Estate

Effective estate management enables you to manage your affairs during your lifetime and control the distribution of your wealth after death. An effective estate strategy can spell out your healthcare wishes and ensure that they're carried out – even if you are unable to communicate. It can even designate someone to manage your financial affairs should you be unable to do so.

Have A Question About This Topic?

Thank you! Oops!
Estate Management 101

Estate Management 101

A will may be only one of the documents you need—and one factor to consider—when it comes to managing your estate.

Grantor Retained Annuity Trusts (GRATs)

Grantor Retained Annuity Trusts (GRATs)

Explaining Grantor Retained Annuity Trusts (GRATs) and their benefit to estate strategy.

Safeguard Your Digital Estate

Safeguard Your Digital Estate

If you died, what would happen to your email archives, social profiles and online accounts?

Planning Your Legacy & Your Family’s Financial Future

Leave a legacy and plan for your family's financial future. Arrange your affairs and find ways to pass on your wealth.

Smart Habits to Protect Generational Wealth

Learn how to preserve and encourage family wealth with these simple, effective financial habits.

Four Reasons Millennials Need an Estate Strategy

Estate strategies for millennials may sound like less of a concern than retirement, but young adults should prepare now.

What is the Value of Your Business?

Ascertaining the value of your business is important for a variety of reasons.

6 Habits to Help Preserve and Encourage Generational Wealth

Six essential financial habits to protect wealth and create a legacy that lasts for generations.

Estate Strategies to Grow Wealth for Generations

Discover the strategies you can use to protect your estate, reduce risk, and help grow your wealth for future generations.

View all articles

Comparing Mortgage Terms

Compare different mortgage term lengths side by side to find the option that fits your budget.

View all calculators

Estate Management 101

A will may be only one of the documents you need—and one factor to consider—when it comes to managing your estate.

When Do You Need a Will?

When do you need a will? The answer is easy: Right Now.

Safeguard Your Digital Estate

If you died, what would happen to your email archives, social profiles and online accounts?

Charitable Giving: Smart from the Heart

Do you have causes that you want to support with donations?

When Special Care Is Needed: The Special Needs Trust

A special needs trust helps care for a special needs child when you’re gone.

Exit Strategies of the Rich and Famous

Estate conservation is too important to put off. Do you have a smart exit strategy?

View all videos