A Quick Explanation of Life Settlements
One definition of a life settlement is: the selling of a prevailing life insurance plan to an investor for a one-time cash amount. The life assurance policyholder is provided with an amount that is more than the plan’s cash value, yet still less than the indemnity. After the coverage plan is sold, the purchasing party becomes the owner on the plan and naturally assumes responsibility for future premiums. The policyholder gets the sale price, and the investor gets the lump sum benefit when the insured becomes deceased.
In the state of ME., life settlements are governed by the Maine Bureau of Insurance, and you ought to check the official website to make sure you have found a properly licensed company. Q Capital is licensed as a life settlement provider in Maine.
The Process in Brief
After the policy owner decides that they are ready to move on from their current insurance policy, a life settlement offers a good alternative to lapsing the standing life insurance policy and relinquishing it to the life insurance company. In many cases, the value of the policy is higher than the total amount likely to be received if it were just lapsed back to the insurer. Choosing to work with an authorized company, the policy owner offers the policy up to a competitive market where investors are able to bid on insurance policies. At that point the sanctioned life settlement provider can manage the complete sales process, from receiving offers from investors, to coordinating with the policyholder to finalize the policy-sale closing procedure. And lastly, all sales are closed with an escrow agent, as an added layer of safety for the insurance policy seller. More often than not, the policy sale transaction can be wrapped up in 30 to 60 days dating from the initial inquiry.