Viatical
Fernau, Blair![Viatical](https://support.digitalhusky.com/media/annotations/sorted/134/1340384/CHSBZCOP031340384.jpg)
The insurance industry borrowed the Latin word, viaticum -- meaning provisions for a journey -- and created financial products called Viatical settlements, allowing the terminally ill to sell their life insurance. Investors who bought these policies realized a great return while helping the sick gain money for their final days. But the returns were not guaranteed -- if the dying lived longer than expected investors lost money. Viaticals bet ho...