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ReThink Review: Capitalism: A Love Story -- A Must-See Subversion

Jonathan Kim | Posted 09.28.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Greed, Dead Peasant, Dead Peasant Life Insurance, Rethink Reviews, Documentaries, Capitalism, Jonathan Kim, Film, Movies, Movie Reviews, Jonathan Kim Movie Reviews, Janitors Insurance Policy, Michael Moore, Documentary, Capitalism: A Love Story, Plutonomy, Movie Critic, Life Insurance, Citigroup, Entertainment News
Jonathan Kim

An excoriating critique of America's economic ideology, Capitalism may go down as one of the most timely and subversive films in movie history

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Life Insurance -- Bankers' New Best Friend

Christopher Brauchli | Posted 09.24.2009 | Business

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Christopher Brauchli

This latest financial instrument is a guaranteed win-win almost for sure.

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We Must Say "No" to Death Bonds

Melinda Katz | Posted 11.08.2009 | New York

Read More: Viatical, NYC Comptroller, Wall Street, Life Insurance, New York City, Melinda-Katz, New York News
Melinda Katz

Wall Street has realized that the desperately ill are willing to sell their life insurance policies at a deep discount to get the money they need for their final expenses, a practice bankers call "life settlements."

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Wall Street Gambles Again: Bankers To Buy Up Life Insurance Policies Of Ill And Elderly

nytimes.com | JENNY ANDERSON | Posted 10.21.2009 | Business

Read More: Wall Street Crisis, Wall Street Gambles, Wall Street, Life Insurance Policy, "Life Settlements", Wall Street Investments, Life Insurance, Health Care, Business News

After the mortgage business imploded last year, Wall Street investment banks began searching for another big idea to make money. They think they may h...

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Banks Use Life Insurance To Pay Bonuses

Wall Street Journal | ELLEN E. SCHULTZ | Posted 06.19.2009 | Business

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Banks are using a little-known tactic to help pay bonuses, deferred pay and pensions they owe executives: They're holding life-insurance policies on h...

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HuffPosters: Have You Traded Life Insurance For Mortgage Payments? Share Your Stories

Matthew Palevsky | Posted 03.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: New York Life, Financial Crisis, Citizen Journalism, Housing Crisis, HuffPost OffTheBus, Life Insurance, Offthebus, Politics News

The economic crisis has forced Americans to make decisions they never expected to make. In an effort to keep up with his rising mortgage payments, on...

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They're at it Again

Deborah Senn | Posted 03.02.2009 | Business

Read More: Oversight, American Council of Life Insurers, National Association of Insurance Commissioners, Insurance Regulation, Life Insurance, Insurance Companies, Business News
Deborah Senn

The life insurance industry has been trying to persuade state insurance regulators to ease their regulatory oversight by reducing the capital and surplus requirements for these companies.

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