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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.   |
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? |
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 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
January 2010
Marlene Y. Satter |
Insurance Update: Dead to Rights If clients want to get a settlement for their life insurance policies, or invest in securitization of life insurance settlements, what should advisors tell them? |
Investment Advisor
December 2009
Marlene Y. Satter |
On the Other Hand Doug Head, executive director of the Life Insurance Settlement Association (LISA), flatly denies that STOLI is a problem. |
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. |
The Motley Fool
December 21, 2006
Dan Caplinger |
Should You Take a Viatical Settlement? Although finances may be a difficult subject to handle during a personal health crisis, taking a viatical settlement may make a big difference in the quality of care that one gets and can take at least one worry away from family members. |
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. |
Investment Advisor
February 1, 2011
Marlene Y. Satter |
Beating the Odds The life settlement industry can bring both danger and opportunity. |
Registered Rep.
December 19, 2011
Alan Lavine |
Reps Face Insurance Challenges in 2012 Financial advisors are increasingly concerned about the financial strength of the insurance companies whose products they sell. |
On Wall Street
October 1, 2010
Bill Carlino |
Life Settlements Stage A Comeback With roughly $1.5 trillion of in-force life insurance either lapsing or surrendered on an annual basis, life settlements are slowly inching their way back onto the investment landscape. |
Investment Advisor
October 2006
Savita Iyer |
Seeking Liquidity Is the life settlement business ready to take off? It depends on whether consumers are willing to accept the fact that life insurance policies can be used for purposes other than what they were originally purchased for. |
The Motley Fool
April 27, 2006 |
Viaticals as Investments Viatical settlements involve a terminally ill person selling his or her life insurance policy to someone else. It's true that these settlements can provide a service for sick people, but they're not necessarily win-win. |
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
July 2009
Tere D'Amato |
Expert's Corner: When A Sure Thing Goes Bust It's time to get educated about Stranger Owned Life Insurance. |
Financial Planning
March 1, 2012
Donald Jay Korn |
Settling Down A financial planner may find it difficult today to help a client sell a life insurance policy at an appealing price. Nevertheless, some policies are being sold, so planners might want to consider exploring the possibility with clients who are likely candidates. |
The Motley Fool
February 21, 2007
Mary Dalrymple |
Life Settlements Laid Out Understand this new marketplace before considering selling your life insurance. |
Investment Advisor
January 2010
Marlene Y. Satter |
Too Good to Be True Advisors should be wary if clients say they have been approached to purchase life insurance for eventual resale to investors. |
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. |
The Motley Fool
September 11, 2009
Dan Caplinger |
This New Product Could Save Wall Street Financial institutions move to securitize life insurance. In this case, what's good for securities underwriters may be bad for life insurance companies. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
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
May 2010
Melanie Waddell |
Settlements On Rise The total value and number of securities class action settlements increased in 2009 to $3.8 billion. |
The Motley Fool
August 16, 2004 |
Viaticals as Investments Learn more before investing in viatical settlements (when a terminally ill person sells his/her life insurance policy to someone else.) They do have drawbacks. |
