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Starting a Business: The Crucial Protective Measure Most Entrepreneurs Overlook

More US adults are starting a business than ever before. According to the United States Census Bureau, 2020 saw a record 4.4 million new business applications filed. In 2021, this number jumped to 5.4 million—up 53% from pre-pandemic levels—and in 2022 the trend shows no sign of slowing. The entrepreneurial

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Living Your Best Afterlife: How to Protect Your Family After You’re Gone

With Halloween on the horizon and ghosts and ghouls decorating the streets, we can’t help but think about the afterlife. One day, we’ll all be six feet under and while the zombies in the storefronts might indicate otherwise, we probably won’t be periodically resurrected to check in on everyone—and even

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What Taylor Swift Can Teach You About Getting Your Affairs in Order

Taylor Swift probably wasn’t thinking about estate planning when she wrote, “words, how little they mean when you're a little too late,” and yet the lyric applies to financial affairs just as well as to affairs of the heart. Love letters and letters of intent (alongside all other estate planning

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Queen Elizabeth II Has Died. Here’s What Will Happen to Her Estate

On Thursday, September 8 Queen Elizabeth II passed away peacefully at Balmoral Castle in Scotland at the age of 96. As the UK’s longest-serving monarch, it comes as no surprise that she leaves behind an immense fortune. Just how immense, however, is as complex a question as what will happen

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Risk Mitigation: The Role of an Estate Plan in Keeping You Safe

Ask the average person about the first thing that comes to mind when they think of personal and household risk mitigation and they will probably mention an alarm system, regular visits to the doctor, pepper spray, and a whole laundry list of other things that don’t include estate planning. An

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