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Private Placement Life Insurance Overview Presentation The Leaders Group, Inc. 26 W. Dry Creek Circle Suite 575 Littleton, CO 80120 FOR BROKER USE ONLY What is Private Placement? Not registered with the SEC Not allowed to be

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Private Placement Life Insurance

FOR BROKER USE ONLY

Overview Presentation

The Leaders Group, Inc. 26 W. Dry Creek Circle Suite 575 Littleton, CO 80120

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What is Private Placement?

  • Not registered with the SEC
  • Not allowed to be associated with general solicitation
  • Allowed to be discussed with or sold to accredited investors or

qualified purchasers only

  • Private offerings to investors with terms allowed to be unique to

the specific offering

Recent changes in federal estate tax law has caused income tax planning to become high priority for ultra-high net worth clients. Additionally, an increase in tax rates for investment income is driving demand for more tax-efficient investment vehicles

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A high-net worth California resident is invested in a hedge fund

  • f funds (75% short term capital gains/ ordinary income; 25%

long-term capital gains)

Return after fund m anagem ent fees 7.0 0 % Federal tax rate 39.7% [(44.6% x .75) + (25.0% x .25)]:

  • 2.78%

State and local tax at 13.3% combined:

  • 0.93%

Deduction for state and local tax: 0.37% Net after-tax return: 3.66%

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Clients Need Tax Efficiencies

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  • PPLI is a low-cost variable life insurance wrapper with costs

managed to be significantly below income tax drag of an equivalent taxable account (Cost of Tax > Cost of Insurance)

  • The primary advantage of PPLI is the ability to design a life

insurance policy to look more like an investment and less like a traditional life insurance policy (Overfunded, minimum-non MEC structure, with low levels of COI)

  • PPLI includes exempt investment subaccount options in

addition to registered investment subaccounts. PPLI is not registered with the SEC. These subaccounts usually include hedge fund strategies

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What is Private Placement Life?

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  • Registered variable life products can only invest in registered

subaccounts

  • Must have daily valuation
  • Must offer daily liquidity
  • Private placement products can be invested in subaccounts that

are unregistered

  • Can be valued on a monthly or quarterly basis
  • Can have restricted liquidity and investment terms / conditions
  • Investment options can be customized to the client’s preferences
  • Hedge fund or investment managers will be required to set up

insurance dedicated funds (IDFs) through a third party such as SALI Fund Services or independently and will need to be approved by the PPLI carrier

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Private Placement Investment Options

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Client must be pre-qualified before any information is discussed regarding Private Placement products:

  • Policyowner must be a Qua lified Purcha ser (QP) to own PPLI
  • Individuals with $5 million of qualified investments
  • Family-owned company with $5 million of qualified investments
  • A corporation, partnership, limited liability company, trust, or tax-exempt
  • rganization where each beneficial owner is a Qualified Purchaser
  • A corporation, partnership, or trust with at least $25 million in qualified

investments

  • Policyowner must also be an Accred ited Inv estor (AI) to own PPLI
  • Individuals: Net worth greater than $1 million, OR reported annual income of

$200,000 ($300,000 if joint) for the last two years

  • Institutional Investors, such as corporations, financial institutions, employee

benefit organizations or trusts with assets in excess of $5 million

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Private Placement Qualifications

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  • Cash and cash equivalents
  • Securities as defined in section 2(a)(1) of the 1933 Act (no

control issues)

  • Real estate held for investment purposes
  • Commodity interests held for investment purposes
  • Physical commodities held for investment purposes
  • Financial contracts entered into for investment purposes
  • Cash value of life insurance

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What are Qualified Assets?

