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...

What is the structured settlement credo? asks Patrick Hindert with the word "credo" linked to this Wikipedia definition: The credo (Latin for "I Believe"; pronounced [ˈkɾe�d̪o�] ) is a statement of religious belief, such as the Apostles' Creed (or, less often, another creed, such as the Nicene ...

Cash Now Pusher Stone Street Capital has created a web page to try and position itself as being part of the structured settlement industry. Fakers eventually get exposed and here's an example with the impostor revealing language highlighted in blue.: "Insurance companies have multiple roles in ...

The shock topic of the week (and probably the next few weeks) has made it to the Settlement Channel and my friend Mark Wahlstrom offers interesting consideration for the structured settlement and settlement planning industry about what we can learn collectively and individually about Eliot Spizer's ...

My March 4, 2008 post There is No Grace In A Kick Back which responded to Robert Risk's Bill Lerach Shows Class Amidst Personal Woes (a/k/a "Bill Lerach takes it Like a Man"-part of Risk's URL for the post) has met with the response today from Risk who tries to defend what he has said. Ris...

The Deal Flow media headline and teaser reads: "Factoring Companies Take Heat For Referral Fees Factoring companies offering referral fees to structured settlement consultants may not be violating any state insurance laws. But whether or not the practice is ethical is an argument that has divid...

JG Wentworth issued a Press Release today promoting its now being licensed for life settlements in 22+ states. Perhaps factoring companies are not so resistant to be licensed after all! So why, 6 years after tax relief was granted by Congress, is there not such a mechanism for structured settlements...