Glossary entry

Spanish term or phrase:

contrato de viticos

English translation:

viatical settlements

Added to glossary by Ltemes
May 17, 2004 21:29
20 yrs ago
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Spanish term

contrato de viticos

Spanish to English Bus/Financial Investment / Securities
From a complaint written to the Securities and Exchange Commission. The form has a line for "Security Name" and the person filled in "Contrato de viticos".

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viatical settlements

I think there's a typo. It probably refers to "Contratos de Viáticos", which are Viatical Settlements, a particular type of financial investment in life insurance policies of terminally ill people or really old people.

Ref. in English:

Federal Trade Commission: Viatical Settlements
Viatical Settlements, from the Federal Trade Commission, at The Body, the
complete AIDS and HIV information resource. Viatical Settlements. ...
www.thebody.com/ftc/viatical598.html - 14k - May 15, 2004 - Cached - Similar pages

Viatical Settlements
Viatical Settlements. A viatical settlement allows you to invest in another person's
life insurance policy. ... Viatical settlements can be risky investments. ...
www.sec.gov/answers/viaticalsettle.htm - 6k - Cached - Similar pages

AEGiS-LT: Dozens of AIDS Patients Arrested in Life Insurance Scams ...
... which 'viatical' firms sell to others as investments. ... known as "viatical settlements"
buy life insurance policies from terminally ill people for a ...
www.aegis.com/news/lt/2000/LT000908.html - 15k - Cached - Similar pages

Ref. in Spanish:

¿Sabías que existe un instrumento de inversión llamado Contrato de Viáticos?

Consiste en inversiones hechas sobre pólizas de seguro de vida en dólares pertenecientes a personas con enfermedades terminales o de avanzada edad. El procedimiento sería como la adquisición de una póliza de vida a descuento y con un tiempo promedio desde 6 hasta 60 meses antes de su vencimiento.

Este instrumento de inversión considera ventajas tanto para el inversionista, como para los primeros beneficiarios de la pólizas de vida, ya que éstos podrán contar con su dinero al necesitarlo y emplearlo en el tratamiento médico que requieran, es decir, perciben los beneficios de su póliza de seguros antes del vencimiento de la misma. Por otra parte el inversionista obtiene un beneficio financiero al tener altos rendimientos y flexibilidad en la inversión ya que puede invertir desde U$ 10.000,00

Multipuerta.com - Finanzas,Economia y Negocios en Venezuela - [ Translate this page ]
Seguros en dólares - Contratos de Viáticos. ¡¡¡Viáticos, una
inversión para la vida!!! ¿ Sabías que existe un instrumento ...
www.multipuerta.com/SegurosMaster.asp?c=viaticos - 46k - Cached - Similar pages


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Note added at 16 mins (2004-05-17 21:46:06 GMT)
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Also known as: VIATICAL CONTRACTS

Alaska Department of Community and Economic Development... according to Elder. There is presently no company licensed to sell viatical contracts in Alaska. \"Viaticals contracts are legitimate ...
www.dced.state.ak.us/bsc/goodinvestments.htm - 31k - May 16, 2004 - Cached - Similar pages


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Note added at 18 mins (2004-05-17 21:47:24 GMT)
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After thinking about it again, I would translate it as:
VIATICAL SETTLEMENT CONTRACTS.
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