I love the concept of immediate annuities. Particularly if someone else is footing the bill. Can you imagine that some Institutional Funder is willing to put money up in an immediate annuity, and have a portion paid to you for life? That’s right. The senior pays nothing and the greatest part is that the funder hopes (and prays), the Senior lives forever. These immediate annuities pay for life, so the Continue reading
Entries from May 2008
Immediate Annuities-Random Thoughts
May 30th, 2008 · No Comments
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Life Insurance For Seniors-What’s Really Going On Part 2
May 28th, 2008 · No Comments
So, basically what we have here is a mortality arbitrage being done by the insurance carrier (issuer), and the institutional funders on the other hand. The insurance companies are using their internal underwriters to determine life expectancy, based upon their reading of a client’s medical records, and utilizing internal mortality tables.
The funders are using sophisticated financial models that look at premiums and life expectancy. These institutional funders utilize independent Life Continue reading
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What’s really going on in the Senior Life Insurance Market
May 24th, 2008 · No Comments
Today I’m going to rant a bit about the holier than thous-the life insurance community and the Senior Life Insurance market. What a wacky world, games of intrigue, and cat and mouse, driven, of course, by the desire for short term profits.
The games are all about perception. One group, the life insurance companies, believe their pricing models and structure to be infallible; the newcomers, who represent the financial institutions Continue reading
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Life Settlements in Today’s World
May 21st, 2008 · No Comments
The life settlements market has grown from a tiny speck only five years ago to a multi billion dollar industry today. Did you know that institutional buyers are willing to pay you for your life insurance policy?
These buyers range from US and Foreign banks, Hedge Funds, Pension Funds, College Endowments, and even the Insurance companies themselves, like Warren Buffet’s Gen Re (reinsurance) that has purchased over $500,000,000 of these policies.
Almost Continue reading
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Immediate Annuities
May 19th, 2008 · No Comments
An immediate annuity for seniors whereby the senior never had to put up a dime or offer any collateral?
My mind went blank. I was in total shock. How could this be, I asked?
Well the answer was that like premium financing, where the funders are looking at mortality spreads, the institutional boys are also looking for these same spreads when it comes to immediate annuities. This may seem complex, but it’s Continue reading
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Premium Financing
May 16th, 2008 · No Comments
Premium Financing? What the heck is that I asked my friend Chris?
So began a long story of how large Institutional Funders were interested in financing a life insurance transaction whereby the insured receives a large life insurance policy, names his or her own beneficiary, and is covered up till the time the “loan” is recouped. Turns out the loan will have to be repaid after 2 years or could even Continue reading
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Life Insurance For Seniors
May 13th, 2008 · No Comments
Is it possible to find low or no cost life insurance in the senior market? Absolutely. We’ll be talking about various programs that even provide no out of pocket expenses shortly, including immediate annuities, premium financing, life settlements, financing existing life policies, and more, so come back soon and we’ll cover one of these unique approaches Continue reading