Litigation

Liberty Life Structured Settlements Extends Free Lock In Period

Posted on April 01, 2011
More good news for structured settlements! Liberty Life Assurance Company of Boston announced April 1, 2011 that effective immediately, the free lock-in period for all cases locked-in 4/1/11 or after... This is a content summary only. Please click on the title for the full content, If you find yourself on FAEMM community, back out and type in www...

Structured Settlement Information Websites: Monthly Traffic Leaders for April 2011

Posted on April 01, 2011
With an incredible volume of structured settlement information on the internet it's not always easy to find information from companies that can actually place you in a structured settlement annuity.... This is a content summary only. Please click on the title for the full content, If you find yourself on FAEMM community, back out and type in www...

Structured Settlement Transparency Initiative 2011

Posted on March 30, 2011
The Business Practices Declaration of the Structured Settlement Transparency Intiative has been amended to account for changing times when more and more structured settlement brokers and settlement... This is a content summary only. Please click on the title for the full content, If you find yourself on FAEMM community, back out and type in www...

Using Life Insurance to Enhance Structured Attorney Fees

Posted on March 30, 2011
Plaintiff lawyers can increase their return on structured attorney fees by using life insurance in a product arbitrage. Those attorneys who are interested in lifetime structured legal fee annuity... This is a content summary only. Please click on the title for the full content, If you find yourself on FAEMM community, back out and type in www...

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Boca Bummer for Imperial Holdings in Post IPO Earnings Report

Posted on March 30, 2011
In its first earnings report since its $169M IPO last month, Imperial Holdings announced a 2010 loss which was double that of 2009, amid declining revenue. Boca Raton-based Imperial Holdings has two... This is a content summary only. Please click on the title for the full content, If you find yourself on FAEMM community, back out and type in www...

Structured Settlements Industry Trade Associations: We Expecting Too Much?

Posted on March 29, 2011
Do we expect too much from our trade associations? Patrick Hindert raises some interesting points in his discussion of healthcare reform in a generally well written article posted on the S2KM blog.... This is a content summary only. Please click on the title for the full content, If you find yourself on FAEMM community, back out and type in www...

Is Terry Taylor Chopped Liver?

Posted on March 28, 2011
Now Bentzen Financial claims "Being the only former structured settlement broker working on the factoring side, Rhonda is paving a new way for the industry". The Bentzen Financial statement is simply... This is a content summary only. Please click on the title for the full content, If you find yourself on FAEMM community, back out and type in www...

When it Comes to Woodbridge Structured Funding, Better To Stay "Off The Wagon"

Posted on March 27, 2011
Are you a leader or a follower? Because, the latest tasteless boundary pushing Woodbridge Structured Funding sales pitch is "If you are interested in jumping on the bandwagon to get cash now for your... This is a content summary only. Please click on the title for the full content, If you find yourself on FAEMM community, back out and type in www...

"Dispelling Industry Myths" With Another Myth?

Posted on March 26, 2011
Has Bentzen Financial found the Holy Grail of dissipation risk? "...Compare the chances of someone factoring their payments to the chances of someone dissipating cash received from a settlement. When... This is a content summary only. Please click on the title for the full content, If you find yourself on FAEMM community, back out and type in www...

Does Factoring Make Structured Settlements Better? Perhaps in This Instance

Posted on March 25, 2011
Should they or should they not get a big pile of cash at age 18, that is the question? Some surrogate judges think they should, even if parents or the infant plaintiff's lawyer might not, citing case... This is a content summary only. Please click on the title for the full content, If you find yourself on FAEMM community, back out and type in www...

Investments in Life Insurance Settlements Riskier Than Structured Settlements?

Posted on March 24, 2011
The word on the street is that a specialty finance company was close to being brought to its knees due to a major cash call to pay life insurance premiums on acquired life insurance policies and... This is a content summary only. Please click on the title for the full content, If you find yourself on FAEMM community, back out and type in www...

Accessing Your Structured Settlement Information Online

Posted on March 24, 2011
"Is there a way to access my structured settlement information online? I do not know if I am supposed to receive quarterly or yearly statements on my structured settlement and I would like some... This is a content summary only. Please click on the title for the full content, If you find yourself on FAEMM community, back out and type in www...

Dumbest Things Said About Structured Settlements -12 Qualified Assignment

Posted on March 22, 2011
** What a pity it is when industry veterans appear unable to articulate one of the fundamentals of their profession. Seen March 22, 2011 on the website of a former President of the Society of... This is a content summary only. Please click on the title for the full content, If you find yourself on FAEMM community, back out and type in www...

Viral Cookie Cutter Structured Settlement Documents and Financial Literacy

Posted on March 22, 2011
Since when are there rulings in the Internal Revenue Code? The following appeared in a paragraph (dealing with the purchase of a structured settlement annuity) within a New York Infant Compromise... This is a content summary only. Please click on the title for the full content, If you find yourself on FAEMM community, back out and type in www...

Cash Now Pushers Claim to Give " Annuity Quotes"

Posted on March 21, 2011
Several cash now pushers continue to misrepresent that they give structured "annuity quotes". In doing so, they are making the false implication that they are licensed insurance agents or... This is a content summary only. Please click on the title for the full content, If you find yourself on FAEMM community, back out and type in www...

