By Chris Orestis via Iris.xyz
It’s generally accepted that seniors are particularly vulnerable to misguided financial advice. Every advisor I know has a horror story to share about a client who was scammed or swindled out of a significant portion of his or her hard-earned assets. In fact, The Stanford Center on Longevity and the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority’s Investor Education Foundation reported that seniors over 65 are 34% more likely to lose money on a financial scam than people in their 40s. The good news is that the situation isn’t going unnoticed. Private organizations such as AARP and The Investor Protection Trust, as well as federal and state government entities including the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, are aggressively working to protect seniors and their nest eggs
In addition, the Life Insurance Settlement Association (LISA) has led the way in introducing and implementing consumer protections designed to inform and protect seniors so they can easily and safely access the market value for an unwanted, unneeded or unaffordable life insurance policy
From educating sellers to informing beneficiaries to ensuring policies are being sold to the best possible advantage of the policyholder, the following are the top seven standards that provide confidence to seniors and financial professionals that exploring the sale of a policy can be the right choice.
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