The National Leadership Consortium on Developmental Disabilities (NLCDD) at the University of Delaware has published a new National Study (Study) titled “Future Financial Planning for People with Disabilities” on its website that should be required ...
Industry News
Although the personal injury settlement planning profession now offers plaintiff attorneys, and its own members, an increasing ...
ABLE Accounts
The COVID-19 pandemic and near zero long term Treasury rates have required both structured settlement professionals and ...
Legs & Regs
When a person recovers money for a tort injury committed by another person, an historic source of exclusion of that recovery from ...
Knowledge Network
Every structured settlement and settlement planning professional is presumably well-familiar with the Internal Revenue Code ...
Knowledge Network
Since The ABLE Act created IRC 529A in 2014, ABLE accounts have become popular financial and settlement planning tools for ...
Webinar
Since it was founded in 2000, the Society of Settlement Planners (SSP) has consistently offered its expanding membership high ...
Attorney Resources
The Christina Grillo medical malpractice case reached a $2,500,000 settlement in Texas in 1990 – thirty years ago. Why is the ...
Knowledge Network
In retrospect, the failure of the National Structured Settlement Trade Association (NSSTA) to support the Uniform Periodic ...
Public Benefits
July 26 marks the 30th anniversary of the enactment of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA).
Knowledge Network
For the vast majority of the 300 plus members of the National Structured Settlement Trade Association (NSSTA) who attended the ...
Knowledge Network
How different might the structured settlement market be today if the National Structured Settlement Trade Association (NSSTA) had ...
Knowledge Network
State periodic payment of judgment statutes originated in the United States as part of the tort reform movements of the 1970s and ...
Knowledge Network
When a personal injury case involves a minor, structured settlements are frequently considered the best choice for a settlement ...
Industry News
The United States Department of Justice announced last week that Joseph E. Gargan, a scion of the Kennedy family and former Chief ...
Plaintiff Resources
The Wall Street Journal published an article on June 12, 2020 highlighting a fundamental reason why structured settlements are ...
Structured Settlements
How has the COVID-19 pandemic impacted the structured settlement market to date and what impact will it have in the future?
Structured Settlements
During the past month, despite the cancellation of almost all in-person graduation ceremonies, the internet has been filled with ...
Attorney Resources
What are the keys to success for nation's leading personal injury trial attorneys – those elite plaintiff attorneys who ...
Plaintiff Resources
Structured settlements offer many benefits compared to a lump sum settlement. One of the most important advantages is the option ...
Knowledge Network
What is the difference between a “qualified” structured settlement and a “non-qualified” structured settlement?
Knowledge Network
Since it was first published in 1986, "Structured Settlements and Periodic Payment Judgments" (S2P2J), has provided structured ...
Plaintiff Resources
One of the first steps every personal injury plaintiff should take following an accident, with the assistance of your attorney or ...
Attorney Resources
Most plaintiff attorneys have a fundamental understanding about structured settlements and the benefits structured settlements ...
Attorney Resources
From a structured settlement perspective, whenever a plaintiff attorney is preparing for a mediation involving various tort and ...
Industry News
The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) has recently voted to update its Suitability in Annuity Transactions ...
Knowledge Network
The Social Security Administration (SSA) has published updated Program Operation Manual System (POMS) guidance for Achieving a ...
Plaintiff Resources
According to the National Structured Settlement Trade Association, “Structured settlement consultants are available to discuss ...
Structured Settlements
Assuming you are a professional structured settlement consultant and/or settlement planner, what is the first advice you ...
Structured Settlements
If a future business historian were to make an analogy between the personal injury settlement planning market in 2030 and the ...
Attorney Resources
As the Mraz case demonstrates, even the most successful and sophisticated trial attorneys aren’t always familiar enough with ...
Knowledge Network
IRC 468B Qualified Settlement Funds (QSFs) provide plaintiff attorneys and their clients with important advantages as a ...
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