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A               traditional               life               insurance               policy               contracts               between               policy               owner               and               insurer               (insurance               company).

The               policy               owner               pays               an               agreed               upon               premium               during               the               life               of               the               contract               or               lump               sum.

If               the               insurer               stops               paying               a               premium,               depending               upon               the               policy,               the               life               insurance               policy               may               be               declared               invalid.

Upon               the               death               of               the               insurer,               beneficiary               or               beneficiaries               named               on               the               life               insurance               policy               receive               a               lump               sum               amount.

Most               life               insurance               coverage,               death               benefit               paid               conditional               upon               death               attributed               to               natural               causes,               accidental               death               or               related               to               a               sickness.

1               When               purchasing               a               life               insurance               policy               for               someone               else,               such               as               a               relative               (wife,               husband,               grandparent               or               child),               insurable               interest               must               be               present:               Establishing               a               sufficient               strong               relationship               with               that               person               based               on               blood,               marriage               or               monetary               interest               (Examples:               A               creditor               insures               a               debtor's               debt               will               be               paid               after               death,               relationship               between               a               business               and               a               key               employee               or               the               relationship               among               partners               in               a               partnership               or               stockholders               in               a               limited               held               corporation.)               2
               Unfortunately,               great               number               of               seniors               (65               years               or               older,               net               worth               of               more               than               one               million               dollars               or               falling               health               10.)               have               been               approached               by               investors               or               non               -               life               insurance               agents,               offering               a               morbid               type               of               life               insurance               policy               called               Stranger-Originated               Life               Insurance               (STOLI               or               Speculator               Initiated               Life               Insurance               (SPINLIFE)               schemes).

3               Also,               this               type               of               life               insurance               policy               called               zero-premium               life               insurance               policies               7               A               STOLI               scheme               typically               starts               by               an               agent               (representing               investors:               Pension               funds,               college               endowments,               hedge               funds               and               other               professional               investors               7)               not               employed               by               an               insurance               company,               offering               a               life               insurance               policy,               and               may               include               an               offer               to               finance               the               premium               payments               during               the               first               two               year               period               known               as               insurable               interest               period               (contestabiility               period               8).

After               two               years,               the               agent               will               buy               the               policy               from               the               insured               person,               offering               a               cash               incentive               (potentially               thousands               of               dollars               4)               9               This               tactic               often               avoids               state               insurable               interest               laws.10               The               setting               for               convincing               a               senior               the               merits               of               a               STOLI,               frequently               takes               place               in               a               pleasant               surroundings,               such               as               a               restaurant               or               yacht.

During               such               a               meeting,               an               agent               may               characterize               a               Stranger-Originated               Life               Insurance               by               saying:               "risk               free"               or               "no-cost".

3               Certainly               a               lump               sum               offered               to               a               senior               can               be               very               lucrative,               especially               if               senior               has               bills               to               pay               (regarding               a               terminal               illness,               credit               card               debt               or               expensive               health               care               costs               7)               or               happy               to               receive               fast               money               to               buy               things.

However,               consumers               (seniors)               are               not               likely               informed               lump               sum               can               be               reduced               by               commissions,               taxes               (Contrary               to               traditional               tax               free               protection               receiving               life               insurance               payout.

A               STOLI               transaction               the               senior               required               to               pay               taxes               on               money               received               as               a               payout               or               incentive               3)               and               other               costs.

Besides               heirs               to               senior               estates               will               be               very               angry,               may               need               the               money               to               pay               off               deceased               debts               (taxes,               burial               expenses               or               other               debts),               before               receiving               any               inheritance.

4               However,               sometimes               the               insurer               (senior)               may               be               promised               his               or               her               beneficiaries               receive               a               small               portion               of               the               policy               proceeds.

14               According               to               the               terms               of               a               Stranger-Originated               Life               Insurance               contract,               the               insurance               policy               purchased               by               investors,               however               the               senior               may               not               be               able               to               obtain               additional               life               insurance               for               a               legitimate               need               in               the               future.

3               Also,               once               an               investor               firm               or               group               owns               a               life               insurance               policy               (life               a               senior),               during               the               time               the               senior               is               a               live               that               policy               can               be               sold               to               another               group               of               investors,               potentially               occurring               multiple               times.

Actually               the               value               of               the               life               insurance               policy               may               increase               in               value,               like               a               stock               or               a               bond,               as               the               senior               gets               older               or               health               diminishes,               underscoring               the               potential               of               millions               of               dollars               collected               from               the               life               insurance               policy               or               policies               of               other               seniors               upon               death.

3               Big               money               investors               on               Wall               Street               are               purchasing               these               policies               then               dividing               them               into               thousands               of               bonds,               sold-off               to               investors,               hoping               to               collect               upon               a               sizable               payout               upon               a               person's               death.

4               "Seniors               own               an               estimated               $500               billion               of               life               insurance               in               force               and               more               than               $120               billion               is               estimated               to               qualify               for               life               settlements"               10
               Insurance               companies               dislike               Stranger-Originated               Life               Insurance,               because               actuarial               models               assume               a               certain               percentage               of               consumers               will               cancel               their               policies               or               stopping               paying               their               premiums               prior               to               death,               assuring               profitable               outcome               for               insurance               companies.

