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Real structures, real numbers, and who each one wouldn’t work for.

Every case below was submitted by the licensed advisor who built it, with figures taken from their own case design. Each names the actual mechanism rather than a framework, and each ends by telling you who it would have been wrong for.

Canada · Nova Scotia

Corporate-owned insurance funded at $120,000 a year: coverage and projected estate values

Business owner (industry not specified)

$120,000/yr for 10 yearsFunding
Scott Gannon
Magnify Wealth
United States · Ohio

Addressing consulting income alongside hospital employment

Physician

$100,000+Tax savings reported by advisor
PWG
Advisor not named
Independent advisor
United States

Revisiting a retirement plan the business had outgrown

Manufacturing

~40Employees in the business
Tom Pearson
Independent
Canada

Business succession plan: projected tax and estate outcomes

Private business owner, industry not specified

$4,000,000Estimated tax before the plan
Elise Keller
Stewart Fisher Financial
Canada · British Columbia

A commodities brokerage uses policy cash value as loan collateral

Commodities brokerage

$3,000,000 over two yearsFunded into the policy
Laurent Munier
Safe Pacific Financial
Canada · Nova Scotia

Accessing $400,000 through existing policy loans

Financial Services

$523,000Cash value built
Scott Gannon
Magnify Wealth
Canada · Alberta

An Alberta business owner contributes over $200,000 annually to corporate-owned insurance

Multiple operating companies (industry not specified)

Over $2,000,000Retained earnings in the corporation
Michael Sidhu
360 Degree Wealth Strategies
Canada · British Columbia

A business owner borrows against policy cash value to buy bank shares

Technology (owner post-exit)

$50,000Annual dividends reported by advisor
Laurent Munier
Safe Pacific Financial
Canada · Ontario

Salary and dividend review for two security-company owners

Security Services

$7,000Saved each year
Elise Keller
Stewart Fisher Financial
Canada

Protecting the income that supports the plan

Psychotherapy practice

$130,000/yrApproximate annual earnings
Ron Johnston
Independent
Canada

An insurance recommendation that left room to invest

Commercial glazing drafting & engineering

$70,000Annual allocation available for flexible investing
Christian Jaehn-Kreibaum
Living Financial (Raymond James)
United States · California

Planning for retirement after years focused on a medical practice

Medical - anesthesiology

Proposed planUnderwriting pending in the submission
PWG
Advisor not named
Independent advisor
United States

A retirement-planning review for a family-run cleaning business

Commercial cleaning

$40,000Annual tax saving reported by advisor
Jamal Hansen
Independent
United States · California

Reviewing the structure behind a substantial tax bill

Construction

$500,000Tax savings reported by advisor
Joshua Schlinsky
Safe Secure Financial
United States

A pharmacy owner seeks a second opinion on estate planning

Pharmacy

Close to $50,000Tax benefit reported by advisor
Jerry Burbage Jr
Burbage Investment Group
United States · Virginia

A Virginia business owner wanted a reason for key employees to stay

Business owner

3Key employees
Tom Pearson
Independent
About this case library

Case descriptions are supplied by financial professionals. Figures may include projections and are specific to the circumstances described. Read each case’s limitations and discuss any strategy with your own licensed professional.

Cases under review are not included in the public library. Certain strategies are excluded from public publication.

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