This looks like good news… I would love to see some screen shots of this.

Model Actuarial Pricing Systems (MAPS), formerly Milliman Pricing Software, released a new MAPS Policy Model v2.0.

The new model, which is web based, integrates the individual policy and portfolio valuation models and delivers a number of significant features, including:

• Unified platform for Policy and Portfolio models
• Flexible portfolio construction and analysis
• Coordinating the management of multiple portfolios under various modeling scenarios
• Tracking and incorporating actual paid premiums since policy purchase
• Enhanced premium projection functionality
• Additional mortality modeling parameters

“We are excited to announce the release of MAPS Policy Model v2.0.  The new features are in direct response to our customers’ feedback and reflect our commitment to providing superior client service.  This is a major product release.  It provides a number of usability enhancements, particularly in the area of portfolio management.  Our clients integrate everyday buying and selling decisions into management of their overall portfolio,” commented Win Georg, of MAPS.

In the near future, MAPS intends to release a new simplified individual policy valuation model for life settlement brokers.

Other news:
Fasano Investor Focused Life Settlement Conference
HunterWest LifeMarkets

Source: PR

Life settlement company, The Lifeline Program today unveiled a 12-second clip from its still-unreleased music video starring Betty White and techno sensation Luciana.

I couldn’t find the full music video yet, but here is the making of the video. Looks like a pretty production, I am pretty impressed.

The Lifeline Program is a life settlement company based in Atlanta, Ga., and is a division of Wm. Page and Associates, Inc. Founded in 1989, The Lifeline program offers life settlement portfolio aggregation services and alternative investment opportunities to financial institutions, fund managers and other investment entities. The company partners with insurance agencies and broker dealers to establish life settlement business lines and assists seniors with retirement planning options

It is that time area again, when we start discussing the Life Settlement Conference for 2011.

This year it will be held at the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas from September 22-23, 2011.

Topics will include:

• Turning Point: What Does the Future Hold for the Life Settlement Market?
• Investors: What Type of Investors Does the Market Need to Grow?
• Litigation: Will Favorable Court Decisions Bring New Capital to the Market?
• Fraud: What Will Be the Fallout of Regulatory Action Against Life Partners?
• Texas: Why is the Lone Star State Such a Magnet for Alleged Life Settlement Frauds?
• Life Expectancies: What are Fund Managers Doing to Develop Accurate Life Expectancies?
• Portfolios: How Do You Structure a Profitable Portfolio?
• Distressed Assets: What Value do Private Equity Funds and Hedge Funds See in Distressed Assets?
• Securitization: What Type of Pool is Needed for a Successful Rated Securitization?
• Legislation: What Progress Was Made this Year in Passing New Laws and Tweaking Older Ones?
• The Life Settlement Investor Roundtable
• Europe: What are the Latest Developments in the Keydata/Lifemark Scandal?
• Canada: What’s the Landscape for Life Settlements North of the Border?
• Tertiary Policies: Can They Bring Liquidity to the Market?

You don’t want to miss this event.  For more information visit dealflow.com or call  (516) 876-8006.