January 19, 2009, Boca Raton, Florida -- Welcome Funds Inc, a leading provider of life settlement brokerage services, today announced the celebration of its 10 year anniversary.

Over the past decade, Welcome Funds has consistently been one of the life settlement industry's largest and most respected brokerages. "10 years is a major milestone and we are thrilled that we are able to share our success with our clients, business partners and industry associates," says John Welcom, CEO & Founder, who began his career as a viatical settlement broker back in 1993. "We are all very proud of this accomplishment and grateful to our customers and employees who have contributed to our growth," adds Welcom.

Welcome Funds has built a solid foundation in the life settlement marketplace and is poised to help other market leaders fulfill the industry's great potential. "One of the firm's strongest attributes is its innovative thinking, focusing on the future of the industry and being on the forefront of what will define life settlements going forward," said Daniel Ohman, Vice President & COO.

In celebration of a decade of leadership and excellence, Welcome Funds will be introducing a number of industry leading services. During the past 18 months, while most life settlement firms were restructuring due to the difficult economic times, Welcome Funds was busy developing its technology and service platform designed to provide internal efficiencies and cost-effective solutions. The company has successfully implemented a state-of-the-art web-based life settlement operating system, as well as a proprietary pricing and policy valuation model called the Life Settlement Illustration^TM.

Additionally, in an effort to ensure privacy of consumer data, Welcome Funds will now provide, at no cost, a platform for ALL of the firm’s independent distribution channels to submit cases in a secured environment. Currently, Welcome Funds delivers case data to life settlement providers via PolicyTrac^®, a secure web-based platform (www.policytrac.com). With this announcement, Welcome Funds is among the first life settlement companies to provide end-to-end data security throughout the settlement lifecycle.

"Consumer privacy and data security are critical business requirements for the life settlement market and we are excited to offer this secure solution to our business partners and their clients," says Ohman. "Welcome Funds is dedicated to the protection of our customers' personal information and documentation. This is the future of the market and a value-added benefit to all of our partners," adds Welcom.

ABOUT WELCOME FUNDS:

Established January 19, 2000, Welcome Funds Inc. is one of the nation's leading life insurance settlement brokerages, maximizing fair market values for policy owners while ensuring consumer protection, market integrity and transparency. The principals of the firm have an extensive background in the secondary market for life insurance which spans the last two decades.

Welcome Funds continues to enhance its brokerage platform, which is among the most sophisticated in the marketplace, in response to the increase in regulatory oversight and complexity of the life settlement industry. Its long standing institutional relationships, best execution strategy, historical case data, proprietary pricing model and state-of-the-art technology provide a turn-key solution for financial professionals and their senior clientele.