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Sell Your Life Insurance Policy for Cash

You own your life insurance policy — and you're allowed to sell it.

Many seniors don't realize a life insurance policy they no longer need — or can no longer afford — may be worth a lump sum today, instead of being surrendered for far less or lapsing for nothing.

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A life settlement is a regulated transaction — and thousands of seniors choose it every year.

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Selling a life insurance policy is called a life settlement. You sell the policy to an institutional buyer for a lump sum, and the buyer takes over the premiums and the eventual death benefit. You walk away with cash today instead of holding a policy you no longer want.

Lifestone helps seniors sell life insurance policies they no longer need. Our life settlement specialists connect you with institutional buyers so you can see whether the market has an offer for you — with no obligation to accept.

Your Three Real Options

What happens to a policy you no longer need?

Let it lapseNothing
What You Receive

Nothing.

How It Works

Coverage ends when premiums stop. Years of payments leave with the policy.

Best For

No one — this is the outcome to avoid if you have other choices.

Surrender to the carrierA fraction
What You Receive

The cash surrender value the carrier offers — often a small fraction of the death benefit.

How It Works

The insurance company buys the policy back at its internal value and closes it out.

Best For

Policyholders who need to exit quickly and may not qualify to sell.

Often the Best OutcomeSell your life insurance policyA lump-sum offer
What You Receive

A lump-sum payment from an institutional buyer, often more than the cash surrender value.

How It Works

Life settlement specialists present your policy to qualified institutional buyers. If a buyer makes an offer that fits, you decide whether to accept.

Best For

Policyholders 65+ with permanent coverage who may no longer need or want the policy.

Comparisons are general. Eligibility and outcomes depend on policy type, carrier, health, and current market conditions.

Illustrative Examples

What this can look like

Example
PolicySold For$100,000$36,000

Insured: Male, age 74

Policy type: Universal life

Premiums had become hard to keep up with.

Example
PolicySold For$500,000$170,000

Insured: Female, age 77

Policy type: Universal life

The coverage was no longer needed.

Example
PolicySold For$250,000$120,000

Insured: Male, age 88

Policy type: Whole life

The policy no longer fit the family's needs.

These are illustrative examples, not actual clients or offers. Every policy is different — amounts depend on age, health, policy type, carrier, and current market conditions. Lifestone cannot promise any specific amount.

How To Sell a Life Insurance Policy

From first question to a real answer, in four steps

You share the basics

Age, policy type, face value, and a few health questions — about 60 seconds. No documents required up front.

A specialist reaches out

A real person at Lifestone reaches out to confirm a few details. Not a script — an actual conversation.

We review with institutional buyers

As life settlement specialists, we walk your policy through the market to see what may be possible — you only deal with us.

You decide what is next

If a buyer makes an offer, you decide whether to accept. There is no obligation, and your information stays private either way.

Common Questions

Selling a life insurance policy — what to know

Wondering what your policy could be worth?

It costs nothing to find out, and there is no obligation either way.

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