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Aaron Wong

Founder at The Milelion

10 Aug 2020

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Insurance

Are traded endowment policies a good investment?

I heard about something called traded endowment policies, where people sell their endowment policies instead of surrendering them. counterparties can buy the policies and continue servicing the premiums, holding them to maturity for a big payoff.

on paper it sounds great- you get all the safety and certainty of an endowment policy, plus higher returns than if you bought a new one. what's the catch?

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Not at all good option. recently purchased manulife resale which was sold basis revised illustrations and this month manulife drastically reduced projected illustrations for the policy. u can even lose your principal amount if the non guaranteed portion is reduced further. so pls be careful and don't fall for illustrations

Lim Chun Long Jimmy

10 Aug 2020

Co-founder at PolicyWoke (Traded Endowment Policies)

Thanks Hariz for introducing PolicyWoke.

Traded endowment policies are short-term, high-interest savings plan that were given up by previous policyholder. For us, the policies we bought-over are from those who are in financial stress such as but not limited to:

  • Loss / reduction of job income

  • Credit card debt

  • Mortgage debt

  • Divorce settlement

The catch is that, the buyer has to figure out which one to buy that fits his/her savings goals. When choosing which one to buy, he/she has to mainly look at:

  • Maturity date

  • Total funds input

  • Projected IRR

  • Projected maturity value

To learn more, you may check out our website and Telegram channel. Thank you.

Hariz Arthur Maloy

06 Jan 2020

Independent Financial Advisor at Promiseland Independent

Not a lot of downsides. Just you might not get exactly what you want in terms of premium amount, pre...

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