WACO, Texas, Mar 02, 2010 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Life Partners Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ GS: LPHI), a leader in the life settlements industry, announced that the Audit Committee of its Board of Directors has engaged Ernst & Young LLP as the Company's new independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending February 28, 2010.
The Company does not anticipate the change in auditors will delay the filing of its annual report due on May 14, 2010.
Life Partners is the world's oldest and one of the most active companies in the United States engaged in the secondary market for life insurance, commonly called "life settlements." Since its incorporation in 1991, Life Partners has completed over 100,000 transactions for its worldwide client base of approximately 25,000 high net worth individuals and institutions in connection with the purchase of over 6,200 policies totaling over $2.2 billion in face value.
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