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Navigating through Challenging Times – Part 2

An interview with George “Chip” Van Dusen IV, DBS Principal – President & CEO – Part Two by Laura Thompson, Director of Marketing – DBS One of the biggest challenges for leaders in 2020, amidst the incredible uncertainty in the world, was having to make difficult decisions often based on everchanging information. Through it all, […]

Navigating through Challenging Times – Part 1

An interview with George “Chip” Van Dusen IV, DBS Principal – President & CEO – Part One by Laura Thompson, Director of Marketing – DBS When 2020 began, no one could have predicted that a pandemic would completely change life as we know it. Virtually every aspect of daily life was affected and we all […]

Less Now or More Later? Taxes, That is…

In 2021, you can give away more… The amount you can give away (gift exemption) without owing any federal gift tax is the highest it has ever been – $11,700,000. However, President Biden campaigned on raising taxes and has proposed to tax the transfer of property as low as $3,500,000 at a rate of 45%. […]

LTC vs. Chronic Illness Riders: What’s The Difference?

Situation: Not that long ago, the only way to insure the risk of long-term care was through the purchase of a standalone long-term care insurance policy. While stand-alone long-term care products offered a variety of features allowing customization of a policy, many customers did not like the “use it or lose it” nature of the […]

2021 Tax Estimates

We are pleased to bring you recently released 2021 tax estimates based on tax cost of living adjustments. When the IRS publishes the official numbers, DBS will make the official 2021 Tax Guide available for your use. With the election just a few short weeks away, it’s anyone’s guess as to which candidate will prevail […]

Life Insurance During Retirement

The conventional wisdom among investment advisors is that if clients have planned appropriately, they will not need life insurance in retirement. It is commonly thought that upon reaching retirement, they will be free of debt, have plenty of assets on hand to replace lost income and leave to heirs as a legacy. This sounds like […]

Create a Legacy Recovery Plan

While so many aspects of people’s financial lives have been shaken, life insurance continues to do exactly what it was designed to . . . serve as the foundation of a family’s financial security. While the value of many other financial assets have slipped, the death benefit of term life policies has remained the same, […]

Sales Solution – Stabilizing a Client’s Legacy

Do you have clients whose assets have lost value as a result of the recent turmoil in the markets? Are some of these clients concerned that the losses will be detrimental to their wealth transfer plans? Are you aware that NOW you can help restore your clients’ wealth transfer plans by using life insurance death […]

Want to Improve your Client Relationships? DBS Can Help!

Your relationship with your clients is more than “just business.” Clients look to you to provide guidance on financial matters, including the amount and type of life insurance that is appropriate for their unique situation. This week, we’re sharing some key strategies and ways you can build relationships with clients. Plus, we recommend some product […]

Understanding Gift Taxation

If you ask any estate planning advisor to tell you the best time for estate planning, they would likely tell you it is when the amount exempted from estate/ gift tax (exemption amount) is high and asset values and interest rates are low. That is the situation we find ourselves in today. Read full PDF […]