"Once this agreement is made,  (Step 1) the defendant funds a stream of payments to the plaintiff, according to specific needs. In most cases,  (Step 2) the defendant then transfers the responsibility to a "qualified assignment," which (Step 3) funds the damage payments with an annuity".  FAQ onÂ...

Said Richard Halpern regarding the Patrick Hindert's "Structured Settlement Credo" 1-5 and "The Holy Grail" "John,   You have already called me and interviewed me after Patrick Hindert published his "Structured Settlement Credo - 3" wherein he misquoted and mischaracterized an article that I recen...

Certified Structured Settlement Consultant is a professional designation offered by the National Structured Settlements Trade Association to its members through the Executive program at the University of Notre Dame since 1994. It DOES NOT involve matriculation at the University of Notre Dame. The pr...

Evidence continues to mount that a segment of the structured settlement industry, led by former NSSTA Executive Director Patrick Hindert IS teaming up with the cash now pushers. First, Patrick Hindert has long yakked that the growth of the structured settlement industry is through the factoring indu...

The company whose 3 principals' moral compass guided them to each sign a declaration under penalty of perjury attesting to substantial defense work to the United States Department of Justice at the same exact time that they marketed to tort victims and their attorneys that they were plaintiff excl...

Structured settlement broker and NSSTA member Judson "Jack" Caddy, Jr. attended the JG Wentworth conference on June 17, 2008. The NSSTA issued a memorandum to all its members this week which stated that "NSSTA's mission is to promote the use of structured settlements to provide long-t...

A statement  by DealFlow Media, concerning the attendance of the NSSTA Executive Director at an upcoming JG Wentworth conference, is inaccurate. If the DealFlow quote from Patrick Hindert is accurate however, DealFlow Media is to be thanked for exposing Patrick Hindert for who he appears to be....

A statement  by DealFlow Media, concerning the attendance of the NSSTA Executive Director at an upcoming JG Wentworth conference, is inaccurate. If the DealFlow quote from Patrick Hindert is accurate however, DealFlow Media is to be thanked for exposing Patrick Hindert for who he appears to be....

A member of the bar and a settlement planner has claimed in advertising legal and insurance services that he is "board certified" by the National Structured Settlement Trade Association and  that "he earned his "board certification " and the designation of Certified Str...

As reported today by noted author and factoring promoter, Patrick Johann Hindert, the West Virginia House Banking and Insurance Committee is considering House Bill 4380 which would amend and reenact Section 46A-6H-3 of the Code of West Virginia titled "Transfers of Right to Receive Future Payme...