Most people purchase a life insurance policy so their loved ones are taken care of when they die. But what if you wanted to cash in on that policy while you're still alive, to pay for necessities now?

Every year, 500,000 older Americans lapse their life insurance policies, according to a survey by the Insurance Studies Institute. And millions each year will surrender their policies. Lisa Rehburg ...

We break down what whole life and universal life insurance policies are and the important differences between these two types ...

The life settlement market is often described as niche, but recent five-year data from the Life Insurance Settlement Association tells an interesting story. Since 2021, more than $20 billion in life ...

At the end of October, former New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer sued Coventry First, one of the largest life-settlement firms in the U.S., for alleged bid-rigging and other types of fraud. Not ...

The election’s over. The Republicans ran the table. Now, agents who were preparing to meet with clients to discuss the “either-or” approach to sunset planning described in “Helping Clients Plan Their ...

Rob Haynie is the Managing Director of Life Insurance Settlements, Inc. and serves on the Board of Directors of LISA. Having just begun my 30th year in the life settlement market, I’m beginning to see ...

Rob Haynie is the Managing Director of Life Insurance Settlements, Inc. and is also the Chairman of the Board of Directors of LISA. Who has the potential to be the best educator when it comes to life ...

Last fall a certified financial planner called me about two clients. The husband and wife, both 78, had a $2 million guaranteed universal life policy sitting inside an irrevocable life insurance trust ...

Most people purchase a life insurance policy so their loved ones are taken care of when they die. But what if you wanted to cash in on that policy while you’re still alive, to pay for necessities now?