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Rotten Fruit Irony on LBN

Posted on March 01, 2009

Ho Ho Hee Hee It's Tutiwati Lee "Structured Settlement Expert" NOT!

Posted on March 01, 2009

Hartford Life downgraded to "A" (Excellent) by AM Best & Company

Posted on February 27, 2009

Structured Settlement Process... Forge Consulting Has Ass Backwards

Posted on February 27, 2009

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Structured Settlement History Comes With Patrick Hindert's Dyasthema

Posted on February 27, 2009

Structured Settlements In California... The Truth About Julie-Ann Amos

Posted on February 27, 2009

468B QSF Settlement Consulting

Posted on February 26, 2009
Patrick Hindert's pedantic demagoguery of the day focuses on a new concept which he labels 468B QSF settlement consulting. The concept ostensibly involves the standard use of a 468B QSF trust fund that in many cases adds needless extra cost...

Cash Now Question Should Go To Federal Trade Commission

Posted on February 26, 2009
The focal point of the cash now advertising fraud is the where the cash NOW emphasis is placed. Is the cash NOW emphasis placed on what the consumer needs versus the advertiser's promise and ability to deliver what they advertise?I...

Structured Settlement Thought For The Day

Posted on February 26, 2009
Regarding competition in today's environment... … you don't simply want just the low cost bid on parachutes, life preservers, life insurance OR structured annuities.

No More Rated Ages From Allstate Life Insurance Company

Posted on February 25, 2009
Allstate Life is discontinuing medical underwriting for both qualified and non-qualified business. Allstate's decision to no longer issue rated ages is said to be due to high underwriting volumes and low placement rates. Rated age is an important cost factor...

Most Popular Structured Settlement Websites February 2009

Posted on February 25, 2009
Three Month Trailing Top 10 Traffic Rank (Alexa Rank as of 02/25/2009) of Structured Settlement and Settlement Planning Industry websites* (+ or- traffic from 01/25/2009 report). Lower number means more traffic (e.g. Yahoo.com is ranked 1 in the overall scheme)...

Imperial Structured Settlements Queen's Kumbaya Misses The Point

Posted on February 24, 2009
Cash Now pusher Imperial Stuctured Settlmeents has issued a press release in resposne to "disreputable industry blogs". It states "buzz surrounding seedy blogs posted about structured settlement and annuity factoring companies has grown dramatically over the past year...

Folksongomy and Mixing Milk With Meat

Posted on February 23, 2009
Patrick Hindert minces words today over settlement consulting and settlement planning and introduces us to the "Hedwig Pindork" 4 syllable Big Word of the Day "Folksonomy". Wasn't Folksonomy Plaza the LA office tower that got shot up in Die Hard?...

Sell Structured Settlement Alternative

Posted on February 23, 2009
Is there an alternative to sell structured settlement? If you have an IRA, or rollover IRA, the answer is yes, IRC 72(t).IRC 72(t) provides that amounts distributed from a traditional IRA or Roth IRA before an individual reaches age 59...

Hindert Changes Tagline BUT...

Posted on February 22, 2009
Beyond Structured Settlements " Discussion of the legal issues related to structured settlements" Alexa description February 22, 2009Beyond Structured Settlements "Commentary about structured settlements and special needs planning" Blog tag line February 22, 2009Previously Beyond Structured Settlements tagline was "collaborative...

Former NSSTA Executive Director Headlines SSP Annual Meeting

Posted on February 22, 2009
Structured Settlements 4Real has learned that former NSSTA Executive Director Randy Dyer will be featured as an engaging dinner speaker at the April 27-28 annual meeting of the Society of Settlement Planners. I understand that Randy will be giving his...

Qualified Settlement Fund As "Settlement Planning Standard" Caveat -1

Posted on February 22, 2009
If a money manager was going to charge you 3% to manage your money in a money market fund for a few weeks or a month would you do it? If your answer is no, you might want to question...

Mack N' Cheese At Upcoming SSP Meeting in DC?

