Life
settlement providers serve as the purchaser in a life settlement
transaction and are responsible for paying the client a cash sum
greater than the policy's cash surrender value. The top providers in
the industry fund many transactions each year and hold the seller's
policy as a confidential portfolio asset. They are experienced in
the analysis and valuation of large-face-amount policies and work
directly with advisors to develop transactions that are customized
to a client's particular situation. They have in-house compliance
departments to carefully review transactions and, most importantly,
they are backed by institutional funds.