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a company placing an explicit bet on someone's death?

This is what the entire life insurance business model is base on. What's amazing is the level of information gathering possible now, not the fact that they're (still) doing it.



Yes, but interestingly they aren't very happy about Viatical Settlements, because it's a guaranteed loss for the neurone company. But totally legal.[1]

1. http://www.lisa.org/content/51/Life-Settlement-History.aspx




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