Efficiency for Agencies

ATMs revolutionized banking more than 25 years ago and today online banking is now commonplace. And, now a new banking product, remote deposit, is being utilized to greatly improve business efficiencies,…

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Buy-Sell Agreements

Current working partners have to find a way and method of buying out a deceased or permanently disabled member. A well prepared Buy-Sell agreement prepares for this possibility. Once again,…

Federal Estate and Gift Tax Basics

Estate planning generally consists of a plan to distribute accumulated wealth upon death, using life insurance to protect survivors from financial distress, and minimizing taxes and expenses associated with this…

The Basics of Estate Planning

Estate planning can be defined as planning for the transfer of wealth (a large amount, a small amount, or something in between) at a person’s death, and the making of…

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Federal Deposit Insurance

Because a bank deposit is a loan from the customer to the bank, like any loan or contract in general, it’s quite possible that the bank’s promise to repay the…

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The Truth About the Accidental Death Rider

Many years ago, insurers created a “double indemnity” rider where death from an accident would result in double the face amount being paid. Now most insurers have a better solution.

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