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Patrick Hindert is Managing Director of S2KM Limited and The Settlement Services Group (TSSG).
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Affordable Care Act - 4
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) represents a comprehensive expansion and restructuring of the United States health care system whose most important and controversial provisions for personal injury settlement planning, including the individual mandate and elimination of pre-existing... Continue reading
Posted Jun 6, 2013 at Beyond Structured Settlements
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Affordable Care Act - 3
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) represents the most comprehensive government expansion and legal restructuring of the United States healthcare system since the passage of Medicare and Medicaid in 1965. Enacted in March 2010 and upheld by the... Continue reading
Posted May 30, 2013 at Beyond Structured Settlements
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A Response to the SEC Bulletin
Two structured settlement industry leaders have taken issue with a recent Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Investor Bulletin providing advice for individuals who are contemplating selling or purchasing (as investors) structured settlement payment rights and/or future pension payments. Matthew Bracy,... Continue reading
Posted May 28, 2013 at Beyond Structured Settlements
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Future of Elder and Special Needs Law - 1
"You cannot connect the dots looking forward. You can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will connect in the future." - Steve Jobs Despite the challenges of predicting the future, the Spring 2013... Continue reading
Posted May 14, 2013 at Beyond Structured Settlements
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SEC Bulletin Addresses Structured Settlement Transfers
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Office of Investor Education and Advocacy has issued an Investor Bulletin titled "Pension or Settlement Income Streams: What You Need to Know Before Buying or Selling Them". Although the SEC Investor Bulletin "is neither... Continue reading
Posted May 9, 2013 at Beyond Structured Settlements
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NAELA 2013 Annual Meeting
The National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys (NAELA) celebrated its 25th anniversary last week in Atlanta - commemorating its past achievements, analyzing current legal and demographic issues and preparing for future growth and development. Among many former NAELA Presidents in... Continue reading
Posted May 6, 2013 at Beyond Structured Settlements
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NY Court of Appeals Denies ELNY Review
The New York State Court of Appeals (Court of Appeals), New York's highest judicial authority, has denied a Motion for Leave to Appeal a February 6, 2013 decision bythe Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New... Continue reading
Posted May 3, 2013 at Beyond Structured Settlements
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S2P2J Release 53
Publisher Law Journal Press is currently distributing hardcopy supplements for Release 53 of "Structured Settlements and Periodic Payment Judgments" (S2P2J). Online S2P2J, which includes a searchable index, download capability and one-click access to cases and statutes, has already been updated... Continue reading
Posted Apr 25, 2013 at Beyond Structured Settlements
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Affordable Care Act - 2
The Collateral Source Rule The Affordable Care Act (ACA) appears to change settlement planning in fundamental ways. Attorney Scott Solkoff predicted the following changes during his ACA analysis at the ASNP 2013 Annual Meeting: Reduced personal injury verdicts and settlements.... Continue reading
Posted Apr 24, 2013 at Beyond Structured Settlements
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Affordable Care Act - 1
The Affordable Care Act (ACA) refers to two controversial laws enacted in March 2010, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the Health Care Education and Reconciliation Act, which restructure the fundamental relationship among government, health care providers and... Continue reading
Posted Apr 14, 2013 at Beyond Structured Settlements
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SSP 2013 Annual Meeting
Since it was founded in 2001, the Society of Settlement Planners (SSP) has defined itself as an alternative to the National Structured Settlement Trade Association (NSSTA); and defined its membership as more than plaintiff structured settlement brokers. The resulting settlement... Continue reading
Posted Apr 8, 2013 at Beyond Structured Settlements
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CMS WCMSA Reference Guide - 2
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) published an 88-page WCMSA Reference Guide (WCRG) on its website March 29,2013. Its intended purpose: to help WCMSA professionals, beneficiaries and other stakeholders "understand CMS' [WCMSA] amount approval process and to serve... Continue reading
Posted Apr 5, 2013 at Beyond Structured Settlements
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CMS WCMSA Reference Guide - 1
