A $4,000,000 policy with
a $500,000 cash surrender value insured an
age 89 male. The policy was sold for $850,000.
This amount represents 21% of the death benefit
and is $350,000 more than the cash surrender
value.
A $5,000,000 policy with a $2,500 cash surrender
value insured an age 82 female. The policy
was sold for $900,000. This amount represents
18% of the death benefit and is $898,000
more than the cash surrender value.
A $1,000,000 policy with a $140,000 cash
surrender value insured an age 85 male. The
policy was sold for $290,000. This amount
represents 29% of the death benefit and is
$150,000 more than the cash surrender value.
A $1,000,000 term insurance policy with
no cash surrender value insured an age 72
male. The policy was sold for $110,500. This
represents 11% of the death benefit, plus
an unexpected $110,500 cash payment.
*The Life Settlement amounts paid to the
policy owners in excess of cash surrender
value represents the economic value which,
but for Life Settlement, would have been
retained by insurance carriers.