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SSP 2025 Annual Conference

Introduction “The beginning of wisdom is the definition of terms.” This Socratic principle underscores a distinction between the Society of Settlement Planners (SSP) and other associations – such as the National Structured Settlement Trade Association (NSSTA) and the American Association of Settlement Consultants (AASC) – whose members describe themselves as “settlement planners.” Both NSSTA and...

Structured Settlements and Periodic Payment Judgments – Release 74

First published in 1986, Release 74 for “Structured Settlements and Periodic Payment Judgments”  will be made available to subscribers this month by publisher Law Journal Press. Online subscribers will receive their update simultaneously with no additional subscription charge. “Structured Settlements and Periodic Payment Judgments” (herein sometimes referred to as “the book”) consists of 16 chapters...

Workers Compensation Medicare Set Aside Arrangements – Part 1

Workers Compensation Medicare Set Aside Arrangements (WCMSAs) have become a strategic subset of the structured settlement market. For this reason, structured settlement and settlement planning professionals should not only maintain up-to-date knowledge of current CMS WCMSA structured settlement rules but also be cognizant of both WCMSA history and current WCMSA structured settlement industry developments. This...