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...

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 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...

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...