GWG Holdings, Inc. (GWGHQ) operates as a holding company primarily engaged in the life insurance secondary market, providing liquidity solutions and services to owners of illiquid life insurance policies through its subsidiary GWG Life, LLC, which acquires, owns, and manages a portfolio of life insurance policies valued at approximately $1.8 billion in face value; it also encompasses the Beneficient segment offering trust services, liquidity products for alternative assets and illiquid investment funds, and financial services to mid-to-high-net-worth individuals, alongside a financial services product distribution platform serving approximately 145 independent broker-dealers and 5,000 independent financial advisors, and development of epigenetic technology for the life insurance industry.
Founded in 2006 by Jon R. Sabes, Paul A. Siegert, and Steven F. Sabes, the company is headquartered in Dallas, Texas, and focuses on the financial services industry with operations centered in the United States.
In recent years, GWG Holdings filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in April 2022 to restructure amid liquidity challenges and investor disputes, leading to the creation of a Wind Down Trust in 2023 that canceled L Bonds and converted them to trust interests with limited recoveries for bondholders; it pursued strategic partnerships including a transaction valued at up to $800 million with Beneficient Company Group L.P. and an acquisition of shares by Beneficient to expand their alliance, alongside a proposed $50.5 million settlement in March 2025 funded by insurance to resolve claims against Beneficient and executives, and ongoing litigation trustee actions against former advisers seeking additional recoveries as of mid-2025.