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In their Financing column, Jeffrey B. Steiner and Jason R. Goldstein of DLA Piper discuss the various approaches by which a lender can secure an interest in a letter of credit held by a borrower on ...

A life insurance policy may be used as collateral to secure a loan. If you die before the loan is repaid, the lender will be repaid from the policy’s death benefit proceeds before beneficiaries can ...

Collateral securing a commercial mortgage loan commonly consists of the real property and all other assets owned by the borrower, including all cash and revenue derived from the operation of the ...