Life Settlement Expert http://lifesettlementexpert.com life settlement Mon, 08 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 Feature: Regulator group moves to reign in secondary market for annuities http://lifesettlementexpert.com/feature-regulator-group-moves-to-reign-in-secondary-market-for-annuities/ http://lifesettlementexpert.com/feature-regulator-group-moves-to-reign-in-secondary-market-for-annuities/#comments Mon, 08 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0000 Life Settlement Expert http://lifesettlementexpert.com/feature-regulator-group-moves-to-reign-in-secondary-market-for-annuities/ Life insurers and life settlement professionals are clashing over a model state regulation that would let deferred annuity carriers terminate a living or death benefit if the annuity is sold in the secondary market.

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]]> http://lifesettlementexpert.com/quiz-question-do-conversion-options-make-for-a-better-deal/feed/ 0 Carlisle Management Leads European Life Settlement Trade Mission Call for Transparency and Unifying… http://lifesettlementexpert.com/carlisle-management-leads-european-life-settlement-trade-mission-call-for-transparency-and-unifying/ http://lifesettlementexpert.com/carlisle-management-leads-european-life-settlement-trade-mission-call-for-transparency-and-unifying/#comments Thu, 04 Mar 2010 20:25:00 +0000 http://lifesettlementexpert.com/carlisle-management-leads-european-life-settlement-trade-mission-call-for-transparency-and-unifying/

LUXEMBOURG–(Marketwire – March 4, 2010) –  Carlisle Management Company, a leading alternative investment and advisory firm and manager of the Luxembourg Long Term Growth Life Settlement Fund, today announced its support for additional industry transparency. Carlisle concluded a successful four-day, three country trade mission focused on bridging information between European investors and representatives from the United States Life Settlement community. The trade mission was led by the European Life Settlement Association (ELSA) and by The Life Insurance Settlement Association (LISA) and provided the first international effort to capitalize on interest within the secondary market.

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]]> http://lifesettlementexpert.com/carlisle-management-leads-european-life-settlement-trade-mission-call-for-transparency-and-unifying/feed/ 0 Carlisle Management Joins European Life Settlement Trade Mission Call for Unifying Industry… http://lifesettlementexpert.com/carlisle-management-joins-european-life-settlement-trade-mission-call-for-unifying-industry/ http://lifesettlementexpert.com/carlisle-management-joins-european-life-settlement-trade-mission-call-for-unifying-industry/#comments Thu, 04 Mar 2010 14:37:00 +0000 http://lifesettlementexpert.com/carlisle-management-joins-european-life-settlement-trade-mission-call-for-unifying-industry/

LUXEMBOURG–(Marketwire – March 4, 2010) – Carlisle Management Company, a leading alternative investment and advisory firm and manager of the Luxembourg Long Term Growth Life Settlement Fund, today announced its support for additional industry transparency. Carlisle concluded a successful four-day, three country trade mission focused on bridging information between European investors and representatives from the United States Life Settlement community. The trade mission was led by the European Life Settlement Association (ELSA) and by The Life Insurance Settlement Association (LISA) and provided the first international effort to capitalize on interest within the secondary market.

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]]> http://lifesettlementexpert.com/carlisle-management-joins-european-life-settlement-trade-mission-call-for-unifying-industry/feed/ 0 Settlement Groups End Euro Mission http://lifesettlementexpert.com/settlement-groups-end-euro-mission/ http://lifesettlementexpert.com/settlement-groups-end-euro-mission/#comments Wed, 03 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0000 Life Settlement Expert http://lifesettlementexpert.com/settlement-groups-end-euro-mission/ The Life Insurance Settlement Association and the European Life Settlement Association have wrapped up their first International Life Settlement Trade Mission, an effort to spur international interest in the secondary life insurance market.

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OCEANSIDE, CA–(Marketwire – March 2, 2010) – The Amrita Life Settlement Index results were
announced today revealing a 73 point drop in February from January 2010
levels. The weaker than expected demand for life insurance policies on the
secondary market resulted in the 13.88% decline from 528 points to 454
points on the index.

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ORLANDO, FL–(Marketwire – March 2, 2010) –  On February 26th, the 2010 Life Settlement Trade Mission concluded its successful four-day cross-country tour with an eye on a future ripe for considerable growth. Two of the industry’s leading trade associations, the Life Insurance Settlement Association (LISA) and the European Life Settlement Association (ELSA) wrapped up a first-ever effort to unify international interest in this secondary market. Opening in London, with stops in Luxembourg and Zurich, the initiative is drawing high praise for the quality of discourse and presentation throughout its four days. The event showcased institutional interest in the secondary market for life insurance, a multi-billion dollar industry driven by the sale of existing life insurance policies. LISA defines this transaction thus: A Life Settlement is the sale of an existing life insurance policy to a third party for more than its cash surrender value but less tha

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]]> http://lifesettlementexpert.com/international-life-settlement-trade-mission-concludes-with-an-eye-on-future-growth/feed/ 0 Fla. Court Sides With Settlement Firm http://lifesettlementexpert.com/fla-court-sides-with-settlement-firm/ http://lifesettlementexpert.com/fla-court-sides-with-settlement-firm/#comments Mon, 01 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0000 Life Settlement Expert http://lifesettlementexpert.com/fla-court-sides-with-settlement-firm/ A Florida state appeals court says the Florida Office of Insurance Regulation cannot use a 2007 law to get the authority to publish information submitted in confidence by a life settlement firm before the law was adopted.

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