81.   The act of selling a policy to a third party at a discount is called a viatical settlement.

82.   That way, he said, the family keeps the sum that would go to a middleman if the policy were sold.

83.   The bill would also abolish a New York state requirement that all insurance companies that sell policies in New York must off the same policies in other states.

84.   The company also announced Wednesday that it had started selling policies in Nevada, Oregon and Washington.

85.   The company is also trying to beef-up sales by selling new policies to existing customers for uninsured appliances already in their homes.

86.   The company was ordered to stop selling new policies as of today, making it the first insurer closed by the government in more than a half-century.

87.   The FAIR plan policy would be sold to all homeowners who wish to purchase quake coverage in the future, Garamendi said.

88.   The first would allow insurance brokers to charge higher commissions when they sell new policies.

89.   The insurer was charged with using false promises to sell policies.

90.   The new rules, if adopted, could allow lawyers specializing in estate planning and wills to form a partnership with financial consultants selling life insurance policies.