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Estate Tax Planning examines the various aspects of planning for the estate tax liability. The course begins with a discussion of the genesis of estate taxation in English common law and continues with an examination of the estate and its administration. The text serves as an introduction to the issues of estate settlement and includes a discussion of the probate estate and the federal gross estate. -
Whether it’s to complete customer deliveries, transport employees, or perform essential functions out of the office, every business needs a vehicle. And that means most companies need auto insurance. The commercial auto policy is designed to protect against risks encountered by business vehicles—and it can cover everything from the boss’s company car to a fleet of delivery trucks. -
Since the economic crisis, the insurance agency faces more stringent regulatory scrutiny—and insurance companies are expected to comply with AML and OFAC regulations. Money laundering allows criminals to hide their profits from illegal activities by making legal purchases and transactions. Globally, worldwide money laundering activities add up to over $1 trillion per year—encouraging corruption, distorting economic data, aggravating social problems, and allowing criminals and terrorists to finance their activities.
As an insurance agent selling commercial casualty insurance, you need to have some knowledge of the risk management process in order to provide the appropriate insurance coverage and/or offer alternative solutions. This additional knowledge brings value to the table. The typical risk management process includes identifying risk, performing qualitative and quantitative risk analysis, and incorporating risk control techniques.
Everybody needs health insurance—but it’s not exactly easy to buy. In addition to the expense, it’s not easy to choose from the maze of options presented to consumers—from private insurance to government programs, from indemnity plans to PPO’s and HMO’s. As a Life and Health producer, you provide a valuable service in helping your corporate and individual customers navigate the wide range of options to find a solution that’s both appropriate and affordable.
Accidents and injuries are difficult to predict—and damage awards can be astronomical. Because of this, general liability insurance is perhaps the most important line of commercial insurance a business can purchase. It protects your business clients from multi-million dollar judgments that could seriously disrupt, if not completely bankrupt, company operations.
People insure their cars, their homes, and their valuables every day. But many don’t realize the need to insure what is probably their most valuable asset—their ability to earn money. But in the event of disability, it’s possible to lose the ability to work just when it’s needed more than ever—to pay for expensive medical care.
Your course was built to provide you with quality continuing education for meeting Washington state CE Annuity Suitability 4-Hour requirements. This course focuses on the specialized area of Annuities with special attention to the various types of annuities and issues specific to states in the world of accumulation through annuities. It highlights distribution opportunities and tax consequences for withdrawals that are a fundamental component of annuity accumulation programs.
When a home, car, or other valuable property is damaged or lost, it can have a devastating impact on the owner. Personal lines insurance provides individuals with an important safety net against such loss. As a personal lines agent, you’ll help people protect themselves financially against accidents, theft, natural disasters, and other events that can have serious financial consequences.
The Long-Term Care insurance market is constantly changing. With a growing number of states linking LTC insurance with Medicaid through Long-Term Care Partnership programs, the sale of LTC insurance is growing in complexity—and new regulations change the landscape every year. Brush up on your expert knowledge of Long-Term Care insurance—and offer your clients the most up-to-date information possible regarding the options available to them.
Flooding is the nation's #1 natural disaster. In just the past 10 years (1996-2005), annual flood losses in the United States averaged $2.4 billion per year.
To practice ethically in today’s insurance market, you need more than good intentions. You need the specific tools and knowledge necessary to recognize and resolve ethical dilemmas with integrity—and in full compliance with regulations set forth by the industry and the government. This course satisfies ethics continuing education requirements for Life and Health as well as Property / Casualty agents and producers in most states (some states still require the ethics course to be taken in a classroom).Go to Top


