Beckerman Gains Two New Clients in the Financial Services Sector

HACKENSACK, N.J., Aug. 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Beckerman, based in Hackensack, N.J., one of the industry's largest independent public relations firms, has announced that it recently added Madison Strategic Partners NY LLC and Quantum Life Settlements to its growing roster of prestigious clients in the financial services industry.

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Since its founding more than 20 years ago, Beckerman has made a specialty of public relations representation for clients in the financial services industry, providing a wide range of services to firms including banks, insurance companies, hedge funds and private equity firms, as well as professional organizations.  

"We are delighted to be representing Madison Strategic Partners and Quantum Life Settlements," said Keith Zakheim, president. "We continue to grow our client roster in financial services as a result of our enviable track record in using our public relations expertise to help clients achieve their business objectives in this highly competitive sector."

Both new clients specialize in the growing life settlements industry, in which holders of unwanted or unneeded life insurance policies sell them to third parties for lump sums that are less than the value of their net death benefits, but more than they would have collected had they surrendered the policies to a life insurance company.

"We look forward to helping the public gain a deeper understanding of the life settlements industry," Zakheim said. "Life settlements are a unique financial tool offering holders of unneeded or unwanted life insurance policies who may be feeling the pinch of the recession a means of gaining access to additional funds."

Madison Strategic Partners NY is an integrated financial services platform that works with banks and institutional investors to develop, structure and manage programs and portfolios in the high-net-worth insurance marketplace. With experience in portfolios worth more than $17 billion, the team is one of the most successful in the industry.  

Quantum Life Settlements, based in Baltimore, Md., is a life settlements broker, helping consumers obtain the best prices for life insurance policies they no longer want or need. Quantum draws on its relationships with more than 40 funding sources to provide clients with some of the highest possible cash offers in the marketplace.

Beckerman employs more than 60 public relations professionals and represents more than 100 clients in a range of business sectors, also including real estate, legal services, renewable energy, technology, health care and consumer products. The firm has offices in New York, N.Y.; Hackensack, N.J.; Washington, D.C.; and San Francisco, Calif.

About Beckerman

Beckerman is one of the largest independent full-service public relations firms in the industry. Founded in 1989, Beckerman's staff of more than 60 experienced media professionals represents a distinguished roster of over 100 clients from diverse industry sectors, including environmental, real estate, financial, health care, technology, consumer products, public affairs and corporate political reputation. Beckerman recently acquired San Francisco-based Antenna Group and now has offices in New York, N.Y.; Hackensack, N.J.; Washington, D.C.; and San Francisco, Calif. To learn more, please call 201-465-8000 or visit http://www.beckermancompanies.com. Follow Beckerman on twitter @BeckermanPR, @BeckermanGreen, and on Facebook at www.facebook.com/BeckermanPR.

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