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J.G. Wentworth Structured Settlement Survey

Posted on November 18, 2008
"Listen to the customer - a novel idea wouldn?t you say?" That was advice from Randy Snow for the structured settlement industry in Randy's August 2008 Interview with S2KM about industry transition and growth. Only recently has the structured settlement...

S2P2J Release 44

Posted on November 06, 2008
Release 44 of "Structured Settlements and Periodic Payment Judgments" (S2P2J) will be available in December 2008. Since S2P2J was first published in 1986, the authors have attempted to provide balanced and comprehensive coverage of structured settlement industry developments from a...

NSSTA 2008 Fall Meeting - 3

Posted on November 01, 2008
S2KM's two previous blog posts about the NSSTA 2008 Fall Meeting recommended: Current structured settlement industry leaders should focus on "transitional leadership" . Transitional industry leaders should promote settlement planning as a successor business model for the traditional claim management...

NSSTA 2008 Fall Meeting - 2

Posted on October 30, 2008
S2KM's prior blog post about the NSSTA 2008 Fall Meeting (NSSTA 2008 Fall Meeting-1) highlights the advancing age of NSSTA's leaders and conference attendees; and also recommends that NSSTA's current leaders focus on transitional industry leadership. This S2KM blog post...

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NSSTA 2008 Fall Meeting - 1

Posted on October 29, 2008
The National Structured Settlement Trade Association (NSSTA) hosted its 2008 Fall Regional Meeting at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in San Francisco from October 22-24. Other structured settlement bloggers, including Mark Wahlstrom of the Legal Broadcast Network, have already published online...

NASP 2008 Annual Meeting - 3

Posted on October 26, 2008
Prior S2KM blog posts about the NASP 2008 Annual Meeting: NASP 2008 Annual Meeting - 1 Summarizes the NASP presentations which S2KM attended; Highlights the questions S2KM addressed to NASP's structured settlement panel. NASP 2008 Annual Meeting - 2 Re-introduces...

NASP 2008 Annual Meeting - 2

Posted on October 25, 2008
S2KM's prior NASP 2008 blog post (NASP 2008 Annual Meeting - 1): Summarizes the NASP presentations which S2KM attended; Highlights the questions S2KM addressed to NASP's structured settlement panel. This S2KM blog post: Re-introduces the NASP structured settlement panelists; Re-confirms...

NASP 2008 Annual Meeting - 1

Posted on October 25, 2008
S2KM attended portions of two professional association meetings this week: National Structured Settlement Trade Association (NSSTA) in San Francisco; and National Association of Settlement Purchasers (NASP) in Las Vegas. The NASP meeting was attended by 110 attorneys and factoring company...

Historical Structured Settlement Annuity Premium

Posted on October 20, 2008
S2KM has added an historical summary of structured settlement annuity premium to its public structured settlement wiki using "Structured Settlements and Periodic Payment Judgments" footnote 1 Section 1.03 as its source document.

AIG Structured Settlement Wiki

Posted on October 19, 2008
AIG developments of interest and importance to structured settlement stakeholders are continuing on a daily basis. For structured settlement stakeholders who are attempting to monitor AIG developments, S2KM has created and continues to update this AIG Structured Settlement Wiki including...

Special Needs Trusts X

Posted on October 17, 2008
Stetson Law School hosted the 10th Annual Special Needs Trust (SNT) Conference October 16-17, 2008 at the Don CeSar Beach Resort in St. Pete Beach, Florida. More than 300 attorneys, trustees, care planners and structured settlement consultants attended one or...

AIG Knew About Valuation Problems

Posted on October 12, 2008
Despite denials by former AIG CEO Martin Sullivan last week before a Congressional subcommittee, a Wall Street Journal article (subscription required) published this weekend offers evidence that top AIG officials knew about problems in valuing derivative contracts as early as...

AIG Weekend Update

Posted on October 10, 2008
It has been a rough week for American International Group (AIG). Former AIG CEO's Martin J. Sullivan and Robert B. Willumstad faced harsh criticism when they testified on Tuesday before Congress. Legislators focused most of their questions on AIG's investments...

NAMSAP 2008 Annual Meeting

Posted on October 06, 2008
The National Alliance of Medicare Set-Aside Professionals (NAMSAP) hosted its 2008 Annual Meeting October 2 in Washington, D.C. One hundred and thirty-six members attended including attorneys, insurers, life care planners, MSA administrators and structured settlement professionals...

