Archive for the ‘Releases’ Category

Discovery of $3.5 Billion Theft in Bid Rigging-Based “Policy Sharking” Scheme Leads to Formation of ASFIT to Protect Senior Policyholders

Friday, July 11th, 2008

Mark Ross Group of Companies ASFIT FORMED to STEM ABUSES AGAINST SENIORS La Jolla, CA - July 9th, 2008 — Responding to the discovery of an elaborate conspiracy to defraud millions of dollars from senior insurance policyholders, Mark E. Ross, Chairman of the Mark Ross Group of Companies, today announced the formation of ...

Standard & Poor’s Initiates Factual Stock Report Coverage on Life Partners Holdings, Inc.

Tuesday, June 10th, 2008

June 09, 2008 10:27 AM Eastern Daylight Time NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Standard & Poor’s announced today that it has commenced Factual Stock Report coverage on Life Partners Holdings, Inc. Life Partners Holdings, Inc. (NGM:LPHI) operates as a financial services company. Its subsidiary, Life Partners, Inc. (LPI), is the oldest and one of ...

Ohio Settlement Law Stands for Consumer Rights: State Legislature Protects Property Rights While Addressing STOLI

Saturday, May 31st, 2008

ORLANDO, FL -- 05/30/08 -- The Life Insurance Settlement Association (LISA) today applauds the Ohio General Assembly for passing a comprehensive new Life Settlement Law that protects the property rights of life insurance policy owners while enacting new measures to detect, prevent, and enforce against stranger-originated life insurance (STOLI). "Ohio lawmakers ...

Maple Life Financial Inc. and MLF LexServ L.P. Retained as Exclusive Marketing and Sale Agent and Servicer

Thursday, May 29th, 2008

BETHESDA, Maryland, May 29 /PRNewswire/ -- Maple Life Financial Inc. and its affiliate MLF LexServ L.P. have been retained by the current owner of the former Ritchie Risk Linked Trading Strategies (Ireland) Ltd. life settlement portfolio to provide services with respect to the US$2.3 billion face amount of life insurance policies ...

Life Insurance Settlement Association Concludes Its 14th Successful Spring Conference

Tuesday, May 20th, 2008

ORLANDO, FL--(Marketwire - May 19, 2008) - On May 16th, the Life Insurance Settlement Association (LISA) successfully concluded its major bi-annual Spring Conference in Washington, D.C. The conference, one of 12 events to be hosted by LISA in 2008, drew its most diverse and engaged attendance to date. Garnering one ...

What Do Bankruptcy Trustees Need to Know About the Evolving Secondary Market for Sales of Life Insurance Policies?

Tuesday, May 20th, 2008

Life Settlements May Unlock Hidden Value for Creditors, Says J.G. Wentworth BRYN MAWR, PA--(Marketwire - May 20, 2008) - Because it has been traditionally considered an illiquid financial asset, a debtor's life insurance policy typically receives little attention from many bankruptcy trustees. Due to an evolving secondary market for life insurance ...

Kingsway Reports a Net Loss in First Quarter

Monday, May 19th, 2008

TORONTO, May 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - Kingsway Financial Services Inc. (TSE:KFS, NYSE:KFS) today announced its financial results in U.S. dollars for the first quarter ended March 31, 2008. The Company reported a net loss of $34.4 million or $0.62 diluted per share on a 3.4% year-over-year increase in total revenue to ...

BDM Direct to distribute Life Settlements Fund

Monday, May 19th, 2008

By Liam Egan Melbourne-based fund distributor BDM Direct has been appointed to distribute US-based Life Settlements Wholesale Fund (LSWF) in Australia. BDM’s brief from LSWF responsible entity Life Settlements Fund Limited is to drive the retail distribution of the fund in Australia via dealer groups and financial planners. Launched in Australia in ...

Study by Phoenix Life Solutions, Milliman Explores Impact of

Friday, May 16th, 2008

Study by Phoenix Life Solutions, Milliman Explores Impact of Underwriting Assumptions on Life Settlement Assets Critical variables can skew investment performance HARTFORD, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Investors in settled life insurance policies need to thoroughly understand the impact of underwriting and mortality assumptions on investment performance, according to a new analysis issued today by Phoenix Life Solutions, a ...

Life-Exchange Revenues Surpass $1 Million

Friday, May 16th, 2008

MIAMI--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Life-Exchange, Inc., (OTCBB: LFXG - News), the nation’s leading business-to-business online exchange for the life settlement industry, announced today its financial results for the nine months ended March 31, 2008 with revenue of $1,004,984 for the period, as well as net income of $332,128 for the same nine month ...