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Morningstar (Leading provider of mutual fund research and ratings) – June 16, 2006 “…the life settlement market is becoming increasingly fashionable as investors attempt to capitalize on what they deem to be a ‘mispriced’ niche in the life insurance market. We believe that the development of the secondary market for life insurance helps consumers by providing additional alternatives… we think this market is a win-win for consumers.”
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The Economist – May 17, 2003 “New Lease on Life”
“The secondary market in life insurance policies is good for consumers. Hitherto, elderly Americans with polices they do not need or cannot afford to keep up have little option but to let the policies lapse or sell them back to their insurers. Plenty seem glad to have an alternative buyer. No wonder, when on average they can get three times as much from life-settlements firms as they can from their original insures.”
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Bloomberg (one of the most-trafficked financial sites on the Web): April 2006
“Life Settlements are the only asset that can truly be said to provide absolute returns. They are not correlated to any traded market - whether stock, bond, currency, or commodity markets – nor to political or economical upheaval. Once invested the only variable affecting a Fund’s return is the life expectancy of the policies held.
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“Life Settlements in Mainstream Investment Banking, a Harbinger for the Future”
The Life Settlement industry is estimated at over $100 billion. The industry has been dominated by institutional investors including Berkshire Hathaway, AIG and CAN. Their pursuit of this market is related tot eh degree of protection and the avoidance of market and economic risk. Instituional investors recognize that the return of their principal and the return on their principal are contractual obligations of highly rated insurance companies and are not subject to any market or economic considerations.
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February 2005
MYTH BUSTING IN THE LIFE SETTLEMENT MARKET
It’s twisting or churning and it’s illegal —Twisting and churning involve the use of misleading practices to induce a client to lapse, surrender, or terminate a financial product to effect a replacement for the purpose of generating a commission. These practices are usually illegal and always unethical. Neither applies to the Life Settlement industry…
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RECENT ARTICLES from the last year
Fortune Magazine Online
Posted: 2008-07-07
Life Partners Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ GM: LPHI), the oldest and one of the most active companies in the United States engaged in the secondary market for life insurance, was recently ranked 7th among the 100 fastest growing small public companies in the July/August issue of FORTUNE Small Business magazine…. Life Partners is the world's oldest and one of the most active companies in the United States engaged in thesecondary market for life insurance, commonly called "life settlements."
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Life Partners: Dying for Dollars
posted on: January 04, 2008 | about stocks: LPHI
As the life settlement scale increases, so does the opportunity, at least for the largest, most-established player in the field, Life Partners Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq: LPHI). Since its incorporation in 1991, Life Partners has completed over 50,000 transactions for its client base of over 15,000 high-net-worth individuals and institutions in connection with 5,700 policies totaling over $850 million… Although life settlements developed a shady reputation in the investing community (unscrupulous salesmen pining for mammoth commission), regulation has purged the industry of its unsavory elements. Focus instead on economic reality: Life settlements (and therefore Life Partners) satisfy a legitimate, perfectly logical need.
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Boca Raton, Florida (PRWEB) October 3, 2008 -- The recent volatility and uncertainty in the financial markets world wide is driving investors to seek out safe, secure, alternative investments. "We are seeing a flight to safety and Investors from around the world are finding it in Life Settlements," says Andrew Murphy of Mosaic Management Group, a company specializing in the distribution and management of Life Settlement portfolios. The returns from US Life Settlement policies are not tied or correlated to financial or real estate markets. "Confronted with massive consequences of the subprime crisis are these the bluntly inestimable advantages compared to all classic investment alternatives.”
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The Lone Survivor: Life Partners Holdings
October 13, 2008 - Life Partners Holdings, Inc. (NDAQ: LPHI) is one of the few stocks surviving the stock market crash thanks to its bet on... well... death… Life Partners is well positioned in this $15 billion industry with a rolodex of 18,000 accredited institutional investors. The company has inked well over 50,000 transactions since 1991 with the possibilities only growing from here. The insurance industry estimates that some 95% of term life insurance policies and over 80% of permanent life insurance policies lapse and become worthless. This means that $14 trillion in potential among baby boomers exists as they become eligible to trade their policies.
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JULY 30, 2007
COVER STORY
Even The Insurers Have Hopped On Board
…But most insurers also realize life settlements aren't going away--and so they're getting into the game. AIG, for example, is one of the biggest buyers of life settlements, snapping up policies with a face value of $1.1 billion since October, 2001. It isn't alone. Bermuda reinsurer Axis Capital Holdings Ltd. (AXS ) recently purchased a $400 million life-settlements package. CNA Financial Corp. (CNA ), a 100-year-old Chicago insurer, has $108 million invested in life settlements.
By sinking money into the sector, insurers can get back at least some of the money they now have to pay out in death benefits. If someone is going to profit, insurers have realized, it might as well be them….
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September 19, 2008 - Life Partner Holdings Sees Dramatic Interest in Alternative Investment Due to Current Financial Shakeup
WACO, Texas-- Life Partner Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq: LPHI), recently issued guidance for its second fiscal quarter and expects to report a 56% increase in net earnings, representing another record quarter. The announcement demonstrates the popularity of alternative investments as market uncertainties continue to worry investors.
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FINANCIAL EXPERTS ON
RETIREMENT FUND INVESTING
John W. Schoen, Senior Producer MSNBC, June 19, 2006
WILL YOU EVER BE ABLE TO RETIRE?
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PAMELA YIP, Financial Columnist, The Dallas Morning News, April 14, 2008
WORKERS’ CONFIDENCE ABOUT COMFORTABLE RETIREMENT IS WANING
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Scott Burns, Financial Columnist, Dallas Morning News, April 15, 2007,
TIPS ON EQUITY INDEXED ANNUITIES
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Scott Burns, Financial Columnist, Dallas Morning News, April 26, 2007,
INVESTORS 8% YIELD PORTFOLIO IS TAKING LARGE RISKS
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Scott Burns, Financial Columnist, Dallas Morning News, May 29, 2007
IN 401k EMPLOYERS REALLY CONTRIBUTE TO THE IRS!
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Scott Burns, Financial Columnist, Dallas Morning News, August 26, 2008
VARIABLE ANNUITIES MOSTLY BENEFIT INSURERS
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Scott Burns, Financial Columnist, Dallas Morning News, March 16, 2008
FEES ERASE EDGE OF TOP-PERFORMING INVESTMENTS
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Robert Kiyosaki
Robert Kiyosaki,author of Rich Dad, Poor Dad, June 2006,
WHY MUTUAL FUNDS ARE LOUSY LONG_TERM INVESTMENTS
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