 | Introduction
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| Overview
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| Sales Pitches: Truth, Lies, and
Pressure Tactics
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| Signing Up: Determining purchase
price; selecting viators; underwriting; tracking; policy services; death claim
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| Contracts Compared: Terminology;
premiums; escrow; transfer; other expenses; policy services; tracking
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| Finding Risk: medical; insurance;
other risks
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| Predicting Life Expectancy
Author: Philip Loy, president, American Viatical Services *
* First nationwide firm to specialize in life expectancy estimates
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| "Belly-Up" Insurance
Author: Jack Traylor, D.P.A., president, T&T
Reports *
* State guarantee funds -- what you are never told
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| Fraud Watch: Court cases; illegal
sales; safeguards
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| Viators and Fraud: A Wake-Up Call for
Investors
Author: David Wood, Esq. *
* Viatical companies can safeguard investors from
fraud
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| Wealthy or Wannabe?
How to tell if this investment is right for you
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| Conclusion
Is regulation necessary to make this
investment safer?
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| Appendices
 | Assumption Document (from
an actual insurer insolvency)
Author: Jack Traylor
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| Group Insurance
Risks (one company's methods)
Author: Robert Shear, Pres., Enhanced Financial (formerly Accelerated
Benefits Capital of Michigan)
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| Viatical Companies (samples
of licensed
companies that sell investments)
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| Insurers and Viatication
Author: Carole Fiedler, licensed viatical broker
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| Anti-Fraud Internet
Resources
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| Maverick Viatical
Companies and Investors
Author: Per Larson, financial planner and viatical settlements negotiator
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| State Securities Regulation --
the beginning
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| Checklist :
steps to take to invest safely
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| Glossary
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| Index
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