Thirty-three years following enactment of the Medicare Secondary Payer (MSP) Act and 12 years after the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued its first workers compensation Medicare set-aside (WCMSA) memorandum, CMS has finally published a WCMSA Reference Guide... Continue reading
Posted Apr 3, 2013 at Beyond Structured Settlements
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ASNP 2013 Annual Meeting
Although special needs (SN) planning encompasses non-personal injury clients, settlement planning, with and/or without structured settlements, represents an increasingly important component of both the SN market and the educational focus of its practitioners. The Academy of Special Needs Planners (ASNP)... Continue reading
Posted Mar 28, 2013 at Beyond Structured Settlements
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Spring 2013 Educational Conferences
The following national associations have announced 2013 Spring educational conferences featuring settlement planning issues: Academy of Special Needs Planners (ASNP) March 21-23 in Austin, Texas. National Structured Settlement Trade Association (NSSTA) April 17-19 in Palm Springs, California (members only). National... Continue reading
Posted Mar 20, 2013 at Beyond Structured Settlements
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Reliance Structured Settlement Annuities
What happens, or should happen, to structured settlement payees when the owner of their structured settlement annuities becomes insolvent? Reliance Insurance Company (Reliance), a liability insurer, is the most recent example where these issues are being adjudicated. Previous examples include... Continue reading
Posted Mar 17, 2013 at Beyond Structured Settlements
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ELNY Shortfall Payees Seek Review by NY's Highest Court
Attorneys representing Executive Life of New York (ELNY) structured settlement shortfall payees (Objectors) have filed a Motion for Leave to Appeal dated March 8, 2013 and a supporting Memorandum of Law with the New York State Court of Appeals (Court... Continue reading
Posted Mar 13, 2013 at Beyond Structured Settlements
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"Shut It Down!"
"It is time to shut down the New York Liquidation Bureau", argues attorney and insurance expert Peter Bickford in his opinion article titled "ELNY Debacle Exposes Serious Problems" which is featured as the cover story in the February 18, 2013... Continue reading
Posted Mar 1, 2013 at Beyond Structured Settlements
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An ELNY Nightmare
While almost 1500 Executive Life of New York (ELNY) structured settlement shortfall payees await the outcome of continuing ELNY litigation, it is worth remembering how seriously Judge John Galasso's ELNY liquidation order and related restructuring agreement will impact some of... Continue reading
Posted Feb 24, 2013 at Beyond Structured Settlements
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Structured Settlement Sales Decline in 2012
Sales of structured settlement annuities totaled $4,819,124,617 during 2012 (down from $4,974,710,838 in 2011) as reported today by Melissa Evola in her quarterly summary of United States structured settlement annuity provider premium. The 2012 U.S. structured settlement annual premium total... Continue reading
Posted Feb 19, 2013 at Beyond Structured Settlements
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ELNY Contempt Order Appealed
Three Executive Life of New York (ELNY) structured settlement shortfall payees (objector respondents) and their legal counsel have filed a Notice of Appeal dated February 14, 2013 challenging "each and every part" of a Contempt Order issued January 25, 2013... Continue reading
Posted Feb 18, 2013 at Beyond Structured Settlements
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Moody's Downgrades JG Wentworth
Moody's Investors Service has announced a downgrade of its Corporate Family Rating (CFR) for JG Wentworth (JGW) from B3 to Caa1 and has issued the same downgrade for JGW's new $425 million senior secured term loan and $20 million senior... Continue reading
Posted Feb 7, 2013 at Beyond Structured Settlements
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ELNY Class Action Dismissed
Attorneys representing Executive Life of New York (ELNY) shortfall victims have voluntarily dismissed an ELNY class action lawsuit without prejudice preserving their right to refile claims and tolling the statute of limitations. The dismissal of the ELNY class action lawsuit... Continue reading
Posted Feb 7, 2013 at Beyond Structured Settlements
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ELNY Appeal Denied
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Second Department, has denied an appeal challenging the Executive Life of New York (ELNY) Order of Liquidation and Approval of the ELNY Restructuring Agreement signed by New... Continue reading
Posted Feb 7, 2013 at Beyond Structured Settlements
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Structured Settlements in Australia - 1
Several countries, in addition to the United States, have experimented with structured settlements and/or periodic payment judgments as lump sum alternatives for resolving various types of personal injury claims. Canada, the United Kingdom and Continental Europe Canada, where annuity-funded periodic... Continue reading
Posted Feb 6, 2013 at Beyond Structured Settlements
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