Posted on February 21, 2009
Following what has become an unfortunate tradition of promoting structured settlement "one hit wonders" at its annual meeting (such as Professor Adam Scales and his erstwhile paper), the Society of Settlement Planners apparently intends to delve even deeper into the...

Structured Settlements 4Real Ranked 74 on Top Legal Blogs at Avvo

Posted on February 18, 2009
Avvo, a legal marketing service that competes with Martindale wonders "what exactly goes into those top legal blog (blawg) lists floating around?" So Avvo has compiled an auto-updating list of over 300 legal subject blogs ordered by their Alexa traffic...

Web 2.0 "Weschful Thinking" Is An Improvement on Pedantic Plodding

Posted on February 18, 2009
Whether you were enthralled or bewildered by the Hindergush at the NSSTA Regional you may be interested in Web 2.0...The Machine is Us/Ing Us, a 4 1/2 minute video on Web 2.0 by Michael Wesch, Assistant Professor of Cultural Anthropology...

Amicus Capital on Structured Settlements...Silly Tilley!

Posted on February 18, 2009
The accompanying picture of Bill Tilley, President of Amicus Capital Services, LLC , belies the inarticulate explanation of structured settlements attributed to him and his company on Ezine Articles. From Valencia California Tilley delivers a malaprop that "Archie Bunker" would...

When Even "CDs" Aren't Safe

Posted on February 17, 2009
The global financial crisis that has decimated stock portfolios and real estate has seen people flocking to safer alternatives. Among those "safer alternatives"...Bank CDs. From some unlucky Texans and others who invested in CDs with Stanford International Bank that illusion...

California Resident Thinks "Terminator" Unduly Influenced By JG Wentworth Commercials

Posted on February 17, 2009
VIctorville California Daily Press reader Art Fotschky suggests that Arnold Schwarzenegger has been having some sleepless nights. "Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and legislators must be watching too much late night television, and in particular the commercials regarding selling structured settlements ,...

JG Wentworth..."Plus Ca Change Plus La Meme Chose"

Posted on February 17, 2009
Just When You Thought JG Wentworth Was Turning Over a New Leaf with "In a Bind? Need Cash? www.jgwentworth.com Sell your Settlement Payments Now JG Wentworth Pays Cash" then you follow the link and find that "the more it changes...

Structured Attorney Fees...Financial Literacy Corner

Posted on February 16, 2009
Forge Consulting, LLC states on its website that it "provides attorneys with fee structuring options, allowing them to take advantage of the unique opportunity to defer taxation on earned fees".Download Forge Consulting LLC - Mess.. 2-16-2009 Is there anything wrong...

John Bair "Covers Tracks" in John Edwards Testimonial Cover Up?

Posted on February 16, 2009
With former Presidential candidate John Edwards' political career over due to untimely revelations about his cheating on his cancer stricken wife and the bizarre cover up, it appears that Forge Consulting CEO John T. Bair has apparently rewritten history AGAIN...

Structured Settlement "Standard of Care" in New York

Posted on February 16, 2009
The inclusion of the following language required to be sworn to by the New York State Supreme Court for Bronx County in the standard "Structure Broker's Affidavit" introduces a new "standard of care" for structured settlements apparently due to a...

Florida Annuities Fraud Law... A Sign of Things To Come Elsewhere?

Posted on February 13, 2009
Florida's annuities fraud law, an amendment to Florida Statute 627.4554 "Annuity Investments By Seniors" went into effect January 1, 2009. In addition to new suitability standards, one of its provisions could easily apply to insurance agents and brokers or settlement...

Second Circuit Court of Appeals Tells Cash Now Pusher Where to Shove Their Ten Gallon Hat

Posted on February 11, 2009
An attempt by Rapid Settlements Ltd to "circumvent" the New York Structured Settlement Protection Act by arguing that the Full Faith and Credit Clause in Article IV of the United States Constitution required the United States District Court for the...

AAJ Affinity Deal With Halpern Group For Recovery Management

Posted on February 11, 2009
It was recently announced at its Winter Meeting in New Orleans that the AAJ has endorsed the Halpern Group for recovery management services.

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