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Key Person Insurance | Miami, Florida<\/p>

Protect Your Business If a Key Person Is Lost<\/h1>

Key person life insurance helps Florida businesses plan for the financial impact of losing an owner, partner or essential employee. Start with a coverage review from NR CPAs & Business Advisors.<\/p>

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By Nischay Rawal \u00b7 Published October 21, 2026<\/p>\n\n

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Key person insurance<\/a> for professional practice answers one question: what happens to the firm if a partner dies? The policy pays a death benefit to the business, not to the partner’s family. The business then decides how to use the money to keep operations steady.<\/p>\n

This guide explains how the coverage works, who can be insured, term versus whole life, and the tax questions to ask. It also explains how a coverage review with NR CPAs & Business Advisors, a Miami CPA firm, works. Insurance is offered through Nischay Rawal, a licensed insurance agent, separately from the accounting practice.<\/p>\n

What key person life insurance is and who it fits<\/h2>\n

Key person life insurance is a policy a business owns on the life of someone whose death would hurt the business. The Insurance Information Institute<\/a> describes key person coverage as a way to compensate a business for financial losses caused by the death of a key employee.<\/p>\n

In a professional practice, the risk often sits with a few people. Clients may follow one partner. That partner may hold the main referral relationships or a niche skill. If that person is gone, revenue can drop fast, while rent, payroll and loan payments keep coming due.<\/p>\n

This coverage usually fits partnerships and closely held practices where one or two owners produce a large share of income. That includes CPA, law, medical, dental and architecture firms. It also fits a firm where a partner’s death would strain bank credit lines.<\/p>\n

Key person coverage is not a replacement for a partner’s personal life insurance. The policy belongs to the business and pays the business. A partner’s family may still need its own coverage.<\/p>\n\n

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Not sure what your next step is?<\/h3>

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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What the policy pays for and what it covers<\/h2>\n

The policy pays a death benefit to the business, which is named as beneficiary. The business decides how to use the money under its own agreements and needs.<\/p>\n

Common uses include:<\/p>\n