Beyond Structured Settlements
"Collaborative thinking and commentary about how the Internet impacts structured settlements, settlement planning and special needs planning."
Author: Patrick Hindert is a former president of the National Structured Settlement Trade Association, an industry group representing companies that issue structured settlements (an agreed schedule of periodic payments, generally for the purpose of providing a future income stream, in exchange for an upfront fee.) He is also a former executive director of the Society of Settlement Planners.
Blawg Related Categories: Law Practice Management • Legislation & Lobbying • Tort Law • Trials & Litigation • Legal Information
Recent Posts from Beyond Structured Settlements
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AIG Weekend Update
It has been a rough week for American International Group (AIG). Former AIG CEO's Martin J. Sullivan and Robert B. Willumstad faced harsh criticism when they testified on Tuesday before Congress. Legislators focused most of…
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NAMSAP 2008 Annual Meeting
The National Alliance of Medicare Set-Aside Professionals (NAMSAP) hosted its 2008 Annual Meeting October 2 in Washington, D.C. One hundred and thirty-six members attended including attorneys, insurers, life care planners, MSA administrators and structured settlement…
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AIG Announces Possible Sales
AIG announced on Friday it may sell its North American life subsidiaries, including American General, as part of its plan to repay an $85 billion bailout loan from the U.S. government. American General is AIG's…
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AIG Structured Settlement Agents
The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) announced on September 17, 2008 that Eric R. Dinallo, New York's Insurance Superintendent, will oversee an NAIC task force created to expedite the approval of sales of American…
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AIG Structured Settlement Annuity Market
What is happening with AIG annuities in the structured settlement market? Two weeks have passed since AIG's Board of Directors approved the largest government bailout of a private company in United States history just "hours…
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AIG Structured Settlement Timeline
The events of the past two weeks have been unprecedented in American financial history as well as structured settlement history. This blog post continues S2KM's coverage of AIG in the context of the current financial…
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AIG - 2
This blog post continues an S2KM series about the new (post 9/16/2008) structured settlement strategic landscape - and how to grow the structured settlement market. The structured settlement industry dodged another bullet (more like a…
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AIG - 1
As the Wall Street Journal headlined this weekend, September 14-20, 2008 represents "The Week That Changed American Capitalism". How did the events of the past seven days impact structured settlements? This S2KM blog post, which…
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MSA Update - 3C: Structured Settlement Annuities
This S2KM blog post is the sixth in a series of S2KM blog posts in 2008 updating Medicare set-aside (MSA) developments that impact the growth of structured settlements. S2KM's previous posts about MSAs include: Medicare,…
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MSA Update - 3B: Structured Settlement Annuities
Introduction (added September 9, 2008): The CMS rules for structured settlements and MSAs are dynamic and subject to change and conflicting interpretations. Since S2KM published this post, S2KM and Thomas Spratt became aware of an…