One of the best legal ways to protect assets (money) is to place it into an Irrevocable Funeral Trust – which can be used to pay for many types of final expenses your loved ones may incur. If no money is set aside, your loved ones are left with a hefty expense. Setting money aside in a bank account or specifying a life insurance policy for your final expenses might not work out like you think. Will that life insurance or bank account still be there, or will it be eaten up by large medical or long-term care expenses?
Once you have this money set aside for your final expenses, your mind will be at ease because you will know this cost is not going to be passed on to your loved ones. Helping people get this right is something Alliance America’s planning professionals have been doing for 18 years.
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