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viatical如何读

英：[vaɪ'ætɪkəl]

美：[vaɪ'ætəkəl]

viatical是什么意思

[pl.；] 旅行必需品(尤指行军的辎重)

viatical英英释义

noun

an agreement by which the owner of a life insurance policy that covers a person (such as the owner) who has a catastrophic or life-threatening illness receives compensation for less than the expected death benefit of the policy in return for a turning over (as by sale or bequest) of the death benefit or ownership of the policy to the other party (such as a company specializing in such transfers) called alsoviatical

viatical词源英文解释

probably from viaticum

The first known use of viatical settlement was in 1991

viatical 例句

1 But it was crime and people went to prison — people like our old friend Gar Hogan, sentenced to 28 years in prison for the crime of viatical fraud.

2 Q: Is a viatical settlement a good way to get some money?

3 Mr Freeman defends his willingness to enter into viatical settlements.

4 In response, financial planners established the viatical business.

5 We can all instinctively understand the idea of life insurance; most of us will feel an instinctive repugnance at the thought of the viatical industry or dead peasants insurance.

6 She cites viatical settlements, the purchasing of the benefits of a life-insurance policy from someone still living.

7 A: A viatical settlement is when an investor buys a terminally ill person’s life-insurance policy.

8 But that is precisely what could happen when someone sells their own life insurance policy to a third party - a procedure known as a viatical settlement.

9 A decade ago, Fred worked as a sales representative for a company called Vespers, which arranged viatical settlements for terminally ill policyholders.

10 The viatical industry was practically unheard of before the 1980s, when the rapid spread of HIV and Aids made it more commonplace.