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BL367 Estate Planning
Estate Planning-Ball State University
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Undergraduate 3
09/21/2010

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Term
Joint Account
Definition
transfer ownership rights to the account's balance to the surviving party
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Agency or Convenience Account
Definition
Does not transfer the balance upon the death of one of the parties
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Trust account
Definition
account held in a revocable trust for a beneficiary
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Insurable interest
Definition
a legal interest supporting the right to insure that interest
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Term Life insurance
Definition
Insurance proceeds are paid if the insured dies during a designated term
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Whole Life insurance
Definition
Insurance proceeds are paid when the insured dies at any time
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Payable-on-death account
Definition
account payable to a designated person on the death of all original depositors
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Universal life insurance
Definition
Whole life insurance in which the cash value receives a competitive rate of return
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Endowment life insurance
Definition
whole life insurance in which premiums stop at a younger age and the cash value equals the face value at the time
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Split dollar life insurance
Definition
An insured and the insured's employer both contribute to the premium and the employer receives a share of the proceeds
Term
Payment methods
Definition
Lump sum, installments, interest or deposit
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Second-to-die policy
Definition
Life insurance on two lives in payable only when the second person dies
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First-to-die policy
Definition
Life insurance on the two lives is payable when the first persons die
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Annuity
Definition
Contract between an annuity providers and purchaser in which on payment of a lump sum, the provider agrees to make periodic payments to an annuitant for life or for a fixed term
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Commercial annuity
Definition
Annuity purchased from a company in the business of selling annuities (e.g., an insurance company)
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Private annuity
Definition
Annuity from a private individual (e.g., a family member)
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Joint Life annuity
Definition
annuity payments are made until the first of two annuitants dies
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Joint and survivor ship annuity
Definition
Annuity payments are made until both of two annuitants die
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Straight annuity
Definition
Annuity payments are equal
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Variable annuity
Definition
The amount of annuity payments depends on the investment success of the annuity providers
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Qualified plan
Definition
an employee benefit plan that meets federal requirements for favorable tax treatment
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Defined Benefit Plan
Definition
basic plan that provides the employee with a determinable amount of benefits payable for a certain number of years or until the employee dies
Term
Define contribution plan
Definition
the employer contributes to the plan on the employees behalf
Term
401(k) plan
Definition
The employee authorizes the employer to place a percentage of the employees salary into the benefit plan
Term
Employee Stock Option Plan (ESOP)
Definition
The employer forms a special type of trust and then makes contributions to the trust on behalf of the employee and uses it to purchase corporate stock
Term
Keogh Plan (H.R. 10 Plans)
Definition
permit sole proprietors, partners, and other non common law employees to create retirement pans under basically the same rules as employee plans and receive similar tax benefits
Term
IRA/ ROTH IRA
Definition
the contributor does not pay income tax on qualify contributions or on the earnings of those contributions as they occur but must pay tax when the contributor makes withdrawals , ROTH IRA, contributions are post tax and earnings are free of income tax
Term
Simplified employee pension (SEP)
Definition
Small businesses that may not be able to establish traditional qualified plans because of cost may make contributions directly to their employees IRA using SEP
Term
Power of Attorney
Definition
Formal method of creating agency relationships authorizing one person (attorney-in-fact) to act for another (principal)
Term
Principal
Definition
One who authorizes another (attorney-in-fact or agent) to act under power of attorney
Term
Durable Power of Attorney
Definition
Power of attorney that continues despite the principals disability or incapacity
Term
General Power Of Attorney
Definition
Broad power of attorney authorizing an agent to take any action the principal could take
Term
Limited power of attorney
Definition
Narrow power of attorney authorizing an agent to take only designated actions
Term
Springing power of attorney
Definition
Power of attorney that begins on the principal's disability or incapacity
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Statutory surrogate law
Definition
Statue authorizing family members to make medical decisions on behalf of a person who is unable to do so and has failed to plan for incapacity
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Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care
Definition
Power of attorney designed to deal with health and medical issues
Term
Long-Term Care Insurance
Definition
Insurance designed to pay for the care of the person confined to a nursing home or similar facility
Term
Accelerated death benefit
Definition
Life insurance arrangement requiring the insurer to prepay some or all of the death benefit to an insured with a life-threatening condition in specified circumstances
Term
Viatical Settlement
Definition
Arrangement in which a third person purchases a life insurance policy from an insured with a life-threatening condition for an amount less than the insurance death benefit
Term
Look-Back period
Definition
The time during which voluntary transfers are treated as still owed for Medicaid eligibility purposes
Term
Living Will
Definition
Document expressing a person's wishes concerning medical acre in the event of a terminal condition or inability to communicate; also called advance directive, natural death statement and directive to physicians
Term
Nutrition and hydration
Definition
Food and Water (Why is this a definition)
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Assisted Suicide
Definition
Providing another with the means of committing suicide
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Right of sepilture
Definition
The right to be buried in a specified location
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