Articles, tagged with "life settlements", page 2
19th January 2011
The life settlements market is for the most part an unregulated one. This means you enter it at your own risk. Trying to sell a life insurance policy without representation is somewhat akin to trying to do open heart surgery on yourself…without anesthesia...
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Author:
Thomas Ajava
14th January 2011
Life insurance is one of those things you know must be dealt with, but you don’t really want to have the hassle. It is somewhat like doing taxes each year. Given this reluctance to investigate the subject, it is hardly a surprise that most people aren’t a...
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Author:
Thomas Ajava
08th December 2010
The decision to sell a life insurance policy for a lump sum payment is a concept that is becoming more popular by the day. This makes sense since it is difficult to use an illiquid asset like life insurance to pay the bills. This being said, not everyone ...
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Author:
Thomas Ajava
07th December 2010
The concept of the life settlement is something that most people are not all that familiar with and understandably so. You undoubtedly have questions about it, so let’s take a look at some common ones and their answers.
What is a Life Settlement?
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Author:
Thomas Ajava
03rd December 2010
Most people are stunned to learn they can sell their life insurance policy. Is this legal they will ask? Yes, it is. That being said, the bigger issue is finding buyers. There are two distinct groups that usually show interest. The two types of transactio...
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Author:
Barry Milton
03rd December 2010
Life settlements are a little known method for turning life insurance policies into cash, a much needed thing for many people these days. In this article, we take a look at this unique financial transaction.
Let’s assume you’ve owned a universal life i...
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Author:
Thomas Ajava
30th November 2010
Life settlements just might not be your cup of tea. The idea of selling a life insurance policy for a lump sum cash payment today is not for everyone. In this article, we take a look at alternatives to life settlements.
A life insurance policy is a fi...
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Author:
Thomas Ajava
29th November 2010
As with anything, there are upsides and downsides to life settlements. In this article, we take a look at the upsides of life settlements and what they mean to someone considering selling.
A life settlement is simply the decision to sell a life insura...
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Author:
Thomas Ajava
24th November 2010
As we have learned so forcefully these past few years, most financial tools come with upsides and downsides. Life settlements are no different than any other financial tool. In this article, we look at the downside of this transaction.
The settlement o...
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Author:
Thomas Ajava
29th September 2010
Life insurance policies can have many different types of value added aspects. They have the death benefit, the possibility of cash value accumulation, and accelerated benefit and other riders. But there's one more benefit that life insurance policies offe...
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Author:
Todd Jones
08th July 2010
Doing a life settlement will often result in adding a nice chunk of change to your pockets. The life settlement market is expanding due to the number of investors showing interest in buying life insurance policies. They have been buying up other types of ...
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Author:
Veronica Davis
08th July 2010
The number of life settlements being done by seniors continues to grow. New investors are popping up every day searching for life insurance policies to snatch up. That means the market for them is growing and expanding. This has changed the view point of ...
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Author:
Veronica Davis
07th July 2010
The number of life settlements that are being carried out each and every day continues to grow. The world of life insurance policy investing is fueling the fire behind the increased number of people who are opting to sell off policies. This has changed th...
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Author:
Veronica Davis
07th July 2010
There are many seniors out there who are selling life insurance policies while settling life insurance. The market for life insurance policies is growing by heaps and bounds as more and more institutional investors are flooding the market. This has change...
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Author:
Veronica Davis
07th July 2010
Seniors who are in-the-know are trading in old life insurance policies for new ones, while putting money in their pocket at the same time through the use of life settlements. The market for life insurance policies is growing by heaps and bounds as more an...
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Author:
Veronica Davis
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