(Approximately               six               percent               of               life               -               insurance               policies               lapse               according               to               the               Insurance               information               institute               16).

However,               investors               that               purchase               individual               life               insurance               policies,               have               a               financial               interest               to               make               timely               individual               premium               payments,               not               likely               to               be               canceled.

According               to               Representative               Jay               Hottinger               (Columbus,               OH               5),               Stranger-Originated               Life               Insurance               has               unfortunate               consequences               for               consumers:               Insurance               companies               offset               additional               claims               by               increasing               as               much               as               fifteen               percent               premiums.

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               Reported               in               February               2008,               The               Nebraska               Department               of               Insurance               support               new               legislation               bill               (LB853),               based               upon               a               national               model,               extending               the               two               year               insurable               interest               on               a               life               insurance               policy               (window)               to               five               years,               before               a               life               insurance               policy               could               be               sold.

7               Also,               reported               in               April               2007,               North               Dakota               (first               state)               adopted               a               similar               legislation:               Insurance               policy               can't               be               sold               to               investors               within               five               years               of               issuance.

"Nine               states               are               considering               similar               laws".

15               According               to               Nebraska               State               Insurance               Director               Ann               Frohman:               "That               would               discourage               the               practice               because               it               would               limit               the               profit               companies               could               make               with               STOLI,               since               more               older               policyholders               would               die               during               the               five               years".

Also,               Senator               Tom               Carlson               (Holdrege,               Nebraska               11)               involved               in               the               life               insurance               business               for               decades               said               regarding               the               new               proposed               legislation:               "And               that               characteristic               has               been               preserved               through               all               the               years               because               life               insurance               is               a               product               that               is               for               the               public               good               it               is               not               a               commodity               to               be               bought               and               sold".7               Three               insurance               industry               groups               (The               American               Council               of               Life               Insurance               (ACLI),               National               Association               of               Insurance               and               Financial               Advisors               (NAIFA),               and               Association               for               Advanced               Life               Underwriting               (AALU))               seeking               legislation's               to               combat               increasing               number               of               stranger               -               originated               life               insurance               (STOLI)               transactions,               and               oppose               legislation               that               will               extend               the               two               year               insurable               interest               period               to               five               years,               as               "clearly               abusive".

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               In               the               State               of               California,               law               prohibits               executing               insurance               policies               as               "wages"               on               people's               lives.

Stranger-Originated               Life               Insurance               may               violate               that               rule               by               waging               on               a               senior's               death.

As               a               consequence,               an               insurer               may               invalidate               a               life               insurance               policy               sold               to               an               investment               group,               lacks               insurable               interest               ("exist               where               the               owner               of               the               policy               is               closely               related               to               the               insured")               clause               and               may               sue               to               rescind               the               policy.

Furthermore               investors               holding               onto               that               policy               potentially               could               sue               the               senior               or               his               or               her               estate               for               damages,               unable               to               secure               death               benefit               declared               void.
               Tail               sign               a               senior               may               be               persuaded               into               a               STOLI               transaction,               agent               request               confidential               medical               information,               giving               investors               private               information,               estimate               length               of               time               a               senior               may               live               or               die.

3               "South               Florida               as               seen               a               spectacular               growth               in               the               sale               of               non-recourse               premium               financial               life               insurance               policies               to               seniors."               12               Recommend               seniors               should               always               consult               a               lawyer               or               financial               advisor               before               signing               a               life               insurance               policy,               ensure               the               contract               is               legal               and               not               a               Stranger-Originated               Life               Insurance               scheme.

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               In               January               30,               2008,               Ohio               House               of               Representatives               passed               new               legislature               Bill               404               (Hottinger/Barrett):               Give               the               Department               of               Insurance               greater               enforcement               powers               preventing               Stranger-Originated               Life               Insurance               contracts.

The               passage               of               the               Bill               is               awaiting               approval               by               Ohio               Senate.

Bill               404               potentially               would               prevent               negative               impact               of               STOLI               upon               the               Ohio               insurance               market.

Also,               passage               of               the               bill               would               make               available               and               affordable               insurance               to               older               Ohioans.

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               In               the               United               Kingdom,               Nick               Kiwan,               from               the               Association               of               British               Insurers,               commented:"In               the               UK,               we               have               an               old               insurance               law               dating               back               to               1774,               which               says               that               you               are               not               allowed               to               take               out               a               policy               on               someone               else's               life.

There               has               to               be               an               insurable               interest."               13
               In               April               2007               group               of               banks               (Goldman               Sachs               Group               Inc,               Credit               Suisse               Group,               and               Bear               Stearns               Cos)               collaborated               to               form               Institutional               Life               Markets               Association               (ILMA).

The               association               seek               to               buy               policies               directly               from               consumers               (otherwise               a               carbon               copy               of               Stranger-Originated               Life               Insurance               17)               in               life               -               settlement               business.

