RE: ALGW15 Oct 2018 11:07
At the end of 2016, there was $8.9 trillion of cash value life insurance in force, according to an analysis of 10-Ks filed with the SEC. Also, in 2016, there was $25 billion of life insurance policies sold in the secondary market. A critical benefit of selling your life insurance policy, as opposed to accepting the cash surrender value offered by the life insurance company, is that you could earn much more by selling your life insurance policy in the open market. A U.S. General Accounting Office study conducted in 2014 showed that those who sold their life insurance policies earned up to seven times more than what they were offered by the life insurance companies' cash surrender value. Consider what that means: For every $1,000 offered by your life insurance company by surrendering your policy to them, you could earn up to $7,000 by entering into a life settlement transaction in the open market. Most life insurance policies are eligible to be sold. Even term insurance can be sold, if it is convertible. So, who are the buyers of these life insurance policies and what's in it for them? Goldman Sachs, Berkshire Hathaway and Bank of America are some of the big players in this industry. All of these companies competitively bid on the best life insurance policies. These firms, and many smaller private equity companies, consider a life insurance policy like any other asset.