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- Life Settlements Industry Next on the Chopping Block
- If you thought you could escape the global financial crisis by crossing to the great beyond, think again. The $6.4 billion life-settlement industry -â€" where firms purchase life insurance policies for a lump sum and then collect when the policyholder dies -- has been thrown into turmoil over the past...
- Blog posts 2009-06-11
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- A.M. Best Releases Revised Rating Methodology on Life Settlement Securitization
- OLDWICK, N.J. -- A.M. Best Co. has released its revised rating methodology on life settlements, "Life Settlement Securitization," which describes the criteria for rating securities backed by life settlements. A life settlement is an insurance policy sold by the owner--typically the insured or a trust--for an amount greater than the...
- Research articles 2008-03-24
- A.M. Best's Rating Methodology: Life Settlement Securitization
- OLDWICK, N.J. -- A.M. Best Co. has released its methodology on life settlements, Life Settlement Securitization, which describes the criteria for rating securities backed by life settlements. In January 2004, A.M. Best issued its first rating an indicative debt rating on securities issued in a bankruptcy-remote vehicle the issuer and...
- Research articles 2004-10-19
- A.M. Best Presents at VLSAA Life Settlement Conference
- OLDWICK, N.J. -- Emmanuel Modu, head of Structured Finance at A.M. Best Co., will be speaking about life settlement securitization at a conference sponsored by the Viatical and Life Settlement Association of America VLSAA on November 10, 2005. The conference is held November 9-11 in New York, NY.
- Research articles 2005-11-02
- Association Lauds FASB Decision on Valuation of Life Settlement Contracts
- The Life Insurance Settlement Association LISA today praised the Financial Accounting Standards Board's FASB amended position on the valuation of Life Settlement Contracts.
- Research articles 2006-04-04
- A.M. Best's Revised Rating Methodology: Life Settlement Securitization
- OLDWICK, N.J. -- A.M. Best Co. has released its revised rating methodology on life settlements, Life Settlement Securitization, which describes the criteria for rating securities backed by life settlements.
- Research articles 2005-09-01
- Life Partners Holdings, Inc. Announces Limited Partnership to Invest up to $50 Million in Life Settlement Contracts
- WACO, Texas -- Life Partners Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq:LPHI) announced a limited partnership arrangement with an investment fund managed by a well-known U.S. based global investment and asset management firm to purchase life settlement contracts.
- Research articles 2006-01-04
- Coventry First Makes Life Settlement Forms Available Online Through iPipeline Network; Latest Innovation from Secondary Market Leader Creates New Efficiencies for BGAs
- FORT WASHINGTON, Pa. -- Coventry First, a pioneer of the secondary market for life insurance, today announced that it is the first secondary market provider to make life settlement transaction forms available through the life insurance industry's leading online clearinghouse, iPipeline. The move, expected to significantly increase product accessibility and...
- Research articles 2005-11-18
- A.M. Best to Host May 8 Webinar on Life Settlement Methodology, Legal Issues
- OLDWICK, N.J. -- A.M. Best's head of structured finance ratings will lead an online discussion on "Issues in Life Settlement Securitization" on Thursday, May 8 at 10 a.m. EDT. Emmanuel Modu, Managing Director & Global Head of Structured Finance for the A.M. Best Company will lead the panel presentation and...
- Research articles 2008-04-10
- Life Settlement Industry Sends $35,000 to Katrina Relief
- The Viatical & Life Settlement Association of America VLSAA announced today that it and its members have made a thirty-five thousand five hundred and seventy dollar ($35,570) contribution to the American Red Cross Hurricane Relief Fund for the benefit of the victims of Katrina. Members of the VLSAA have...
- Research articles 2005-09-16
- New Jersey Policyholders Review John Hancock Mutual Life Settlement.(Originated from The Star-Ledger, Newark, N.J.)
- Aug. 12--Tens of thousands of New Jersey residents who bought life insurance from the John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Co. must decide whether to participate in a settlement the company has reached over allegations it used misleading sales pract Aug. 12--Tens of thousands...
- Research articles 1997-08-12
- Sun Life Settlement Appealed In Ontario.
- A Toronto attorney is looking to have Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada's $65 million vanishing premium class action settlement set aside in Ontario. A Toronto attorney is looking to have Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada's $65 million vanishing premium class action settlement set ...
- Research articles 1998-08-24
- CPAs and Life Settlements: Due Care, Competence, and Objectivity
- In just over five years, the life settlement marketplace has grown from an out-of-the-mainstream cottage industry into its own industry. Life settlements are now embraced by many wealth-management and estate-planning professionals. CPAs licensed to conduct life settlement transactions for high-net-worth seniors seeking an exit strategy from unwanted policies will find...
- Research articles 2004-09-01
- Former Deutsche Bank AVP Joins The Lifeline Program; Christoph Schulze Named Comptroller of Life Settlement Company
- Business Editors FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.--BUSINESS WIRE--May 3, 2004 Christoph Schulze today joined the Lifeline ProgramR, a life insurance policy settlement company, as comptroller and head of European development. He was most recently an assistant vice president with Deutsche Bank in New York. Life settlements enable individuals, typically seniors...
- Research articles 2004-05-03
- Executive Life settlement to go before US federal judge January 20
- LOS ANGELES AFP ? Defendants in the fraudulent takeover of US insurer Executive Life by French bank Credit Lyonnais who have signed a plea bargain with prosecutors will go before a federal judge for acceptance of the settlement January 20, the US attorney for Los Angeles said. "There is...
- Research articles 2004-01-08
- 600-million-dollar Executive Life settlement blocked by French: lawyer
- LOS ANGELES AFP — A proposed 600-million-dollar deal to settle a fraud case over the 1991 French purchase of California insurer Executive Life was being blocked by the French government, lawyers said. The deal was brokered Tuesday and had been due to be approved by US District Judge Howard...
- Research articles 2005-02-16
- Life, death & profits: a Miami Beach company is putting a new, this time positive, spin on the life insurance viatical business
- The dirty secret about the life insurance business is that it has more to do with death than with living, since the return on investment comes after a policyholder passes away. But one Miami Beach company is hoping enough longtime policyholders will want a payout sooner. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] ...
- Research articles 2004-11-01
- France seeks final Executive Life settlement after talks collapse
- PARIS AFP ? The French government hopes a definitive agreement can be found over the contested takeover of a California insurer Executive Life by Credit Lyonnais after talks with US prosecutors fell through, French Finance Minister Francis Mer said. "Despite all the efforts that have been made over past...
- Research articles 2003-12-02
- No deal but 'some progress' in Executive Life settlement talks: sources
- LOS ANGELES AFP ? French and US officials made progress but failed to strike a deal during secret talks aimed at settling a civil lawsuit over the allegedly fraudulent purchase of insurer Executive Life by a French bank, sources said. The talks were aimed at averting a messy civil...
- Research articles 2004-08-12
- A.M. Best: Additional Seats Available for May 8 Webinar - Issues in Life Settlement Securitization
- OLDWICK, N.J. -- Additional spots are now available for a webinar set for Thursday, May 8, co-presented by A.M. Best's global head of structured finance and an attorney active in the field of life settlements. Nearly 300 people have registered in advance for the webinar, which runs from 10 a.m....
- Research articles 2008-05-05
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