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The Motley Fool May 18, 2011 Dan Caplinger	This Investment Will Absolutely Kill You Big banks have their latest new product, and you're going to love it. As morbid as it sounds, there are some insurance companies that have set a precedent for investing in death
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The Motley Fool February 21, 2007 Mary Dalrymple	Life Settlements Laid Out Understand this new marketplace before considering selling your life insurance.
BusinessWeek July 30, 2007 Matthew Goldstein	Even The Insurers Have Hopped On Board Most insurers also realize life settlements aren't going away -- and so they're getting into the game. By sinking money into the sector, insurers can get back at least some of the money they now have to pay out in death benefits.
Financial Advisor April 2006 Bruce W. Fraser	Cashing In On Cashing Out Despite the potential for abuse, life settlements (selling life insurance policies early) is a growing industry and may be a viable option for insured seniors and advisors alike -- under the right circumstances.
Financial Planning August 1, 2008 Donald Jay Korn	You Bet Your Life Financial planning clients that no longer want to pay premiums for life insurance traditionally stopping premium payments or surrendered the policy to receive any cash value. Recently, yet another path to liquidity has opened: life settlements.
The Motley Fool August 31, 2007 Dan Caplinger	Keep Life Insurance Simple Why make a useful tool more complicated than it needs to be? Life insurance is a helpful tool to have.
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BusinessWeek October 31, 2005 Toddi Gutner	Wanted: Your Life Insurance Investors are keen to offer "life settlements," where they buy your life insurance policy for cash. Seller beware. Before you grab the money from an eager buyer, get some good advice from a financial planner, an estate attorney, or even your doctor.
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BusinessWeek July 30, 2007 Matthew Goldstein	Profiting From Mortality Death bonds may be the most macabre investment scheme ever devised by Wall Street. What especially worries regulators are so-called stranger- initiated deals, in which an investor persuades people to take an expensive policy and lends them money for the premium.
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BusinessWeek April 23, 2007 Anne Tergesen	The High Price Of Free Insurance Deals that fund, then buy out, big life policies may shortchange seniors.
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Investment Advisor June 2008 Bob Clark	Turning the Tables Larry Fondren's latest mission is to provide alternatives to the current life settlement approach for consumers who want or need to liquidate their assets in life insurance policies.
Investment Advisor February 1, 2011 Marlene Y. Satter	Beating the Odds The life settlement industry can bring both danger and opportunity.
The Motley Fool September 11, 2007 Matt Koppenheffer	Goldman Digs In Its Heels Just when you might expect major financial institutions to get quiet, Goldman Sachs is doing just the opposite. The company is maneuvering itself to parlay today's troubles into tomorrow's opportunities; investors take note.
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Financial Advisor August 2006 Mary Rowland	Unsettled Controversy and critics still shadow the growing life settlement market. Financial advisors should take a look at this segment and determine if -- and how -- they might evaluate it as an option for affluent clients in their retirement years.
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Registered Rep. September 17, 2008 John Churchill	Morgan Stanley Earnings Up, Stock Down; Wealth Management Unit Raking In Assets And Advisors Morgan Stanley, perhaps in an effort to quell investor fears that it was on similarly shaky ground as Lehman Brothers, pre-announced its third-quarter earnings yesterday, surprising analysts with census beating results.
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