“The bulk of the assets in the life and annuity insurance industry are controlled by relatively strong and stable institutions, making it stronger overall than the banking industry,” said Martin D. Weiss, president of Weiss Ratings, the only major rating…
The Colorado General Assembly Digest of Bills for 2010 includes something of interest to those in the structured settlement planning profession. The purpose of this post is to share information with those individuals. This author does not sell to, solicit…
Pardon me for stepping on the credentialed toes of an LLM in Taxation from the University of Florida and a Law Degree but in this case I can’t help myself. The well intentioned effort by Erica Dunmyer of Fort Lauderdale,…
Channeling my inner Columbo, “just one more thing”… Missing from Society of Settlement Planners’ Treasurer Rhonda Bentzen’s published resume on LinkedIn: Structured Financial Associates Stone Street Capital Structured Asset Funding Exploring Bentzen’s inconsistency…. When the structured settlement watchdog “gnawed on…
The inability to get traditional financing is leading some factoring companies to seek equity financing. Indeed on August 12, 2010 an Initial Public Offering (IPO) was announced for the common stock of Imperial Holdings, Inc. According to Reuters the $287.5M…
The pull out of Sun Life from the No Lapse guarantee UL market represents the second major life insurer to jettison the popular product in the past couple of years. In early 2009 AXA Equitable stopped offering the product. No…
In this month’s Advisor Today John Rafferty, VP Marketing at American General opines that understanding the “lump sum-to-income” conversion math is not second nature to most people and that a better retirement can be created by helping people adopt an…
Seems like more and more personal injury plaintiffs and their attorneys want a “piece of the rock” these days. Prudential Structured Settlements announced to its distribution network that it had its best sales quarter since it began offering structured annuities…
If you are looking for an alternative to CDs or bonds for your IRA or pension consider structured settlement payment right, have a look below: Some of the opportunities available this week for those seeking to buy structured settlement payment…
Diane Swenson, a former Executive Vice President of, with 13 years of service to . the American Tort Reform Association, WAS listed on as the TREASURER of the National Structured Settlements Trade Association Political Action Committee (NSSTAPAC), according to the…