The Life Insurance Settlement Association ("LISA") has rolled out a new strategy for encouraging legislation that protects a consumer's right to sell a life insurance policy, and has elected a new board of directors.
"We have made a strategic shift as a trade association to pursue a more comprehensive legislative and regulatory affairs strategy," said Bryan Nicholson, executive director of LISA. "Our vision is to support public policies at the federal and state levels that will grow the life settlement industry by making it easier for consumers to extract value from the investments they have made in their life insurance policies and by raising awareness of the life settlement option as an alternative to policy lapse or surrender."
Serving on the board are six members who are continuing their terms, as well as two members who were elected to a three-year term and one member re-elected to a new three-year term. The current directors are as follows:
Alan Buerger, Coventry
Brian Casey, Locke Lord LLP (newly elected)
Chris Conway, ISC Services
John Dallas, Berkshire Settlements
Rob Haynie, Life Insurance Settlements
Stephen Kirkwood, Vida Capital (newly elected)
John McFarland, NorthStar Life Services
Steven Shapiro, Q Capital Strategies (re-elected to new term)
John Welcom, Welcome Funds
The newly constituted board will elect officers at its November board meeting.
Learn more: www.lisa.org.
Victoria Spears
Victoria Prussen Spears is senior vice president of Meyerowitz Communications Inc., a law firm marketing communications consulting company. A graduate of Sarah Lawrence College and Brooklyn Law School, Ms. Spears was an attorney at a leading New York City law firm before joining Meyerowitz Communications. She may be contacted at [email protected].