Published on 22 Sep 2009
New Jersey Star-Ledger
By: Susan Todd
Many older Americans, who are strapped for cash and as anxious as the rest of us, are selling an unlikely asset: their life insurance policies.
http://www.nj.com/business/index.ssf/2009/09/more_americans_cashing_in_on_l.html
Published on 17 Sep 2009
Nations Underwriter Life & Health
By: Trevor Thomas
The head of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has set up an internal task force to look into the life settlement business.
http://www.lifeandhealthinsurancenews.com/News/2009/9/Pages/SEC-Eyes-Secondary-Market.aspx
Published on 10 Sep 2009
Washington Post
By: Michelle Singletary
Even in the best of times, some investors are always looking for that golden, seemingly risk-free investment that will net them fabulous returns.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wpdyn/content/article/2009/09/09/AR2009090902435.html
Published on 09 Sep 2009
SmartMoney
By: Peter Keating
For some retirees, life?settlements can sound pretty tempting. After all, these increasingly popular transactions let you exchange your life insurance policy for a nice chunk of cold, hard cash.
http://www.smartmoney.com/Personal-Finance/Retirement/Selling-Your-Life-Insurance-The-Trade-offs/
Commentary by Michael Abraham:
This is a balanced article that, in a few lines, gives a basic introduction to our market.
Published on 06 Sep 2009
By: Jenny Anderson, New York Times
Wall Street bankers plan to buy life insurance policies that ill and elderly people sell for cash and package hundreds or thousands of them together into bonds.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/06/business/06insurance.html?emc=eta1
Published on 04 Sep 2009
National Underwriter Life and Health
By: Trevor Thomas
A U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission task force has been talking to a number of people who are active in the life settlement industry.
http://www.lifeandhealthinsurancenews.com/News/2009/11/Pages/SEC-Taps-Settlement-Experts.aspx
Published on 04 Sep 2009
Boston Globe
By: Jill Boynton
When times are tough people often look to the cash value in their life insurance policies as a source of cash. In addition to borrowing the cash value, one strategy that is sometimes recommended is to sell your life insurance policy to a third party. You would get more than the cash value but not as much as the death benefit.
Published on 02 Sep 2009
LA Examiner
By: Guy Baker
Selling your life insurance is a unique way to obtain cash for retirement as a senior. You can benefit from your life insurance policy by selling it for a discounted value, rather than keeping it until death.
