8:45 Chairperson’s Opening Remarks

Alan Buerger
CEO
Coventry

9:00 Environment for Secondary Market of Life Insurance and Related Insurer Challenges in 2009

• Discussing how the life settlement market can continues its strength through 2009
• Addressing capital market issues and federal involvement affecting life insurers, including changes to capital and reserve requirements
• Outlining a proposal for industry best practices and standards
• Detailing the impact of regulatory changes on life settlement hedging instruments and synthetic products

10:00 Regulatory Development Roundtable

• Reviewing the latest developments in regulatory and legislative actions impacting the life settlements industry
• Looking at the months ahead and where regulation will be focused
• Debating the merits of the different Model Act proposals
• Addressing the issue of “insurable interest” and its impact on valuations

11:45 Keynote: Addressing Federal Vs. State Regulation And The Anti-Consumerist Stance Of Insurance Providers Towards The Life Settlement Industry

Commissioner John Oxendine
Insurance And Safety Fire Commissioner Of Georgia

2:00 Examining The Impact Of Life Insurance Policy Loans On The Life Settlement Industry

• Determining the difference between life insurance policy loans and life settlements
• Understanding the mechanics behind life insurance policy loans
• Analyzing the economics of life insurance policy loans and how they differ from life settlements for the policy holder
• Exploring the potential of life insurance policy loans to rescue distressed premium finance programs

2:45 Issues Of Policy Valuation: Mortality Tables, Medical Underwriting And Changes In Life Expectancy Estimates

• Understanding the significance of mortality tables in estimating life expectancies
• Interrelation with medical underwriting
• Evolution of life expectancy underwriting; impact of life expectancy changes on portfolio values and the life settlement industry
• Sources of our valuation problems; consequences
• Strategies for managing longevity risk

4:15 Investor’s Perspectives On Life Settlements As An Asset Class

• Exploring the factors driving and deterring investments into life settlements
• Outlining investor concerns as the market enters a critical year in regulation and growth
• Examining the impact of new players entering the market from insurance companies and overseas
• Addressing investor concerns about the future of this marketplace

Moderator:
Ann Gorman
Vice President, Life Finance Group
Credit Suisse