American Bar Association.

Legal Publisher, November, 2000

The American Bar Association (Chicago, IL) has published An Estate Planner's Guide to Life Insurance, a paperbound book that examines the role of life insurance in estate planning, the types of products available, and the income and tax consequences of each option, including irrevocable life insurance trusts.

Assuming no prior knowledge of life insurance, editorial includes definitions of terms, descriptions of policies and plans, and information on such topics as using life insurance to provide cash, taxation on gifts of policies, cash value and death benefit, consequences of using the transfer tax, tax advantages, and the difference between term and whole life insurance. The book costs $80.