"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...

In 1999 The Hartford produced some point of sales pieces for appointed structured settlement annuity brokers to use to compete with alternatives to structured annuities such as bank trusts, CDs, variable annuities and US Treasuries.  The passage of time has rendered some of the key points of these...

Structured Settlement Information provided by RAM Funding is unreliable. RAM Funding makes the misleading statement that structured settlements provide a cash flow that is completely tax liablity free. Structured settlement payments where the periodic payments represent damages excludable under IRC ...

Google may be the top search engine but the oversight for its Google blog alert is in need of serious improvement for it to continue to be relevant. Today I and others received a Google Blogs Alert for "structured settlements" with these allegedly relevant stories Prophecy-Predictions for 2008 for b...

Settlement Professionals Inc. (SPI) continues to use outdated "props" to support solicitation to hire the company for lucrative insurance business from plaintiff lawyers. It has dedicated an entire page to what it calls the AIG "Smoking Gun" memo.  Here are some comments on ...

Today I'm going to discuss some common issues related to structured settlement quotes and funding which should be of importance to plaintiff attorneys, plaintiffs, insurance adjusters, defense attorneys and other interested parties or stakeholders in the structured settlement process. Let's say you ...

My friends at Pullman Comley did a nice job of reviewing a number of significant California Court decisions: In Re Derrick Cox, Case No. 08 CECG 00847 AMS, Superior Court, Fresno County California (calif. Super. Ct. May 27, 2008; and In Re Richard Shawn Caldwell Case No. 08 CECG 00186 AMC, Superior ...

"Thanks so much for your help throughout this process.  Things are going well with the way things were set up with the last settlement, and given the current financial crisis that seems to be hitting everyone so hard, I am so thankful that I have that guaranteed income coming in on a month...

The intrinsic value of  your existing structured settlement will likely increase over the next 4 years regardless of who is the next President of the United States, John McCain or Barack Obama. To best part is that to get this increase in value you don't have to do anything except keep receivin...

Fredricksburg VIrginia lawyer Andrew Flusche, a Phi Beta Kappa and graduate of the University of Virginia School of Law apparently believes that you can be awarded a structured settlement. The Sole practitioner and Staff attorney at American Life League who lives with his wife and two cats, apparent...