The International Life Settlements Conference 2012
May 1 & 2 – The Hilton London Metropole

Why You Should Attend:

• Join discussions about the UK’s Financial Services Authorities final guidance on Life Settlements
• Hear from influential firms such as Deutsche Bank, PwC, Cantor Insurance Group, KPMG and many more
• Discover how to successfully raise money from pension funds
• Alan Buerger, CEO of Coventry discusses the current state of the market, the future of the market and how to capitalize on new opportunities
• Learn about the pros and cons of setting up regulated or unregulated funds in Ireland
• Hear about new laws and regulations in 2012
• Attend The Life Settlements Cocktail Reception on May 1st

Cocktail Reception Sponsor:
Coventry

Promotional Sponsors:
Cantor Insurance Group
Locke Lord

Model Actuarial Pricing Systems (MAPS), formerly Milliman Pricing Software, released a new MAPS Policy Model v2.0.

The new model, which is web based, integrates the individual policy and portfolio valuation models and delivers a number of significant features, including:

• Unified platform for Policy and Portfolio models
• Flexible portfolio construction and analysis
• Coordinating the management of multiple portfolios under various modeling scenarios
• Tracking and incorporating actual paid premiums since policy purchase
• Enhanced premium projection functionality
• Additional mortality modeling parameters

“We are excited to announce the release of MAPS Policy Model v2.0.  The new features are in direct response to our customers’ feedback and reflect our commitment to providing superior client service.  This is a major product release.  It provides a number of usability enhancements, particularly in the area of portfolio management.  Our clients integrate everyday buying and selling decisions into management of their overall portfolio,” commented Win Georg, of MAPS.

In the near future, MAPS intends to release a new simplified individual policy valuation model for life settlement brokers.

Other news:
Fasano Investor Focused Life Settlement Conference
HunterWest LifeMarkets

Source: PR

I couldn’t find the full music video yet, but here is the making of the video. Looks like a pretty production, I am pretty impressed.

The Lifeline Program is a life settlement company based in Atlanta, Ga., and is a division of Wm. Page and Associates, Inc. Founded in 1989, The Lifeline program offers life settlement portfolio aggregation services and alternative investment opportunities to financial institutions, fund managers and other investment entities. The company partners with insurance agencies and broker dealers to establish life settlement business lines and assists seniors with retirement planning options

This year it will be held at the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas from September 22-23, 2011.

Topics will include:

• Turning Point: What Does the Future Hold for the Life Settlement Market?
• Investors: What Type of Investors Does the Market Need to Grow?
• Litigation: Will Favorable Court Decisions Bring New Capital to the Market?
• Fraud: What Will Be the Fallout of Regulatory Action Against Life Partners?
• Texas: Why is the Lone Star State Such a Magnet for Alleged Life Settlement Frauds?
• Life Expectancies: What are Fund Managers Doing to Develop Accurate Life Expectancies?
• Portfolios: How Do You Structure a Profitable Portfolio?
• Distressed Assets: What Value do Private Equity Funds and Hedge Funds See in Distressed Assets?
• Securitization: What Type of Pool is Needed for a Successful Rated Securitization?
• Legislation: What Progress Was Made this Year in Passing New Laws and Tweaking Older Ones?
• The Life Settlement Investor Roundtable
• Europe: What are the Latest Developments in the Keydata/Lifemark Scandal?
• Canada: What’s the Landscape for Life Settlements North of the Border?
• Tertiary Policies: Can They Bring Liquidity to the Market?

You don’t want to miss this event.  For more information visit dealflow.com or call  (516) 876-8006.

Pacific West Capital Group will host a seminar on February 10th at the Safire Bistro in Camarillo, California. The topic will be investing in the Life Settlement market. Pacific West Capital Group specializes in the sale of interests in life settlements.

The life settlement market is the secondary market for life insurance. It is considered an alternative to traditional investments because returns are not tied to stock market performance, interest rate fluctuations or economic policies.

The Pacific West Capital Group educational seminars are an opportunity for serious investors to learn about the life settlement market. For further information about these seminars contact Pacific West Capital Group at 800-588-8000.

Other recent news:
Provident Capital is charged with fraud
Life Partners stock hits low

Recent buying activity affirms institutional investors’ growing interest in making life settlements an important part of their investment portfolios.

