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Financial Advisor April 2006 Bruce W. Fraser	Cashing In On Cashing Out Despite the potential for abuse, life settlements (selling life insurance policies early) is a growing industry and may be a viable option for insured seniors and advisors alike -- under the right circumstances.
BusinessWeek October 31, 2005 Toddi Gutner	Wanted: Your Life Insurance Investors are keen to offer "life settlements," where they buy your life insurance policy for cash. Seller beware. Before you grab the money from an eager buyer, get some good advice from a financial planner, an estate attorney, or even your doctor.
Financial Planning June 1, 2005 DeFrancesco & Salani	A Hidden Asset How clients can turn life insurance into cold, hard cash while they're still alive.
Financial Planning August 1, 2008 Donald Jay Korn	You Bet Your Life Financial planning clients that no longer want to pay premiums for life insurance traditionally stopping premium payments or surrendered the policy to receive any cash value. Recently, yet another path to liquidity has opened: life settlements.
Investment Advisor June 2008 Bob Clark	Turning the Tables Larry Fondren's latest mission is to provide alternatives to the current life settlement approach for consumers who want or need to liquidate their assets in life insurance policies.
BusinessWeek July 30, 2007 Matthew Goldstein	Even The Insurers Have Hopped On Board Most insurers also realize life settlements aren't going away -- and so they're getting into the game. By sinking money into the sector, insurers can get back at least some of the money they now have to pay out in death benefits.
Financial Advisor December 2008 Mary Rowland	Lasting Legacy? A new loan program could drastically change the life settlement market.
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Registered Rep. December 1, 2006 Janet Arrowood	Life Settlements: Bad Rap, Good Business Regulatory attention to life settlements has intensified as they have taken off in the past few years, and more lawsuits are expected. Despite the bad rap, there are some legitimate and valuable uses of life settlements for advisors and their clients.
Investment Advisor November 2009 Marlene Y. Satter	Insurance Update: Bonds. Death Bonds. Securitizing life insurance is Wall Street's latest idea. But is it really so new?
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Financial Advisor August 2006 Mary Rowland	Unsettled Controversy and critics still shadow the growing life settlement market. Financial advisors should take a look at this segment and determine if -- and how -- they might evaluate it as an option for affluent clients in their retirement years.
Investment Advisor May 2008 Marlene Y. Satter	If A Stranger Calls Older clients may be tempted by stranger-oriented life insurance, but beware, it may not be as good as it sounds.
Registered Rep. May 20, 2014 Alan Lavine	Should You Buy a Critical Care Rider? More than 10 insurers, including American General, Prudential and Nationwide Guardian, have added chronic illness riders to their life insurance policies, according to published reports.
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BusinessWeek July 30, 2007 Matthew Goldstein	Profiting From Mortality Death bonds may be the most macabre investment scheme ever devised by Wall Street. What especially worries regulators are so-called stranger- initiated deals, in which an investor persuades people to take an expensive policy and lends them money for the premium.
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Investment Advisor December 2009 Marlene Y. Satter	Insurance Update: Kiss of Death? Life settlements can be good, but what about once they're securitized?
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Investment Advisor April 2009 James J. Green	B/D Briefing: Calm Before the Storm? A new report found that the average securities class action settlement was halved in 2008, but the authors of Securities Class Action Settlements: 2008 Review and Analysis, caution that the reported decrease doesn't constitute a trend.
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