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Husch Blackwell LLP

Life Settlements Gain Greater Attention from Private Funds

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Given the threat of a significant repricing across multiple asset classes, investors are looking for fresh ideas. The current bout of market volatility has not spared many categories of investment, as equities and fixed...more

Chambliss, Bahner & Stophel, P.C.

Should You Sell Your Life Insurance Policy?

Older Americans with a life insurance policy that they no longer need have the option to sell the policy to investors. These transactions, called "life settlements," can bring in needed cash, but are they a good idea? ...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

The New Wave of Life Settlement Litigation: Attacks on Cost of Insurance Rate Increases

Starting in 2015 and continuing into 2016, a number of insurance carriers raised the cost of insurance ("COI") rates on universal life insurance policies, resulting in dramatic increases to the premiums required to keep the...more

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The Walking Dead - Using Private Placement Variable Deferred Annuity Contracts to Enhance the Investment Return in Life Settlement...

Overview - I have always been a film fan. Growing up in the Panama Canal Zone, one of my Mother’s jobs for the Panama Canal Company was serving as the manager of the Balboa Theater. We used to watch initial screenings of...more

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Rhode Island Supreme Court Decides STOA Case

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The Supreme Court of Rhode Island recently considered two questions of first impression: (i) whether an insurable interest requirement applies to an annuity with a death benefit, and (ii) whether an immediate incontestability...more

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Variable Annuity with a No-lose Death Benefit Is Not Subject to the Statutory and Common Law Insurable Interest Requirement -...

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Western Reserve Life Assurance Co. of Ohio v. ADM Associates, LLC, 116 A.3d 794 (R.I. 2015) - Case at a Glance - In a case of first impression, the Rhode Island Supreme Court held that a particular variable annuity...more

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

SEC Files Offering Fraud Action Against Radio Show Hosts

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The SEC filed another offering fraud action, a staple of Enforcement. This action centers on two recidivist radio talk show hosts selling interest in life settlements based on enhancements of their investment credentials,...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Policyholder Insider Quarterly

Makers and Users of Smart Devices Beware: You May Have a Critical and Costly Gap in Your Insurance Coverage - The drumbeat of high-profile data breaches has led to rapid growth in the number of companies purchasing or...more

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