With life insurance, insurability needs to be secured, and a tax-smart premium funding strategy should be devised.

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Timing makes a huge difference with regard to estate planning, whether because of taxes, interest rates, mental capacity or insurability.

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One big area is insurability, or how people can position themselves for less expensive and better life, long term care, disability, and health insurance policies.

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Insurance markets will not function for these risks as they violate three key conditions of insurability: independent and identical losses, feasible premiums, and determinability of losses.

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