Life Settlement and Viatical Settlement News

Recent Ratings by Standard & Poor’s and the Scope Group Testament to Market Leader
BETHESDA, Md., Sept. 12, 2005 — Maple Life Financial has earned Standard & Poor’s (S&P) highest rating (STRONG) as a Consumer Finance Servicer of life settlements and has earned the highest rating in the U.S. life settlement industry for a life settlement […]

According to A.M. Best Data, some analysts are projecting that the potential life settlement market could exceed $100 billion and the value of life insurance covering seniors is expected to reach $492 billion as the population ages. Not always an option exclusively for retirees, the life settlement industry started in the wake of the […]

Senior Life Insurance Settlement : Selling a life insurance policy including Senior Life Insurance.
A Life Insurance Settlement occurs when the insurance policy holder sells his existing policy back to a provider or company in exchange for a lump sum payment. The amount paid to the policyholder is a discounted value of the policy’s face value […]

MIAMI, Fla. - Investors who claim they were defrauded in the purchase of life-insurance policies from the now defunct Mutual Benefits Corp. have reached a $10 million settlement with the firm’s lawyer.
The deal with Fort Lauderdale-based Brinkley, McNerney, Morgan, Solomon & Tatum would mark the first major settlement between more than 29,000 Mutual Benefits investors […]

Life Settlements have quickly become the #1 financial tool used to reduce or eliminate expensive life insurance premiums for senior citizens. The most prevalent benefit of Life Settlements to senior policy owners is the new money created above cash surrender value. The additional funds can be used in numerous ways to improve a senior’s financial […]