A Futures Market Betting Against a Future From: The Washington Post | Date: October 9, 1994| Author: JANE BRYANT QUINN | Copyright 1994 The Washington Post. This material is published under license from the Washington Post.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Washington Post.Copyright information

Should a civilized society allow investments in human "death futures"? And if so, should they be regulated?

These macabre questions are being increasingly debated, as the so-called viatical industry expands.

Viatical settlements are available to the terminally ill who happen to own individual or group life insurance policies. The word comes from viaticum, the communion given to Christians who are dying or in danger of death.

AIDS and cancer patients use these sett...

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