An industry colleague ran into a situation today where a financial advisor is recommending that the plaintiffs take cash and purchase a SPIA in lieu of receiving a structured settlement and called to ask me for my thoughts. A Single Premium Annuity...

In a development that should be of interest to structured settlement and retirement planning stakeholders, the Internal Revenue Service and the Department of Labor’s Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) have published a request for comments...

In Sorcery and "Risk" Craft in Back Door Rescue to Single Claimant IRC 468B QSF"  we discussed Dick Risk's "magic potion" for the rescue of the single plaintiff qualified settlement fund project. The NSSTA has pounced with all the fervor of...

Another national settlement planning firm, has tripped over the use of an absolute descriptive in their advertising. Despite common industry knowledge that a principal of the firm does defense work, the firm's website proclaims " We are...

Well it's clear that the principals of Structured Annuities, Inc, became aware of this blog because the media celebrating their 2007 "bird killing event" has been removed from their website, an event we reported on in Structured Settlement Kill Zone:...