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    March 02, 2016

    Storm Clouds Gather for Life Insurers’ Cost of Insurance Rate Increases

    For more than two decades any insurer increasing its cost of insurance (COI) rates on its universal life policies was likely to be met with policyholder lawsuits and even, occasionally, regulatory resistance. Until the past several years, these challenges generally have not ended well for the insurers.

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    March 02, 2016

    Re-evaluating Your Life Insurance Needs

    Buying life insurance gives you the security of knowing your family could carry on financially if you died. But be careful not to let that peace of mind lull you into a sense of complacency forever. As your financial life changes, so will your insurance needs.

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    March 02, 2016

    Life Settlements Address Wide Range of Consumer Economic Challenges

    Asset Life Settlements, LLC, today released results of an analysis of settlement transactions conducted by the company last year in the secondary market for life insurance.

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    February 24, 2016

    New Investment Capital Flowing Into Life Settlements Asset Class, According to Speakers at LISA’s Institutional Investor Conference

    The need for reliable investment returns in an era of protracted low interest rates and stock market volatility is driving the influx of new capital from institutional investors into life settlements, according to speakers yesterday at the Life Insurance Settlement Association (LISA)’s Sixth Annual Institutional Investor Life Settlement Conference.

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    February 19, 2016

    GWG Life Throws Seniors a Financial Life Saver

    GWG Life, LLC (GWG Life), a leader in the secondary market for life insurance, has released a new infographic that explains how life settlements can be a financial life saver for retirees and seniors. For the estimated 10,000 Americans over the age of 65 retiring each day, a life settlement is a valuable option for retirement planning and wealth management.

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    February 19, 2016

    Life Settlement Disclosure Legislation

    What are an insurer’s duties to insureds about disclosing the possibility of a life settlement? At least three recent cases have addressed an insurer’s duty to inform insureds about the existence and availability of life settlements. Moreover, a handful of states have already enacted legislation requiring insurers to inform insureds about the possibility of a life settlement.

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    February 02, 2016

    Investors & Analysts Agree: Life Settlements Asset Class Destined for Long-Term Growth

    A recent study from Conning, Inc., a leading investment management company for the global insurance industry, found that investors purchased $1.7 billion worth of U.S. life insurance face value in 2014, bringing the total active life settlements market to more than $32 billion.

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    February 01, 2016

    A Short History of Life Settlements

    A life settlement is the sale of an existing life insurance policy to an institutional investor at a price higher than the current cash surrender value, but lower than the face amount of the policy. The investor then takes over all the premium obligations and the original owner is relived of the ongoing financial burden while getting a lump-sum that is a lot more than the insurance company told them it was worth if it was surrendered. If a policy does not have cash surrender value, for example with a term policy, a life settlement is still usually possible because most term policies are convertible into cash value policies and, because of that nuance, they can be monetized as well.

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  • Life Policy Owners
    • Why sell?
    • Do I qualify?
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    • Selecting an Advisor
    • Sales Process
    • Frequently Asked Questions
    • Consumer Stories
    • Educational Resources
    • Consumer News
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      • Authors
  • Consumer Advisors
    • Why Sell?
      • Defining a life settlement
      • Benefits to your clients
      • Key reasons clients may need to sell a policy
    • Candidates
    • Policy Value
    • Helping Clients
      • Determine if a life settlement is the right solution
      • Advisor’s purpose in a life settlement transaction
      • Questions to ask life settlement firms
      • Explore differences between a broker and a provider
    • Benefits to You
    • Sales Process
    • Advisors Frequently Asked Questions
    • Educational Resources
    • Advisor News
    • Advisor Blogs
  • Find a LISA Member
  • LISA Events
    • Upcoming Events
    • Past Events
  • Industry Resources
    • Life Settlement Regulation
    • History of Life Settlements in the US
    • Life Settlement Industry Timeline
    • State Regulation
    • Life Settlement Model Act
    • New York Public Awareness
    • Other Links
  • Become A Member
    • Membership Benefits
    • Apply for Membership
  • About LISA
    • Find a LISA Member
    • Board of Directors
    • By-Laws
    • Code of Ethics
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    • Policy Statement: Fractionalized Interests
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