A life insurance trust lets you have more control over how and when your loved ones receive the lump sum payout from your insurance when you die. You might also help reduce an inheritance tax bill ...

Editor's note: This is the first article in a series about financial and/or estate planning issues that we all should know but might be too embarrassed to ask about. First up: life insurance trusts.

Life insurance is an excellent way to plan on providing for your family after your death. Taking that plan to the next level with a life insurance trust is a good way to protect those assets, help ...

Ashlee is an insurance editor, journalist and business professional with an MBA and more than 17 years of hands-on experience in both business and personal finance. She is passionate about empowering ...

When a married parent creates an irrevocable trust for the benefit of his or her children, the married parent, as the creator or settlor of the trust, often provides for his or her spouse to have ...

Life insurance can be a valuable tool to help you control your financial legacy. The death benefit can be used to continue a business, pay estate-tax bills, leave money to heirs or donate to a charity ...