Life Settlement News » The Wall Street Journal http://www.lifepolicygroup.com/press Life Policy Group News & Press Wed, 17 Nov 2010 08:59:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Grim Risks of Reaping Death's Rewards http://www.lifepolicygroup.com/press/grim-risks-of-reaping-deaths-rewards http://www.lifepolicygroup.com/press/grim-risks-of-reaping-deaths-rewards#comments Sat, 06 Feb 2010 21:31:01 +0000 admin http://www.michaelabraham.net/?p=362 The Wall Street Journal

By: Leslie Scism and Larry Light

2/6/2010

Death is inevitable, but good investment returns aren’t—especially those that rest on how long people live.

The increasingly popular practice of buying rights to older people’s life insurance is risky, even downright perilous. People are living longer than actuarial tables say they should, and that is a problem, at least for the investor. Adding to the danger are a recent adverse tax ruling and some scam artists on the edges of the industry.

Commentary by Life Policy Group:

It’s disappointing that even the ‘serious’ papers resort to gimmicky and misleading headlines like their counterparts in the tabloids.

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By: Brett Arend

You’re short on money. You have a life insurance policy you may no longer need. One option is to sell it to a third party for cash. Should you do it?

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