Tag: Life Insurance

How to Elevate Your Charitable Contributions With Aleksander Dyo (Ep. 12)

How to Elevate Your Charitable Contributions With Aleksander Dyo (Ep. 12)

While many are aware that charitable donations can help reduce your tax bill, strategies for amplifying this technique are not so commonly talked about.  

Join host Ken New as he speaks with Aleksander Dyo, Managing Director of Wealth Excel who focuses on advanced retirement plans and specifically financial charitable giving strategies. Together, they cover the world of charitable gift financing, revealing how high-earning individuals and business owners can amplify their donations, maximize tax savings, and accelerate wealth growth without compromising their financial security. Follow along to learn innovative strategies that Aleksander has used to help clients save over $60 million in taxes and how you can apply these techniques to achieve your philanthropic and financial goals.

Ken and Aleksander discuss: 

  • The core principles and benefits of charitable gift financing
  • How high-net-worth individuals can leverage this strategy for tax savings and amplified giving
  • The role of specialized third-party lending and life insurance in securing and repaying charitable donations
  • Fulfilling philanthropic desires and carrying on a lasting legacy of giving without compromising financial security
  • And more

 

Resources:

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About the Host: 

Ken New brings more than 25 years of financial industry experience and expertise.  Ken began his financial career as a manager at John Hancock in 1991.  Today Ken is the founder & owner of Pinnacle Financial Wealth Management, a private financial firm dedicated to providing holistic financial management and proactive tax strategies to high net-worth individuals, CPA’s, fellow advisors, and attorneys. He has such a unique and wide range of expertise in the financial industry that he is a member of the prestigious Million Dollar Round Table and a past officer of the National Association of Insurance and Financial Planners. As a team based consultant, Ken collaborates with both local and national experts within an exclusive Virtual Family Office model to provide a holistic approach to full financial planning.   Ken’s dedication to full financial planning allows him to provide more value and increases client satisfaction.  Ken is dedicated to discovering options for income and retirement planning with a definitive strategy to reduce taxes. Ken New is the host of the Proactive Tax Strategies Podcast where he showcases many unique tax mitigation strategies and retirement topics.

 

About Our Guest: 

Aleksander is renowned for his proficiency in sophisticated Qualified Plan models and Financed Charitable Gifting methodologies. Boasting a clientele of 400+ business moguls and affluent earners, he has successfully facilitated tax savings of over $60MM.

With an illustrious journey as a serial entrepreneur, a steward at a private equity fund, and an angel investor across finance, tech, and real estate sectors, Aleksander effortlessly fuses his first-hand experience into pragmatic business management and wealth multiplication strategies.

His candid demeanor, unwavering commitment to results, and ability to think beyond the conventional set him apart, paving the way for pioneering wealth generation solutions.

Unraveling the IRA Bailout Plan with Darren Sugiyama (Ep. 8)

Unraveling the IRA Bailout Plan with Darren Sugiyama (Ep. 8)

Are you looking for a strategy that could help you secure your legacy and set future generations up for success?

The IRA bailout plan might be right for you!

In the latest installment of Proactive Tax Strategies, Ken New speaks with Darren Sugiyama, who explains the intricacies of the IRA bailout plan. Darren sheds light on its benefits and how it can be a game-changer for high-net-worth individuals looking to optimize their financial legacy.

Ken and Darren discuss: 

  • The concept of the IRA bailout plan and who can benefit from this strategy
  • The difference between traditional IRAs and Roth IRAs
  • Profit-sharing plans and integrating a life insurance component to mitigate estate taxes 
  • Real-case scenarios that illustrate how the IRA bailout plan works
  • And more

 

Resources:

Connect with Ken New:

    • (321) 454-3623

Connect with Darren Sugiyama:

 

About our Guest: 

Darren Sugiyama is the founder & CEO of Lionsmark Capital. Prior to Lionsmark, Darren founded DaVinci Financial & Insurance Associates, a multi-office life insurance firm responsible for over 25% of Pacific Life’s policy count in Orange County, California in 2017, and 39% of Penn Mutual’s life insurance policy sales in the county in 2019.

The Power of Premium Financing With Darren Sugiyama (Ep. 7)

The Power of Premium Financing With Darren Sugiyama (Ep. 7)

Many affluent professionals and business owners need to catch up to the traditional wealth threshold for certain strategic tools. 

One such tool, premium-financed life insurance, remains underutilized and often misunderstood.

In this episode, Ken New speaks with the Founder of Lionsmark Capital Darren Sugiyama. Together, they delve into the intricacies of premium-financed life insurance and its role in retirement and estate planning. By drawing parallels with familiar concepts like mortgages, Darren breaks down how high-income earners can leverage life insurance to their advantage, even if they don’t meet the conventional wealth benchmarks. The discussion provides clarity on the benefits of the death benefit, the tax efficiencies to be gained, and the strategic incorporation of life insurance into one’s retirement plan so you can optimize your financial strategies using premium financing.

Darren Sugiyama discusses: 

  • Premium financing and its role in tax strategies
  • The significance of the death benefit in financial planning
  • Traditional IRAs, Roth IRAs, and cash-value life insurance policies
  • Working with CPAs
  • And more

 

Resources:

Connect with Ken New:

    • (321) 454-3623

Connect with Darren Sugiyama:

 

About our Guest: 

Darren Sugiyama is the founder of several businesses starting with his employee benefits firm, Apex, which he started in 2003. 

In 2010, Darren and his wife Emilia launched Pacific Bay Insurance Group, garnering the Colonial Life Agency Of The Year Award in their second year. Expanding his business portfolio, he founded DaVinci, which played a substantial role in selling life insurance policies in Orange County.

In 2016, Darren established Lionsmark Capital, emerging as a prominent premium financing intermediary firm in the life insurance industry. Lionsmark offers distinctive lending options and proprietary 8-figure life insurance solutions to affluent clients across the nation.

Recognized as an 11-time internationally acclaimed author, motivational speaker, business coach, and mentor, Darren shares his unconventional business-building methods through live and virtual events and private coaching sessions.