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October 28, 2010 at 08:00 PM
The life settlements market was hit hard in 2009 by a major decline in investments in the market, according to a new study by Conning Research & Consulting.
Life settlement funds were choked off from buying new policies “by the retreat of investor capital through 2009, following both the financial crisis and market specific issues of the prior year,” says Scott Hawkins, an analyst at Conning, Hartford.
Conning estimates the face value of policies bought in the secondary market last year fell to $8 billion, down 36% from the 2008 total. It estimates cumulative in-force face amounts rose 16% in 2009. The cumulative increase was down by about half from the 2008 increase.
