Four senators have introduced the “Worker, Retiree and Employee Recovery Act of 2008″ aimed at helping individuals and employers deal with falling retirement balances. This bill would give retirement plan owners 70 1/2 or older more time to take distributions, eliminating the minimum requirement for retirees to sell assets while the market is down. The »
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When my partners and I first created the Life Settlement Network, and were becoming increasingly involved in the Life Settlement industry, our friends and family had never heard of life settlements. For the most part, they learned about this new financial tool from us. Initially – most had responses something along the lines of “Sounds [...]
What is my policy worth?
Usually the first question seniors ask after hearing that their life insurance policy may be worth much more than the cash surrender value is “How much is my policy worth?” The calculation is simple enough: Determine the insured’s life expectancy and multiply that by the annual premiums to estimate the expected cost of maintaining the [...]
If my policy is worth so much – why should I sell in a life settlement?
A question that comes up frequently in presentations and in discussions with policyholders and beneficiaries: If an investor is willing to buy my policy for $X amount and expect to make a profit – why shouldn’t the family just keep the policy?