"Who thinks the life settlement industry will become a boom in the near future?"?

Answer 1

Life settlements are very popular today with people who need their life insurance death benefits while they are still alive. Investors on the aggregate may make a nice profit, but I imagine some people will not recoup their investments. Life insurance companies will not like policies that they were planning on lapsing being held to the death, and this may cause some insurance companies to go into recievership (similar to bankruptcy) If this happens, expect regulators to do everything up to outlawing life settlements.

Answer 2

yes it seems