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Life Settlement Funding for Seniors

Topic: InsurancePublished October 12, 2009

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Seniors face many challenges in today's financial world of risingrncosts and financial losses. If you are on a fixed income, it can rnbecome especially difficult. Offers from banks and agents to take rnon new loans, lines of credit, or risky financial investments will rnonly add unnecessary debt to the burdens faced. Seniors need rnsecurity, not risky spending and more borrowing. There is an asset rnthat you may not have thought of, that has been forgotten, or rndidn't know it could be done after paying for it year after year.rnIts your life insurance policy. Yes, your life insurance policy can be rnsold like any other asset. A settlement amount much higher than a liferninsurance policy's surrender value can be obtained. These life time settlements, rnor often called life settlements, have been attracting much more attention rnlately. Like your house, stocks, bonds, precious metals, etc., life rninsurance policies can not only be bought, but sold to the highest rnbidder. And it doesn't matter what type of policy either, whether whole, universal,rnconvertible term, variable, survivorship, adjustable, or joint life. rnWhen most people talk life insurance, they usually make the joke rnthat I'm worth more dead than alive. But you can turn the death benefit rnyou leave to your heirs into a living benefit that can be used to pay rnfor your immediate retirement needs now. These living benefits can be used rnat your discretion. You could use the money to purchase an annuity to have rnan income as long as you live. The money could be used to pay for long term rncare and relieve your loved ones of caring for you. Or it could be used to rnpay for an unexpected health issue. Or maybe you need to pay for housing and travel expenses.rnWhat if you simply don't want to pay the premiums anymore for changing circumstances.rnLets say you can no longer afford the premiums or your term policy is expiring.rnIf your current life insurance policy is about to lapse anyway, why not get something for it.rnThere are alternatives and options. Selling the policy makes perfect rnsense if its going to lapse and you and your heirs get nothing after payingrnall those premiums year after year. Also, maybe yours heirs are well off enough rnthemselves and won't need so much money to cover your estate taxes after God rncalls you home. Maybe you made a mistake and have an extra policy an agent rnpressured you into buying and don't want to pay the premiums anymore on the rnpolicy. You can't go back to your insurance company and ask to sell it back to them. rnAll the insurance company can do is give your cash surrender value to you rnfor much less than what you could get from a settlement company. In fact, rninsurance companies would rather you not know that you can sell your policy because rna lot of policies simply lapse and the insurance company doesn't have to pay the rnpolicy's beneficiaries. Whatever your need or want, selling your life insurance rnpolicy gives you another option that you may not thought was possible.rnPlease visit http://www.lifesettlementfundingforseniors.com for more information.

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