Article: Family firm owners gain awareness of est. planning. (estate planning survey)

Family business owners are becoming aware of the need to do more formal estate and succession planning, according to the results of Massachusetts Mutual's second annual survey of family business owners.

In the survey of 1,002 family business owners from across the country, 53 percent of owners said they had completed a written estate plan and 28 percent said they had a written succession plan.

These results were described as surprisingly high percentages by members of Mass Mutual's family business advisory board. The 28 percent of owners with a written succession plan represents an increase over the 1993 survey, when 21 percent of owners said they had a ...

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