Archive for August, 2001

Severely ill may sell their insurance Increasingly common practice gives an early settlement for end-of-life costs

RALEIGH - Buying the life insurance policy of a terminally ill person to make a profit may sound macabre. It’s also a big business that regulators say is ripe for fraud. Many patients want to participate in these viatical insurance settlements, in which they receive a cash payment in exchange for ceding the policy and […]