Patent ID: 8103565

Claim:
A computer-implemented method for securing a loan, made between a lender and a borrower, with a life insurance policy, pursuant to a first agreement between said lender, said borrower, and an intermediary, the method comprising the steps of: modifying by the borrower as record owner of the insurance policy, the insurance policy to name the intermediary as record owner of the insurance policy, where the intermediary and the lender are different parties; holding, by the intermediary, said insurance policy as a financial asset, in a security account and storing data relating to the insurance policy in a memory reflecting the naming of the intermediary as record owner of the insurance policy; and disbursing, by the lender, the loan to said borrower in accordance with a loan agreement; wherein said first agreement permits said lender to become the record owner of the insurance policy when said borrower is in default of said loan agreement, when a notification of default is received, the data relating to the insurance policy stored in the memory is modified to name the lender as both the record and beneficial owner of the insurance policy.