* Refer clients to lisa.org, the website for the not-for-profit
Life Insurance Settlement Association, to help them identify transaction specialists who will comply with all appropriate ethical and regulatory requirements.
But note that North Dakota, West Virginia, Iowa, Nebraska, Florida, Montana, Nevada, Mississippi, Ohio, Kentucky, North Carolina, Tennessee, Connecticut, Indiana, Utah, Kansas, Colorado, and New Jersey refer to all
life insurance settlements as "viaticals" and do not distinguish between the two classes of settlements.
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Life insurance settlements may increasingly become a core financial planning tool for these seniors as they look at all available assets to produce retirement income and address long-term care needs," Devine added.
Dorsett has also served as president of the
Life Insurance Settlement Association.
Darwin Bayston, executive director of the
Life Insurance Settlement Association, said that defining the difference between viaticals and life settlements is an ongoing goal for his organization.
DOUG HEAD, EXECUTIVE director of the
Life Insurance Settlement Association (LISA), flatly denies that STOLI is a problem, and if it is, he says, it's a problem for the life insurance industry to police.
"The life insurance community recognizes that many circumstances may lead the owner of a life insurance policy to explore a
life insurance settlement. We have always supported, and will continue to support, legitimate fife settlements," Hayes said.
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The amendments had the support of the
Life Insurance Settlement Association.
"Policy lapses in this group are very significant," said Darwin Bayston, president and CEO of the
Life Insurance Settlement Association (LISA).
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Industry organizations, including the
Life Insurance Settlement Association (LISA) and the European Life Settlement Association (ELSA), have launched initiatives to counter these "reputational headwinds." The efforts have yielded some positive results, the report notes, including the establishment of industry standards for recommending structuring life settlements; a clarifying of regulations governing the transactions; and legislation in some states mandating that insurers advise seniors of the option to settle as an alternative to lapsing or surrendering their policies.