{"id":13494,"date":"2024-01-15T11:37:54","date_gmt":"2024-01-15T10:37:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pibgroupiberia.com\/?p=32720"},"modified":"2025-05-22T10:30:49","modified_gmt":"2025-05-22T08:30:49","slug":"shareholder-life-insurance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pibgroupiberia.com\/en\/blog\/seguro-vida-socios-accionistas\/","title":{"rendered":"Life insurance for members and shareholders"},"content":{"rendered":"

Do you know what a life insurance for members and shareholders<\/a>? In this post we explain what this type of policy is, which is not very well known, but which is nevertheless very useful when it comes to guaranteeing the continuity of a business in the face of such difficult situations as death<\/strong> of one of its main members.<\/p>\n

Spain's economy is largely sustained by the small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs)<\/strong>. Many of these are even micro-enterprises (with less than ten employees) that are made up of several partners, two or more people who have started the business and who are the sole \u201cshareholders\u201d. There is also a very significant volume between 10-49 employees and between 50-249.<\/p>\n

In this type of company the death of one of the partners can create a major setback<\/strong>, The business is not only emotional, but also in the operation and future of the business.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

In addition to the loss of human capital (experience, work, knowledge...), there is also the possibility that the heirs to these shares may not have the necessary knowledge, the same philosophy or be willing to take over the business.<\/p>\n

Such a situation is very common and in order to offer a favourable solution for all parties, life insurance for partners was created, which is very widespread in the United States and is becoming increasingly important in Europe and in our country.
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What is members' life insurance?<\/h2>\n

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Members' life insurance is a policy that is set up for the value of the shares of each of the members, who will get the shares of the deceased in exchange for the heirs receiving the insurance indemnity.<\/p>\n

Because what happens when one of the shareholders dies? In the case of limited or public limited companies, the articles of association must be followed, which may provide for the remaining shareholders to acquire the shares of the deceased on a preferential basis. In any case, unless otherwise specified, it is the heirs who receive the shares of the deceased.<\/p>\n

What does this mean? It means that the situation can be complicated by the entry of new partners. This is not always the case, as the legal heirs may be ready and willing to take on the challenge of their shareholding. But if the opposite happens, the continuity of the company is put at risk.<\/p>\n

Shareholder insurance to keep the company afloat<\/h2>\n

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To try to minimise the effects on the company of the death of a shareholder, a life insurance policy can be taken out for shareholders, which is extended to all shareholders. It is important that all shareholders are in agreement and that a prior agreement is reached. If they are convinced that it is the best life insurance solution<\/a>, is set out<\/p>\n

a policy that will allow the partners to buy out the share of the company owned by the deceased.<\/strong> to the heirs, who receive an insurance indemnity.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

In this way, the partners can lose the fear of having to pay a large sum in the event of an unforeseen death, and the heirs who are not interested in participating in the company can obtain a fair remuneration for the shares they were entitled to.<\/p>\n

Like any other life insurance<\/a>, In the case of the death of a shareholder, the shareholders will pay a periodic amount of money, the premium. In the event of the death of one of them, the beneficiaries of the compensation should be the heirs of those shares (children, spouse or whoever corresponds). This compensation will mean that the remaining owners will assume control of the shares, avoiding all the complications that can arise from the entry of new partners into a business. On the other hand, the heirs will also benefit, as they will receive the money that would correspond to their shares.<\/p>\n

If you own a small business together with other partners, it is important that you are aware of this option and that you receive professional advice in case the other shareholders are also interested. From PIB Group Iberia<\/strong><\/a>, We can help you with these types of questions and offer you the different policy options that exist in life insurance for members. Contact us without obligation and find out about all our business solutions<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Life insurance can be the solution that allows the continuity of a company in crisis due to the death of an important member of staff.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":13495,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"yasr_overall_rating":0,"yasr_post_is_review":"","yasr_auto_insert_disabled":"","yasr_review_type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[175],"class_list":["post-13494","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-empresas","tag-vida-empresas"],"yasr_visitor_votes":{"stars_attributes":{"read_only":false,"span_bottom":false},"number_of_votes":0,"sum_votes":0},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pibgroupiberia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13494","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pibgroupiberia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pibgroupiberia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pibgroupiberia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pibgroupiberia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13494"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pibgroupiberia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13494\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pibgroupiberia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13495"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pibgroupiberia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13494"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pibgroupiberia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13494"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pibgroupiberia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13494"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}