AIG Announces Possible Sales

Posted on October 05, 2008
AIG announced on Friday it may sell its North American life subsidiaries, including American General, as part of its plan to repay an $85 billion bailout loan from the U.S. government. American General is AIG's primary issuer of structured settlement...

AIG Structured Settlement Agents

Posted on October 01, 2008
The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) announced on September 17, 2008 that Eric R. Dinallo, New York's Insurance Superintendent, will oversee an NAIC task force created to expedite the approval of sales of American International Group (AIG) assets...

AIG Structured Settlement Annuity Market

Posted on September 29, 2008
What is happening with AIG annuities in the structured settlement market? Two weeks have passed since AIG's Board of Directors approved the largest government bailout of a private company in United States history just "hours before bankruptcy". In recent years,...

AIG Structured Settlement Timeline

Posted on September 29, 2008
The events of the past two weeks have been unprecedented in American financial history as well as structured settlement history. This blog post continues S2KM's coverage of AIG in the context of the current financial crisis and how to grow...

AIG - 2

Posted on September 22, 2008
This blog post continues an S2KM series about the new (post 9/16/2008) structured settlement strategic landscape - and how to grow the structured settlement market. The structured settlement industry dodged another bullet (more like a bomb) when AIG announced on...

AIG - 1

Posted on September 21, 2008
As the Wall Street Journal headlined this weekend, September 14-20, 2008 represents "The Week That Changed American Capitalism". How did the events of the past seven days impact structured settlements? This S2KM blog post, which begins S2KM's analysis of the...

MSA Update - 3C: Structured Settlement Annuities

Posted on September 09, 2008
This S2KM blog post is the sixth in a series of S2KM blog posts in 2008 updating Medicare set-aside (MSA) developments that impact the growth of structured settlements. S2KM's previous posts about MSAs include: Medicare, Medicaid and SCHIP Extension Act...

MSA Update - 3B: Structured Settlement Annuities

Posted on September 08, 2008
A prior S2KM blog post (MSA Update - 3A: Structured Settlement Annuities) introduced Thomas Spratt as a Medicare set-aside (MSA) expert. This post continues that conversation and looks more closely at MSA cases involving structured settlement annuities...

MSA Update - 3A: Structured Settlement Annuities

Posted on September 02, 2008
This S2KM blog post begins an Interview with Thomas Spratt about structured settlement annuities and Medicare set-aside arrangements (MSA). This S2KM interview continues two related S2KM series: Growing the Structured Settlement Market; and Medicare Set-Aside Update...

Medicare Set-Aside Update - 2

Posted on August 27, 2008
S2KM's prior blog post titled "Medicare Set-Aside Update-1" provides historical background and summarizes recent developments impacting Medicare set-aside arrangements (MSA) in the context of growing the structured settlement market. This S2KM blog post summarizes existing CMS rules for structured settlements...

Medicare Set-Aside Update - 1

Posted on August 25, 2008
Expanding the use of structured settlement annuities as funding alternatives for Medicare set-aside arrangements (MSA) and special needs trusts (SNT) represents a strategic industry priority for growing the structured settlement market. This S2KM post provides historical background and summarizes recent...

Interview with Randy Snow - 3

Posted on August 13, 2008
This blog post continues two related S2KM series: Interview with Randy Snow Part 1 Part 2 Growing the Structured Settlement Market. S2KM: Randy, with your busy travel schedule, have you found any time to watch the Beijing Olympics? Randy Snow:...

Interview with Randy Snow - 2

Posted on August 09, 2008
This blog post continues two related S2KM series: Interview with Randy Snow; and Growing the Structured Settlement Market. S2KM: Your injury occurred in 1975 - just prior to United States structured settlements in the late 1970s. Have you had any...

Interview with Randy Snow - 1

Posted on August 08, 2008
S2KM's "Interview with Randy Snow" continues an S2KM series titled "Growing the Structured Settlement Market". This S2KM blog post introduces Randy Snow and begins the interview. Subsequent blog posts will continue the interview and share Randy's thoughts about: Transition, change...

Growing the Structured Settlement Market - 3

Posted on August 07, 2008
This S2KM blog post is the third in a series titled "Growing the Structured Settlement Market". Here are links to the prior posts: Part 1 Part 2 According to industry sources, structured settlement annuity premium for 2007 totaled approximately $6...

Growing the Structured Settlement Market - 2

Posted on July 24, 2008
A prior S2KM blog post introduced the subject of "Growing the Structured Settlement Market". This post continues the discussion and highlights some of the important issues related to structured settlement market growth. Transition, Change and Growth - Joseph Ricci, NSSTA's...

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