In an industry that is largely driven by the speed of underwriting, the life settlement sector is seeing a significant increase in average transaction times as life expectancy underwriters increase their turnaround time from an average of two weeks to upwards of six weeks.
There are five major life expectancy underwriters in the life settlement market [...]

LIFE SETTLEMENT UNDERWRITING
Life Settlements are one of the fastest growing segments of the life insurance marketplace. Yet, many life insurance professionals have never completed a life settlement transaction. This is likely due to lack of product knowledge. Fortunately, the Life Insurance Settlement Association (LISA) and other organizations are doing an outstanding job of disseminating information [...]