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Key Person Insurance for an Employee in India<\/h1>

NR CPAs & Business Advisors helps U.S. business owners review key person coverage on an employee based in India, with a CPA's view of tax and cash flow. Insurance is offered by Nischay Rawal, a licensed insurance agent.<\/p>

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By Nischay Rawal \u00b7 Published November 4, 2026<\/p>\n\n

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Key person insurance<\/a> on an employee living in India is a life policy your U.S. business can own on that person. The company may have an insurable interest in a key employee, but only if the employee gives written consent before the insurance is purchased. Three questions decide whether the arrangement works: who owns and pays for the policy, whether consent is documented, and which policy terms apply to an insured living abroad.<\/p>\n

NR CPAs & Business Advisors is a Miami CPA firm. We help business owners, professionals and families across the United States, including Indian-American households and business owners, look at life insurance with a view of tax and cash flow. Insurance is offered by Nischay Rawal, a licensed insurance agent, separately from the firm’s accounting practice.<\/p>\n

What key person insurance is and when it applies to an employee in India<\/h2>\n

Key person insurance is a life policy a business buys on someone whose death or disability would cost the company money. The Insurance Information Institute’s key employee guide<\/a> describes it as coverage that compensates a business for losses caused by a key employee’s death or disability. In a typical arrangement, the business buys the policy, pays the premium and is named as beneficiary.<\/p>\n

Key people are often a founder, a technical lead, a sales head or a senior manager. Some of them work for a U.S. company from India. That location changes the paperwork. Underwriting, medical steps, premium payment methods and claim forms can all differ for an insured who lives outside the United States.<\/p>\n

Whole life and term policies can both fit this use. The right structure follows a written business need, such as the cost of replacing that person’s role. A policy with no clear business reason is hard to justify in the company’s records.<\/p>\n\n

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If a key employee in India is central to your company's plans, our team can walk through ownership, consent and policy terms with you in a coverage review. Talk it through with our team — we can walk you through how a situation like yours is usually handled and what your options are.<\/p>

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Who owns, pays for and receives the policy<\/h2>\n

In a key person policy, the company is usually the owner, the premium payer and the beneficiary. The employee is the insured. These roles should match across the application, the issued policy and the company’s books.<\/p>\n

The employee’s family does not automatically receive the death benefit under a company-owned policy. The named beneficiary receives it under the policy’s terms. Review these three roles before the application is filed, and keep a signed record of the decision in the company’s files.<\/p>\n

Insurable interest and written consent for an employee in India<\/h2>\n

A business needs an insurable interest in the employee when the policy is made, and the employee’s written consent on or before that time, before it can own a policy on that person’s life. The interest need not continue after coverage begins. Insurable interest means the business would take a real financial loss if the employee died or became disabled.<\/p>\n

The same statute bars the company from retaliating against a key employee or key person who refuses consent. It also says the insurable interest need not exist after coverage starts.<\/p>\n

Federal rules for employer-owned policies also look for written consent. Under IRC \u00a7 101(j)<\/a>, the exceptions apply only when the notice and consent requirements of paragraph (4) are met. Whether Florida’s statute reaches an insured in India depends on the policy’s facts and where it is issued.<\/p>\n

A simple consent form should include:<\/p>\n