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Last year was a good year for the life settlement market, according to a new study by Conning Research and Consulting, which predicts that the market should grow over the next two years. “A combination of factors caused strong growth in the United States life settlements market in 2007 and is fueling our expectations for market growth through 2010,” said Scott Hawkins, analyst at Conning Research & Consulting

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Fasano Associates released the Agenda for its 5th Annual Life Settlement Conference, to be held on Wednesday, November 5, 2008 at its headquarters in Washington, D.C.

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Non-correlated assets can generate an attractive yield. The markets have little effect on life settlement yields. One of the key aspects of a life settlement is that the investor earns a payout on the demise of the policyholder. The strength or weakness of the stock market does not impact the life settlement arena.

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The life settlements market picked up steam in 2007 posting the strongest growth since 2005, according to a new study by Conning Research and Consulting, Inc.

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Credit Suisse Life Settlements LLC has obtained approval of its life settlement provider licenses in the jurisdictions of Florida and Puerto Rico, which will enable it to purchase life insurance polices from policy owners who reside in such jurisdictions. In addition to being one of a limited number of providers to have a license in Florida, Credit Suisse Life Settlements is the first and only provider to date to obtain a license in Puerto Rico. As of today, Credit Suisse Life Settlements is able to purchase life insurance policies from policy owners in the following 45jurisdictions: Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Puerto Rico, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, Wisconsin and Wyoming.

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While many can only watch as their investments drop in value during this financial crisis, some seniors and retirees are taking action to free up their money, when they need it most.

87 year old Bernard Sorem has been retired for 15 years.

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Maryland Insurance Commissioner Ralph S. Tyler ordered nine premium finance companies – some of the largest premium finance companies placing business with the Maryland Automobile Insurance Fund – to stop using unlawful methods for calculating interest on agreements to finance insurance policies.

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Surrenda-link Investment Management, Europe’s premier traded life policy investment specialist(1), has received soaring levels of enquiries from institutional investors regarding US Life Settlement investments. The company attributes the accelerated growth in enquiry levels to the credit crunch and the ensuing ‘flight to safety’.

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a national leader in the life settlement marketplace, announced they are nowaccepting small face life insurance policies with a face value of $50,000 andup. “Until now, seniors with smaller policies would have been excluded fromthe benefits of the secondary market,” said Scott Kirby, Co-President ofAdvanced Settlements, Inc. “There is no reason a senior should not be completely aware of all their options, especially when a life settlement maybe the best viable option for them.”

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This concept is fairly simple. As the policy owner, you sell your life insurance policy to an individual or a life-settlement company in exchange for cash. The new owner will keep the policy in force (by paying the premiums) and reap a return on the investment by receiving the death benefit when you die.