In a cross-purchase buy-sell agreement funded with life insurance, the policies are owned by:
Explanation
In a cross-purchase arrangement, each business owner buys and owns a life insurance policy on each of the other owners, so that when one dies, the survivors receive proceeds to buy the deceased's share directly from the estate. The business entity does not own the policies (that is an entity or stock-redemption plan), a bank is not involved, and the deceased's estate does not own them. The distinction between cross-purchase and entity plans centers on who owns the policies.
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