Life Settlements
Life settlement news and analysis, with coverage of the secondary and tertiary markets for in-force life insurance policies.
March 06, 2007
NCOIL Tells NAIC To Slow Down On Life SettlementsLawmakers present at a life settlement meeting organized by the National Conference of Insurance Legislators voted unanimously here to tell insurance regulators to hold off ...
March 04, 2007
NCOIL To Tackle Life SettlementsHaving a 2-year or a 5-year ban on certain settlement transactions is just one of several differences that life insurers, life settlement companies and premium ...
March 04, 2007
NCOIL To Tackle Life SettlementsHaving a 2-year or a 5-year ban on certain settlement transactions is just one of several differences that life insurers, life settlement companies and premium ...
February 12, 2007
Sioux State Lawmakers Tackle Life SettlementsMembers of the North Dakota state Senate have voted 45-0 to pass a life settlement bill based on a draft model now being debated by ...
February 08, 2007
NASD Alerts Seniors About Life SettlementsThe NASD is warning seniors about the perils of viatical or life settlements--selling their life insurance policies for cash. For life insurance policies, there is no "transparent secondary market" making it difficult for seniors to tell if they are being offered a fair price; that plus high transaction costs--commissions of...
January 03, 2007
Firm Finds Many Advisors Still Avoid Life SettlementsFewer than 16% of financial services advisors say they have ever helped clients sell in-force life insurance policies.Researchers at Maple Life Financial Inc., Bethesda, Md., ...
December 31, 2006
2007 Likely To Be Key Year For Life Settlements IndustryIt appears increasingly likely that 2007 will be a key year for the life settlements industry, as those within the industry try to fend off ...
December 31, 2006
2007 Likely To Be Key Year For Life Settlements IndustryIt appears increasingly likely that 2007 will be a key year for the life settlements industry, as those within the industry try to fend off ...
December 03, 2006
Are Life Settlements Securities?A panel discussing the securities regulation of life settlements advised caution for broker-dealers with registered reps who work on these transactions.Panelists offered their views during ...
December 03, 2006
Are Life Settlements Securities?A panel discussing the securities regulation of life settlements advised caution for broker-dealers with registered reps who work on these transactions.Panelists offered their views during ...