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Private placement life insurance is designed for investment accumulation while minimizing the cost drag on the underlying portfolio performance

Maximum Death Benefit Minimum Premium Payment Maximum Premium Payment Minimum Death Benefit

FOR BROKER USE ONLY. Life insurance policies contain fees and expenses, including cost of insurance, administrative fees, premium loads, surrender charges, and other charges or fees that will impact policy values. Variable universal life insurance policies also have additional charges and fund operating expenses. Guarantees are based on the claims-paying ability of the issuing company. Distributions from MECs (such as loans, withdrawals, and collateral assignments) are taxed less favorably than distributions from policies that are not MECs to the extent there is gain in the policy. For distributions from a MEC prior to age 59½, a federal income tax penalty may apply to the extent there is gain in the policy. However, death benefits are still generally received income tax-free pursuant to IRC §101(a). The death benefit will be reduced by any withdrawals or loans (plus unpaid interest). Clients should consult a tax advisor.

Traditional LI Policy Design

Maximizing Death Benefit

Minimum Non-MEC

Maximizing Cash Value, Minimizing COI Resulting in: Reducing Cost of Insurance Charges (COI) Minimizing death benefit coverage while still qualifying for life insurance under the IRS Maximizing cash value and investment pool of assets

PPLI Structure and Design

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Withdrawals Policy Loans Access Via:

The Overfunded Design:

Cash Value Death Benefit Total Premiums

More: Cash Value

FOR BROKER USE ONLY. The graphic shown is hypothetical for illustrative and educational purposes only to describe the impact of possible premium and death benefit designs on cash value potential. It does not represent the cost or performance of any specific life insurance product. Distributions from MECs (such as loans, withdrawals, and collateral assignments) are taxed less favorably than distributions from policies that are not MECs to the extent there is gain in the policy. For distributions from a MEC prior to age 59½, a federal income tax penalty may apply to the extent there is gain in the policy. However, death benefits are still generally received income tax-free pursuant to IRC §101(a). The death benefit will be reduced by any withdrawals or loans (plus unpaid interest). Clients should consult a tax advisor.

Less: Death Benefit

PPLI Structure and Design (Cont.)

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PPLI enjoys the same tax treatment as traditional life insurance

  • Tax deferred growth – Accumulation investment income credited under a life

insurance contract is not subject to current taxation [I.R.C. §7702(g)(1)(A)]

  • Incom e tax-free distributions from Non-MECs – Withdrawals up to the

policy owner’s basis are income tax-free [I.R.C. §72(e)(3)] and policy loans provide income tax-free access to accumulated investment income [I.R.C. §72(e)(5)]

  • Incom e tax-free death benefit proceeds – Death benefits received from a

life insurance contract, including any accumulated investment income, are generally received income tax free [I.R.C. §101(a)(1)]

  • Estate tax-free proceeds – If properly structured, the proceeds of a life

insurance policy paid to an irrevocable trust may be excluded from the taxable estate of the insured

  • Tax-free reallocations – Policy account values may be transferred among the

investment options available within the policy without creating taxable events

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Private Placement LI Taxation

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  • Not someone with traditional life insurance needs, e.g., income

replacement, estate tax liquidity, conservative risk tolerance profile

  • Large percentage of wealth is invested in assets as opposed to illiquid

assets or closely-held business interests

  • A portion of investment portfolio invested in tax-inefficient asset

classes – Hedge funds, private equity, REITs, alternatives, etc.

  • Desire to expand investment of tax-inefficient asset classes within a

tax-free insurance wrapper

  • Primary goal is investment accumulation and increasing tax

efficiency, secondarily is estate planning, wealth transfer, legacy/ charitable planning, and protection from claims by future creditors

  • Seeks to maximize growth of assets for transfer to next generation

and trustees seeking to optimize tax efficiencies of trust assets

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Prospective Client Profile

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Private Placement Insurance Carriers

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  • Contact a member of the Leaders Group Marketing Team to
  • btain the contact information and support material for the

PPLI carrier of choice

303-797-9080 x 164 marketing@leadersgroup.net

  • Team up with the PPLI carrier representative to gain a better

understanding of the private placement marketplace and their particular product parameters

  • Together approach the top financial advisors or prospective

clients in your marketplace with the PPLI story

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Next Steps