get a secondary opinion® Let’s talk a minute about the benefits of fair market value. Let’s say you owned a nice wooded lot that was considered a valuable piece of real estate. Would you simply forget about it and go about your business as if it never existed? Or give it away for a mere […]
get a secondary opinion® When a client decides to pursue a life settlement arrangement, more often than not it is because an influx of capital is needed to fund a long-term expense like health care. This is why it is very important for the client’s advisor get assistance from a life settlement broker to make […]
get a secondary opinion® For a client considering a Life Settlement, they trust their advisor to serve their best interest. When seeking a life settlement that means a responsibility to obtain the best value for their client with their policy. This is not to be taken lightly, because when clients are looking to a Life […]
get a secondary opinion® There’s no better advocate in helping clients meet their long-term financial goals than their advisor. With this in mind, there are many cases where an uninformed client surrenders or lapses a policy that was worth much more than the cash value. That’s why many advisors choose to order an Ashar Secondary […]
get a secondary opinion® The life settlement market is back stronger than ever and now is a great time to dust off past submissions that didn’t work. Many of the cases closing today were first submitted in the 2004-2008 era. In most situations, its now 10 years later, and not only is the market stronger, […]
get a secondary opinion® How many people are involved in planning the annual fund raising event for most charities? How many man-hours are devoted to just that one single event? There’s a much easier way for charities to raise capital for present needs. One of the planners we work with asked us to appraise three […]
get a secondary opinion® Many of your 50 and 60-year-old clients are part of the “Sandwich Generation”. They are striving to prepare for their own retirement and encumbered by the fact that they not only have financial obligations to their children, but many of them are now also faced with caring for a parent who […]
get a secondary opinion® Life insurance policy owners receive information from the insurance carrier about various policy values such as accumulated value, cash surrender value, guaranteed values, non-guaranteed values, loan value, face amount, and so on. One value that they don’t get from their insurance carrier is fair market value (FMV). For the two most […]
get a secondary opinion® Fiduciaries Have to Get it Right! Life insurance has always been a cornerstone of estate planning and is usually put into place by a knowledgeable life insurance agent. The attorney places the policy in an ILIT and a Trustee is chosen. In the past it was common for the attorney, a […]
get a secondary opinion® Every year a staggering number of senior life policy owners lapse or surrender their unneeded or underperforming life insurance policies without first checking for fair market value. A 1911 Supreme Court Decision, Grigsby v. Russell viewed life insurance as private property whose owner has all of the rights and privileges possessed […]
