Life insurance is an excellent way to plan on providing for your family after your death. Taking that plan to the next level with a life insurance trust is a good way to protect those assets, help ...

Editor's note: This is the first article in a series about financial and/or estate planning issues that we all should know but might be too embarrassed to ask about. First up: life insurance trusts.

Life insurance can be a valuable tool to help you control your financial legacy. The death benefit can be used to continue a business, pay estate-tax bills, leave money to heirs or donate to a charity ...