Litigation

Rhonda's "Vision" (Revision?)

Posted on January 30, 2011
Judging from her current LinkedIn profile (which has plugged most of the gaps we reported about last year) and a new website for Bentzen Financial, Rhonda Bentzen is in the process of a makeover.... 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 "Tax Reformer": What D'Higgins Is He Talking About?

Posted on January 28, 2011
Los Angeles tax attorney David Higgins has submitted a legislative recommendation to for a "rollover provision" to replace Section 130 of the Internal Code. His proposal would allow personal injury... 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: Leaders by Traffic February 2011

Posted on January 28, 2011
For 46 months the structured settlement watchdog has been conducting a monthly structured settlement website survey amd presenting his findings to the public.With an incredible volume of structured... 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...

"Mulligan Higher": The Opus Of The Ringler Open

Posted on January 27, 2011
The American Association for People With Disabilities ("AAPD") is to be rewarded for golfers' profligacy at the upcoming Ringler Open. Shanks, slices, whiffs and the abject failure to get beyond the... 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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Barco Assignments, Ltd., Non Qualified Assignment Company, Gets Financial Commitment From Liberty Life!

Posted on January 27, 2011
The Liberty Mutual/ BARCO non qualified assignment program has improved following an announcement that Liberty Life Assurance Company of Boston will issue a Notice of Financial Commitment (in the... 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...

North Carolina Structured Settlement Protection

Posted on January 26, 2011
Is there a nice way to criticize a competitor who appears to be continually violating the Advertising Prohibition statute under North Carolina Insurance Law, and is also inaccurate? First The Law... 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...

Connecticut Special Needs Settlement Planning With Sharon L. Pope (VIDEO)

Posted on January 26, 2011
In this video, structured settlement and settlement planning expert John Darer interviews Sharon L. Pope, an attorney and Special Needs Planner with a multiple disciplinary background from Hartford ,... 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...

New York Structured Settlements Education Series: NY General Obligations Law §5-1702 (VIDEO)

Posted on January 26, 2011
Structured settlement expert John Darer discusses the rights and responsibilities of plaintiffs and defendants under New York General Obligations Law §5-1702, a/k/a the New York Structured 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...

MSA Fast Draft Pro: A Cloud Based MSA Workflow Solution For Attorneys

Posted on January 25, 2011
In this video structured settlement and settlement planning expert John Darer interviews Angelo Sevarino, an attorney and workers compensation specialist from Windsor, Connecticut who is the creator... 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...

What Is a Structured Settlement Broker? The Lines Are Blurring

Posted on January 25, 2011
The lines continue to blur as three different financial services industry market segments now utilize the term "structured settlement broker" to describe themselves, Structured settlement expert John... 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...

New York/Connecticut Structured Settlement Education Series: The Qualified Assignment (VIDEO)

Posted on January 25, 2011
Structured settlements expert John Darer discusses what is a qualified assignment and how it fits into a structured settlement transaction. It is important for an attorney to have an understanding 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...

A "Kluge" Mistake: Wealth of $1.6MM A Week Divorcee Literally Withers on The Vine

Posted on January 25, 2011
Patricia Kluge was famously awarded the largest divorce settlement in history (a reported $1.6 million a week) but she seems to have figured out a way to spend it ? and then some, according to an... 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...

It's CiPa(t)rick's Day As New York High Court Goes Against 300 years of "Prohibition" Allows STOLI

Posted on January 24, 2011
New York's Court of Appeals recently issued a ruling that legalized Stranger Owned Life Insurance transactions. In a 5-2 decision issued by the New York Court of Appeals on November 17, 2010, the... 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...

Louisiana Frightening: Not "Ben Yay" About " Filet Dumbo"!

Posted on January 24, 2011
"Key word stuffer" Platinum Financial Strategies of Lake Charles, Louisiana is yet another example of a structured settlement factoring broker that uses insurance terms in a misleading way as 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...

Minimum Size For Structured Settlement For MInor's Settlements

Posted on January 23, 2011
What is the minimum size for a structured settlement? At least two of the primary companies writing structured settlement annuities will accept a minimum of $5,000. But does it make sense to... 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...

