Insurance for Business – Succession Planning
Business Owners Need a Succession Plan
What would happen to your business if weren’t there anymore? It’s something we business owners don’t think of often, but if families rely on your business’ income, it’s time to put a plan in place.
Buy-Sell Agreements
A buy and sell agreement is a legally binding contract that stipulates how a partner’s share of a business may be reassigned if that partner dies or otherwise leaves the business. Most often, the buy and sell agreement stipulates that the available share be sold to the remaining partners or to the partnership.
Buy and sell agreements are commonly used by sole proprietorships, partnerships, and closed corporations in an attempt to smooth transitions in ownership when each partner dies, retires, or decides to exit the business.
The buy and sell agreement requires that the business share be sold to the company or the remaining members of the business according to a predetermined formula.
In the case of the death of a partner, the estate must agree to sell.