The "Kinchen Stink" on the Structured Settlement Secondary Market

Posted on March 20, 2011
Long Island Newsday editorial writer Daniel Akst's book " We Have Met The Enemy Self Control in An Age of Excess" is an interesting read which centers on the conflict between our longer-term aims and... This is a content summary only. Please click on the title for the full content, If you find yourself on FAEMM community, back out and type in www...

Buy Long Term Care Insurance To Avoid Risk of Eroding Your Life's Work

Posted on March 17, 2011
Riding without long term care insurance is to your wealth like traveling on a long journey that ends in quicksand. In some parts of the country assisted living is pushing $275 a day and nursing home... This is a content summary only. Please click on the title for the full content, If you find yourself on FAEMM community, back out and type in www...

Executive Life of New York: What Happens If My Insurance Company Goes Belly Up?

Posted on March 15, 2011
An answer to the question "What happens if my insurance company goes belly up?" continues to play out in the New York Supreme Court Nassau County. After 20 years in "assisted living", is Executive... This is a content summary only. Please click on the title for the full content, If you find yourself on FAEMM community, back out and type in www...

"Wasik's Pickle" On Structured Products: Nothing To Do With Structured Settlements

Posted on March 14, 2011
John F. Wasik's "pickle" on structured financial products published in this month's AARP magazine has been seen as the proverbial "turd in a punch bowl" by my industry's trade association. It is... This is a content summary only. Please click on the title for the full content, If you find yourself on FAEMM community, back out and type in www...

Executive Life of New York and the 1992 Paralympic Games?

Posted on March 14, 2011
Was "in rehabilitation" New York insurer Executive Life of New York ("ELNY") a sponsor or participant in the 1992 Paralympics in Barcelona? You might think so given that S2KM's and TSSG's Patrick... This is a content summary only. Please click on the title for the full content, If you find yourself on FAEMM community, back out and type in www...

Aikmen "The Dread Therapist"

Posted on March 14, 2011
"Structures are created to Help People Adjusting one Should Do The Same" says the "incognito" Timothy Aikman, formerly of factor Strategic Capital, in a post card from Florida adorned with a Polar... This is a content summary only. Please click on the title for the full content, If you find yourself on FAEMM community, back out and type in www...

"Bridge" Over The RIver "Cry"

Posted on March 13, 2011
The structured settlement watchdog's heart cries for Bridge Settlement Corporation. The Structured Settlement Industry veteran inexeplicably lists American Home Assurance Company as one of its "Life... This is a content summary only. Please click on the title for the full content, If you find yourself on FAEMM community, back out and type in www...

Life/Health Insurer Assets and Asset Growth Rates for Structured Annuity Issuers

Posted on March 11, 2011
The companies that issue structured settlement annuities are among the biggest financial institutions in the United States, if not the world. Not only are they the biggest but the majority of... This is a content summary only. Please click on the title for the full content, If you find yourself on FAEMM community, back out and type in www...

Structured Settlements v Trust Fees: Take NSSTA "Termite" Warning in Context

Posted on March 08, 2011
Did you know that termites have built "cathedrals"? That's right they don't just munch on your porch! It's ironic that the household pest, that the NSSTA uses as a catalytic methaphor for wealth... This is a content summary only. Please click on the title for the full content, If you find yourself on FAEMM community, back out and type in www...

Structured Annuity Companies Among "World's Most Admired" 2011 Fortune Magazine

Posted on March 05, 2011
A number of current and former structured settlement annuity companies are listed in the 2011 Fortune World Most Admired list which will be published March 21, 2011. The Fortune World Most Admired... This is a content summary only. Please click on the title for the full content, If you find yourself on FAEMM community, back out and type in www...

Do You "Aspyre" to "Get Cash From Your Lump Sum Settlement"

Posted on March 02, 2011
Aspyre Settlement Funding, Inc., the rebrand of Mango Capital subsidiary Structured Settlement Investments, LP claims to "provide a fresh approach to the structured settlement funding effort" in its... This is a content summary only. Please click on the title for the full content, If you find yourself on FAEMM community, back out and type in www...

Is Woodbridge Structured Funding Promising More than They Can Deliver?

Posted on February 27, 2011
If you sell your structured settlements do you get "the money you will ultimately get", now? The answer is no because selling your structured settlement payment rights means selling payments at a... This is a content summary only. Please click on the title for the full content, If you find yourself on FAEMM community, back out and type in www...

Comparing Selling Structured Settlements to Alternative Sources Of Financing

Posted on February 27, 2011
Are structured settlement annuitants better off selling their structured settlement payment rights to meet their financial needs when in distress? J.G. Wentworth attempts to frame the argument in a... This is a content summary only. Please click on the title for the full content, If you find yourself on FAEMM community, back out and type in www...

Structured Settlement Information Websites: Monthly Traffic Leaders for March 2011

Posted on February 27, 2011
With an incredible volume of structured settlement information on the internet it's not always easy to find information from companies that can actually place you in a structured settlement annuity.... This is a content summary only. Please click on the title for the full content, If you find yourself on FAEMM community, back out and type in www...

The Blair Switch Project?

Posted on February 25, 2011
The annual regulatory filings for Buffalo, New York based Forge Consulting, LLC with the Secretary of the Commonwealth in Massachusetts show a John T. Blair as Authorized Signatory since 2009. Prior... This is a content summary only. Please click on the title for the full content, If you find yourself on FAEMM community, back out and type in www...

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