An important shift has occurred in the life insurance industry today. Investment trusts are more willing to purchase policies of seniors who are not terminally ill. The market for life settlements has expanded to include seniors who want to stop paying high premiums for life insurance they no longer need. Rather than let policies lapse, seniors have begun to explore selling their life insurance for sizable gains, generally exceeding any cash surrender value the policy may have. In recent years, the Senior Settlement market has moved away from seeking only policies with $1 million or more in face value. As seniors are able to sell life insurance with as little as $100,000 in death benefit, the market has expanded and a new opportunity for retirement financial planning has begun to emerge.The amount of money you receive from life settlement providers will depend upon a number of factors. They include the age and medical condition of the insured, type of life insurance policy, amount of the death benefit, rating of the issuing insurance company, amount of premiums necessary to keep the policy in force, and amount of compensation the life settlement company receives. This is almost always an amount greater than the cash surrender value which offers a lucrative option to many seniors.

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