EPS Settlements Group and Ringler Associates "Merger"?

Posted on January 21, 2011
" Cock-a-Google- Goo! As seen this morning on Google maps in a search for "Connecticut structured settlement annuity experts": EPS Settlements Group - Place page www.ringlerassociates.abc- 100... 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...

J.G. Wentworth Now "Caters" to Your "Foot Fetish"

Posted on January 21, 2011
J.G. Wentworth, which now bills itself as the "The Nation's Leading Structured Settlement Broker" (despite that not being EXACTLY what it does) and is universally known for annoying but memorable... 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 Insurance Distribution Channels : National Account v Independent v "Nada"

Posted on January 20, 2011
Two behemoths of the structured settlement industry disagree on offering ancillary products other than structured settlement annuities, at least according to their websites. A. One company fervently... 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...

New York: CPLR 50A and CPLR 50B Structured Judgments Video with John Darer

Posted on January 19, 2011
In this video, structured settlement expert John Darer discusses some of the concepts related to New York CPLR Articles 50A and 50B of the New York State Periodic Payment of Judgments Act. This video... 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...

Canadian Website "Libels" Structured Settlements

Posted on January 18, 2011
Where does free speech cross the line? I think I have a good example! A Canadian website Suckered.us solicits contributors with the message "If YOU have been suckered, scammed or defrauded, submit... 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...

New York City Structured Annuity...What Company Issues Structured Settlement Annuities in New York City?

Posted on January 16, 2011
Which insurance companies write structured settlement annuities in the County of Bronx , Brooklyn, Kings, Manhattan, Queens and Staten Island, Nassau, Suffolk, Westchester, Rockland, Orange,... 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 8 -Christopher Lemieux on AIG Structured Settlements

Posted on January 16, 2011
How do six two-week courses in financial management at or through Cornell University qualify someone to have bona fides on structured settlements? in the same vein as my credential puffery slamming... 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...

Will Structured Settlement Factoring Industry Contract in 2011?

Posted on January 14, 2011
Settlement Quotes, LLC's Andrew Cravenho makes 5 "optimistic" predictions for the structured settlement factoring industry for 2011 . He opines that: Several structured settlement factoring companies... 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...

Definition of Structured Settlement Mischaracterized

Posted on January 14, 2011
"Structured settlement" is defined for tax purposes in IRC Section 5891(c)(1) according to Patrick HIndert TSSG Managing Director and co-author Structured Settlements and Periodic Payment Judgments.... 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...

Premature Hindertulation Raises Sticky Questions About Seminal Text

Posted on January 13, 2011
Patrick Hindert's latest pedantic emission on Business Standards and Practices-2 attacks the NSSTA Certified Structured Settlement Consultant certification hosted at University of Notre. He states:... 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...

Did Former Structured Settlement Annuity Issuer Sell List of Annuitants to Factoring Company?

Posted on January 13, 2011
So far we've been able to establish that some insurance companies buy structured settlement payment rights through securitizations of such assets by factoring companies. The structured 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...

Woodbridge Advertising "Free Annuity Quote Online" Valid or Bogus?

Posted on January 12, 2011
The Woodbridge structured settlement vaudeville act continues. It's patently obvious that its latest stunt is to trick consumers through inaccurate and misleading text in its ads that trick consumers... 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 Payments Exempt In Bankruptcy Says Minnesota Court

Posted on January 12, 2011
A Minnseota bankruptcy judge overruled a bankruptcy trustee and found that future payments from the structured settlement were, in fact, payment and compensation for the bankruptcy debtor's loss 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...

CSC Wealth Management Accelerator to Help Structured Settlement Annuity Company

Posted on January 11, 2011
Global giant CSC announced January 11, 2011 that it has signed a 10-year agreement with a diversified financial services company to license CSC?s Wealth Management Accelerator, a browser-based 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...

Cash Now Seekers, There's NO Gold in Them There Shills!

Posted on January 11, 2011
When it comes to your structured settlement, do you need to play hide and seek with your buyer? If you need cash now, but have no other alternatives but to sell some or all of your structured... 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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