Matthew Celenza, an innovative advisor in the posh Golden Triangle of Beverly Hills (think Rodeo Drive), is providing his billionaire clients with bespoke life insurance solutions that function as family banks outside their estates. They allow the ultra-high net worth to spend more now, build legacy and “disinherit the IRS.”

Insurance can be “an incredible active asset class,” the $1 billion RIA tells ThinkAdvisor in an interview.