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Cash For Structured Settlements
This article provides useful, detailed information about Cash For Structured Settlements. Structured settlements might include either periodic payments or a lump sum payment made to an injured party. Also, some amount might be paid in advance ...

New Bankruptcy Legislation May Make it Harder to Find an Attorney
The recently passed Bankruptcy Abuse prevention and Consumer Protection Act will make it harder for people with problem debt to have their debt eliminated through filing for bankruptcy. This new legislation will make it harder to have debts wiped out by ...

Take A Structured Settlement Or One-Time Lump Sum Payment?
If you are involved with a legal decision, financial claim or insurance arrangement, the financing process to settle and resolve the claim can often take two forms. Either a one-time lump sum payment, or a long-term periodic series of deferred structured ...





What is a Structured Settlement
 
A Structured Settlement is an agreement between a personal injury victim ( a Plaintiff ) and an Insurance company ( the Defendant ) to compensate the Plaintiff by the defendant with long term periodic payments instead of a single cash lump sum.
Payments can be tailored to each individual plaintiffs needs, to help meet expenses such as on-going medical and living expenses, education, children needs & support etc' The fixed annuity payments are tax-free to the claimant, a cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) feature is available, that can help offset the effects of inflation over time, payments can continue as long as the claimant lives thus providing him the maximum benefits.
Structured settlements are encouraged by plaintiffs lawyers, Courts, Insurance companies and the legislators alike as they all agree it is the best solution to all parties involved especially for the claimant.
The annuity can be transformed in part or in full to a cash lump sum via private funds and should be approved by the Court. The funds are most interested to make these deals as they are very profitable to them because they take the long term tax free payments and in exchange pay the annuity holder less than the face value but in cash.
These same funds are handling Lottery winners long term payments into one single lump sum as well as all kinds services of cash against future payments.
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Structured Settlement Sales for 'Rainy Day Funds'
CisionWire (press release)
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Structured Settlement Institute: Texas Courts Again Reject Imperial Finance's ...
MarketWatch (press release)
A Texas court last month rejected for the fifth time Imperial's anti-consumer attempts to prohibit customers from selling their structured settlements to persons other than Imperial. Imperial sought to prohibit its customers from receiving competitive ...

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Kentucky Justice Association Suggests Strategic Capital to Members
San Francisco Chronicle (press release)
NEW YORK, NY (PRWEB) May 22, 2012 The Immediate Past President of Kentucky Justice Association, JT Gilbert, has written a letter to member attorneys regarding its position on selling structured settlements. Gilbert clearly states the KJA position as ...

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Transamerica Violates Annuity Exemption In Texas
MarketWatch (press release)
A lawsuit in Texas has accused Transamerica Life Insurance Company of violating Texas law exempting annuity benefits, reports the Structured Settlement Institute. In the suit (Cause No. 2011-05238, FinServ Casualty Corp. and Capstone Associated ...

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JG Wentworth Sued For Deceptive Trade Practices
Sacramento Bee
By Structured Settlement Institute BOCA RATON, Fla., May 17, 2012 -- /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- JG Wentworth parent JGWPT Holdings has been accused of engaging in widespread deceptive trade practices in a recently filed lawsuit.

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