Finance:Net insurance benefit

Net Insurance Benefits, or NIBs, is a term currently used in the life settlement industry to describe the net cash flows from a portfolio of life contingent assets commonly structured to pool assets together for purposes of diversification, favorable tax treatment, or other desirable portfolio characteristics. Often, but not always, the underlying assets are combined with other insurance products to produce a more attractive risk profile than the underlying assets by themselves. In its simplest form, a NIB represents the profits from a portfolio of life insurance policies. The market value of a NIB can vary depending on the presence or absence of certain underlying enhancements such as financing, reinsurance wraps, mortality protection products, or bank guarantees.