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Indexed Universal Life Strategy · The 1PM Group

Your CPA files.
Your broker sells.
I design.

I build Indexed Universal Life strategies engineered around your numbers — not a sales quota. Tax-efficient structure that protects what you’ve earned, controls your risk, grows your capital, and is built to pass on.

Most people are sold a policy.
You should be handed a blueprint.

A salesperson leads with the product. A designer starts with you — your income, your tax exposure, your timeline, the people who depend on you — and engineers the structure around it.

That’s the difference. I don’t move product. I design what lasts, and I charge for the design, because the design is the value.

The Framework

The ARCH Method

Four load-bearing decisions hold up every plan I design. Skip one and the structure cracks under pressure. Get all four right and it holds for generations.

A —

Asset Protection

Shield what you’ve built from taxes, lawsuits, and market loss before you ever think about growth.

R —

Risk Control

Lock in floors so a bad year in the market can’t undo a good decade. Participation without the downside.

C —

Capital Growth

Grow cash value tax-efficiently and keep it accessible — capital you can actually use while you’re living.

H —

Heritage Planning

Engineer the hand-off so what you keep becomes what your family inherits — by design, not by default.

Who I Design For

Two rooms. One standard of structure.

01 — High Earners & Owners

You’re earning. You’re not structured.

Business owners, 1099 professionals, and high-W-2 earners who are tired of handing the IRS more than they should and want a real plan for the money they keep — not another pitch.

02 — Closing the Gap

Nobody ever designed for you.

Families and communities who were sold policies but never shown how they actually work. I close the knowledge gap so the next generation starts with structure, not catch-up.

The Person Behind the Blueprint

I spent years teaching people how to think.
Now I design where their money goes.

Before insurance, I built The 1 Percent Mindset — speaking on stages, coaching entrepreneurs, writing, and hosting a daily podcast about the decisions that compound. As an NLP master practitioner, my whole craft was helping people see what was actually driving them.

The Insurance Architect is that same work, pointed at money. Most people don’t have a financial problem — they have a structure problem. I bring the strategy, the product mechanics, and the plain-English clarity to fix it. Your CPA files. Your broker sells. I design.

Founder, The 1PM Group Speaker & Author NLP Master Practitioner Entrepreneur Coach Podcast Host

Let’s design what lasts.

Book a strategy call. We’ll map your income, your exposure, and what you want to protect — then I’ll tell you straight whether there’s a structure worth building.

Drawn By
Michael Ducille
Practice
The Insurance Architect
Firm
The 1PM Group
Method
ARCH
© 2026 Michael Ducille · Design What Lasts

Educational content only. Michael Ducille and The 1 Percent Mindset Group (The 1PM Group) provide strategy and education around financial structure and life insurance. We do not provide tax, legal, or investment advice. Indexed Universal Life results are not guaranteed and vary with market index performance, policy charges, and design. Loan and withdrawal activity may reduce available cash value and the death benefit, and a policy may lapse if not adequately funded. Consult your own licensed tax and legal professionals before acting. Guarantees are based on the claims-paying ability of the issuing insurer.