To meet the increased demand of investors seeking to learn more about life settlements, the Life Insurance Settlement Association (LISA) will host its first life settlement conference on March 2 tailored to the needs of institutional investors. The conference will be held in New York at the Harvard Club.

“Life settlements provide a double benefit for institutional investors. They are uncorrelated to other assets and can provide attractive returns compared with fixed income alternative investments,” Darwin Bayston, LISA’s executive director explains.

“Investors really want to understand what this asset class is all about. As the voice of the life settlement industry, we are on a mission to present an informative, unbiased and valuable one day program.” Experts will cover topics that will give institutional investors specific, technical knowledge that will facilitate their participation in the life settlement market. Among the areas to be covered are life expectancies, life settlement valuations and portfolio construction, optimizing cash flows from a life settlement portfolio and measuring a portfolio’s performance.

The conference provides a perspective particularly suitable to long-term institutional investors. It will be particularly beneficial to public and private pension fund sponsors, endowment and foundation sponsors, private equity investors, hedge fund sponsors, mutual fund managers and wealth fund managers.

Institutional investors need to understand this maturing and viable asset class which is now regulated in 40 states offering potential investors greater transparency and full disclosure. Conning & Company estimates that there was approximately $35 billion in life settlement face value in force at year-end 2009. And, the firm continues, the market has the potential to grow to roughly $100 billion over the next decade.

Qualified institutional investors will receive one complimentary registration to attend this inaugural conference.

LISA’s mission is to promote the development, integrity and reputation of the life settlement industry and to promote a competitive market for the people it serves.

We will also continue to push our Life Settlement News section in 2011.

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Brian Pardo, chief executive of Life Partners, said the company had listed on the stock exchange in order to bring more clarity and transparency to life settlements.

Life Partners requires a minimum investment of $50,000 (£31,000) and all investors must meet the US definition of an accredited investor which requires them to have over $1m (£619,752) net worth.

Mr Pardo said: “I don’t think life settlements are that complicated, no more than real estate.

“It is a very simple transaction and gets complicated when you are making a fund or derivative out of it.”

“Most of the problems that we have seen in the industry are miniscule compared to the problems in the stock market and mortgage industry.”

More details, and minimum investment requirements at the full article:
ftadviser.com/Investments

Helfpul Links:
Life Settlement Investments
Texas Life Settlement

Policies sold by insured individuals in 2009 had a face value of about $8 billion, a decrease of 36 percent from a year earlier, Conning & Co. said today in a statement.

“During 2009, a significant decrease in investor capital reduced the ability of life-settlement funds to purchase new policies,” Scott Hawkins, an analyst for Hartford, Connecticut- based Conning, said in the statement.

About $35 billion of U.S. life settlements were in force at the end of last year, up 16 percent from 2008, Conning said. Investors pay the premiums after buying the policies, and make money if the remaining costs are less than the final payout when the seller dies.

Conning said the industry was hampered also by new methods for calculating life expectancy. Underwriters made the changes in late 2008 and early 2009, extending average estimates for life expectancy and creating uncertainty about the accuracy of earlier contracts.

Read more at Bloomberg.com

The Life Settlements Conference hosted by DealFlow Media is the largest and most influential event in the business. This is the premier event for hedge fund managers, providers, brokers, investors and attorneys involved in the secondary market for insurance products. The agenda provides the most complete curriculum in the business presented by an international group of speakers, and unprecedented networking opportunities.

Conference Topics:

• The Impacts of U.S. Financial Reform on the Life Settlements Market
• Life Expectancies: Are Investors Developing Their Own Underwriting Expertise?
• Compliance & Rule Making: Developing Regulations to Enact New Life Settlement Laws
• Are Life Settlements a Suitable Asset for the Retail Market?
• New Accounting Standards to Value Settlement Portfolios
• Litigation: What are the Legal Trends Affecting the Market?
• Competing Opportunities & Tradeoffs: Distressed Portfolios vs. Primary Origination
• New Investors: Who are they and where are they coming from?
• Is More Regulatory Oversight in Store for Servicers?
• Keeper of the Keys: Trustees & Custodians
• Status of Synthetics

Costs:
* Life Settlements Conference Registration – $1,695
* Life Settlements Conference Registration + Golf Tournament – $1,795

More Info and Helpful Links:
Life Settlement Conference
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Dealflow Media Official Conference Page