(BW) Ft. Laud. Company Offers New Income Opportunity in the Viatical Industry

(BW) Ft. Laud. Company Offers New Income Opportunity in the Viatical Industry

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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.--(BW HealthWire)--Aug. 13, 1997--Ft. Lauderdale-based Page & Associates recently began offering the first free Viatical Settlement Representative certification course in the United States. This course was designed to help educate people wanting to become representatives in the ever growing viatical settlement industry. Written by Wm. Scott Page, president of the National Viatical Association and Page & Associates, the course is expected to reach thousands of people and help create new career opportunities on a national scale. Helping develop the course were Sam Hobson, a twenty year veteran of the home healthcare/case management nursing industry and Barry Teeters with 10 years of dedication as an AIDS activist/lobbyist and advocate for people living with HIV , AIDS and Cancer.

Viatical settlement companies provide accelerated life insurance benefits for terminally ill individuals and have been operating nationally for approximately 8 years. Viatical Representatives, provide basic information and refer terminally ill individuals to a Viatical Settlement Company. In turn, they earn a commission for their referrals.

"We believe this is a giant step for our industry and our company," said Wm. Scott Page. "Professionals will now have the education needed to help them better inform the terminally ill of all available financial options, and we are proud that our company was the first to offer this significant course."

Viatical settlements allow individuals diagnosed with a terminal illness to sell their life insurance policy before they die for a percentage of the policy's total value. This settlement money is often used to pay for medical expenses, housing and other needs.

Page & Associates is a nationally recognized Viatical Settlement Company which provides accelerated life insurance benefits, financial advice and medical benefits to the terminally ill. Established in 1989, Page & Associates was one of the first viatical settlement companies operating in the United States.

CONTACT: Page & Associates, Fort Lauderdale Stephen E. Terrell, 954/568-3658

Keywords: VIATICAL; AIDS ACTIVIST; HIV

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