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Settlement Planning Compensation Models

January 24, 2022by Patrick Hindert
With few exceptions, the topic of consultant compensation receives limited public discussion within the structured settlement and settlement planning communities. A quick review of the websites of three national associations whose members sell structured settlement annuities, NSSTA, AASC,  and SSP, appears to indicate only SSP even mentions the word “compensation.” The SSP references to “compensation”...
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Soldiers vs. Scouts: The NSSTA 2021 Annual Conference

April 27, 2021by Patrick Hindert
In her new book titled “The Scout Mindset”, author Julia Galef, co-founder of the Center for Applied Rationality, utilizes a comparative military metaphor, “soldiers vs. scouts,” to contrast two antithetical types of mindsets and methods of reasoning. Metaphorically speaking: A soldier mindset causes an individual or a group to defend their beliefs against perceived threats, to seek out supporting...
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Let’s Talk About: Judges, Mediators and Settlement Planning

April 12, 2021by Patrick Hindert
Judges and mediators play important, but distinctive, roles in settlement planning. So it may have surprised some attendees that a recent Society of Settlement Planners (SSP) 2021 Annual Conference virtual presentation advertised as the “Judiciary Panel: Planning from the Court’s Perspective” featured two mediators (one a retired judge) and focused on mediation not judicial issues. Skillfully moderated...
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New Blog Series: Let’s Talk About…

January 19, 2021by Patrick Hindert
Let’s Talk About Conference season, albeit virtual, has officially kicked off with both the Society of Settlement Planners (SSP) and the National Structured Settlement Trade Association (NSSTA) announcing dates for their virtual 2021 Annual Conferences: February 23-25 for SSP and May 4-7 for NSSTA. SSP has already launched their conference website highlighting their agenda topics and speakers with a healthy mix of anticipated...
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Structured Settlements and Periodic Payment Judgments Book Release 68

October 19, 2020by Patrick Hindert
Since it was first published in 1986, “Structured Settlements and Periodic Payment Judgments” (S2P2J), has provided structured settlement stakeholders with an authoritative reference guide, consisting of 16 chapters with extensive footnotes and Appendix documents, to help them understand historical development as well as current issues and fashion settlements and judgments utilizing periodic payments. Both the National Structured Settlement...
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Developments in Structured Settlements: Conflict, Growth, Transition

October 27, 2019by Patrick Hindert
Developments in Structured Settlements: Conflict, Growth, Transition This is the third article (Part III) in a four part series of articles that explore the timeline of historical developments that highlight key events for the structured settlement market. Period One – Industry Formation Period Two – Market Foundation Period Three – Conflict, Growth, Transition Period Four –...
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Structured Settlements and Periodic Payment Judgement Book Release 66

October 25, 2019by Patrick Hindert
Structured Settlements and Periodic Payment Judgement Book Release 66 Since it was first published in 1986, “Structured Settlements and Periodic Payment Judgments” (S2P2J), has provided structured settlement stakeholders with an authoritative reference guide, consisting of 16 chapters with extensive footnotes and Appendix documents, to help them understand issues and fashion settlements and judgments utilizing periodic...

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