Also,               the               association               lobby               against               efforts               to               restrict               or               regulate               the               business.16               During               2006               life               settlement               market               expanded               to               approximately               $12               billion.19               The               Institutional               Life               Markets               Association               goal,               educate               consumers               by               providing               a               transparency               of               information               regarding               life               settlement               transactions.

In               the               documentation               provided               to               consumers               includes:               Amount               of               money               consumers               will               receive               when               they               sell               their               interest               in               a               life               insurance               policy,               estimated               cash               surrender               value,               the               amount               of               broker               compensation,               gross               sales               price,               and               net               amount               a               consumer               will               receive               for               the               sale.

Further               details               are               included               in               the               disclosure               statement.

Expected               by               January               1,               2008               members               of               ILMA               committed               to               have               available               a               detail               form               out-lining               to               consumers               life               settlement               transactions.

"Subject               to               regulatory               approval               as               may               be               required               in               various               states."               Jack               Kelly               government               relations               director               of               ILMA               said:               "Consumers               have               a               right               to               know               exactly               how               much               their               life               insurance               policy               is               worth               in               the               secondary               market               and               how               much               their               brokers               will               earn               in               commission."               18
               Celebrities               are               not               immune               from               fraudulent               agents               who               try               to               sell               Stranger-Originated               Life               Insurance               policies.

"Last               October               (2007),               talk               show               host               Larry               King               filed               a               lawsuit               against               a               Maryland               insurance               brokerage               in               which               he               admitted               to               taking               out               a               $10               million               dollar               policy               with               the               express               purpose               of               immediately               selling               the               policy               in               a               life               settlement               but               later               concluded               he               had               gotten               a               raw               deal."               8
               References:
               1.)               Life               Insurance               -               http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life_insurance
               2.)               Insurable               Interest               -               http://www.insurance.com/faqs/lifefaqdetail.aspx/index/9
               3.)               What               is               "STOLI"               or               "SPINLIFE"?

-               http://www.insurance.ca.gov/0100-consumers/0250-seniors-issues/senior-stranger-owned-life-insurance.cfm
               4.)               Stranger-Orginated               Life               Insurance               a               bad               debt,               regulators               say               -               http://www.kansascity.com/198/story/522898.html
               5.)               Jay               Hottinger               (R)               -               http://www.house.state.oh.us/jsps/MemberDetails.jsp?DISTRICT=71
               6.)               Senior               Citizens               BEWARE               of               Cash               Conversion               for               Life               Insurance               Scam               -               http://daytonos.com/?p=593
               7.)               Bill               takes               aim               at               life               insurance               gimmick               -               http://www.journalstar.com/articles/2008/02/04/news/politics/doc47a50941d1f78346942555.txt
               8.)               Life               Settlements:               What               Investors               Should               know               -               http://www.nuwireinvestor.com/articles/life-settlements-what-investors-should-know-51429.aspx
               9.)               Gambling               on               Death?

Trends               in               the               Buying               and               Selling               Death               Benefits               -               http://www.cahealthadvocates.org/newsletter/2007/12/death.html
               10.)               SOURCE:               InsuranceNewsNet.

Inc               -               http://www.insurancenewsnet.com/article.asp?a=top_lh&id=87329
               11.)               Sen.

Tom               Carlson               (District               38,               Holdrege)               -               http://nebraskalegislature.gov/web/public/senators/bios/carlson
               12.)               ATTORNEY               AT               LAW               THOMAS               L.

DAVID               -               http://www.tdavidlaw.com/
               13.)               Could               Stoli               spread               to               Britain?

City               watchdog               says               the               system               stops               insurance               with               strangers               -               http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/analysis-and-features/could-stoli-spread-to-britain-city-watchdog-says-the-system-stops-insurance-with-strangers-783205.html?r=RSS
               14.)               Department               Advocates               Passage               of               STOLI               Legislation               to               Protect               Ohioans               -               http://www.ohioinsurance.gov/insuranceinsights/story_3.htm
               15.)               North               Dakota               blazes               a               regulatory               trail               -               http://www.investmentnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070423/FREE/70423022/-1/customerservices
               16.)               Betting               on               death               in               the               insurance               business               sparks               controversy               -               http://www.newsday.com/business/custom/retirement/ny-bzdeath1127,0,129158.story
               17.)               NCOIL               GROUP               MEETS               TO               DISCUSS               LIFE               SETTLMENT,               STOLI               -               http://www.naifa.org/advocacy/frontline/advocacyupdates/20071026_ncoil.cfm
               18.)               New               Disclosures               for               Policy               Owners               Part               of               Initiative               to               Ensure               Transparency               -               http://www.newsday.com/business/custom/retirement/ny-bzdeath1127,0,129158.story
               19.)               Institutional               Investor               Journals               and               the               Life               Insurance               Settlement               Association,               Publish               New               Research               and               Investment               Strategies               in               a               Special               Section               on               Life               Settlements               in               the               Journal               of               Structured               Finance               -               http://lisassociation.org/vlsaamembers/news/files/lisanews_26_July_2007_marketwire_Life_Settlements_Top_12_Billion_This_Year.pdf






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