Browsing: Life Settlements

The portfolio comprised approximately 70 life insurance policies with an aggregate face value of more than $500m.

ClearLife will be adding to its suite of software and consulting services for longevity-risk market participants, including reverse mortgages and structured settlements.

Consumer belt tightening, media advertising and asset manager fundraising drop all contribute to decline.

Fund managers should begin by asking their underwriters whether and how wealth is factored into the life expectancy estimates.

The Life Insurance Settlement Association ‘s latest Market Member Survey shows licensed life settlement providers delivered a six-times multiple over the cash surrender value to those who sold their policy last year.

The portfolio servicing component can have a significant impact on returns.

For investors, the fundamental value proposition of lifespan-based financial products is simple: they have near-zero correlation to traditional market indices and the often-chaotic impulses of global markets.

The average multiple delivered to American Seniors who sold their policy in the secondary market last year was more than six and a half times the cash surrender value.

In his new role, Polanskyj will chair Obra’s Investment Committee.

March delivered not one, not two, but three notable announcements relating to life insurer credit risk which could have an impact the life settlement market.