Archive for February, 2008

Published on 26 Feb 2008

Fasano Announces New Mortality Tables for Over – 65 Market

Fasano Associates – www.fasanoassociates.com

Fasano Associates announced their development of new mortality tables for the over-65 life settlement market at the BVZL sponsored Life Settlement Conference held in Frankfurt, Germany on February 20th. Fasano will apply multiple mortality tables that will be a function of the overall mortality rating of the individual being reviewed.

http://www.reuters.com/article/pressRelease/idUS169945+26-Feb-2008+BW20080226

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Published on 06 Feb 2008

Life Settlements Beyond The Hype

Legacy Benefits – www.legacybenefits.com

By Melana Yanos

BusinessWeek hit the newsstands last July 30 with a cover image of the Grim Reaper behind the headline: “Death Bonds: Inside Wall Street’s most macabre investment scheme yet.” In the opening paragraph of the article, author Matthew Goldstein gibes about the gathering of financial bigwigs in new York to talk about Life Settlements: “With all the happy banter, you wouldn’t have known that they were there to learn about new and imaginative ways to profit from people dying.”

http://www.legacybenefits.com/life_settlement_viatical/life_insurance_settlements/news_02_06_08_Life_Settlements_Beyond_the_Hype.htm

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