The primary appeal to investors is that longevity risk is not correlated to traditional markets. Performance of life settlement-linked assets is determined in large part by the deviation from expected mortality rates within a selected group of policies that has been re-underwritten since they were first issued (see below).

*Us population (both sexes including smokers and non-smokers) age 65 and over. Data from National Center for Health Statistics (http://www.cdc.gov)