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The Case of "The Dreaded Shrimp"
2008-06-02 00:00:00 Timothy Richardson a former employee of the St. Louis branch of the Red Lobster restaurant chain, was left comatose in 2003 by the effects of a shellfish allergy hours after breading shrimp on the job. DealFlow Media's report of the... More About: Shrimp , Case
"Spanish Flea" Confuses Issue on Retirement Planning and Structured Settlem
2008-06-01 00:00:00 There are many things to love about Spain, the people, the culture, the food, the wine, La Primera Liga. Then we have the "Spanish Flea" Francisco Segura, a member of the structured settlement illiterati who has penned a piece of... More About: Retirement , Planning , Retirement planning , Issue
"Horse" Bucks QSF Jockey for Big Loss
2008-06-01 00:00:00 Structured Settlements 4Real has learned that one of the nation's leading QSF jockeys (a/k/a "Champions of the QSF") has been "bucked" from a case after the QSF jockeys failed to convince the plaintiff attorney that the only reason the QSF... More About: Loss , Bucks , Jockey , Horse
Factoring Industry "Soiled" by Blogspot "Dung Beetles"
2008-06-01 00:00:00 THEY'RE BACK! Serial Blogspot (a/k/a Blogger.com) spammers are back with a vengeance and this time they are hitting the factoring industry hard. Here are the latest examples of this "digital diarrhea": One of penile dysfunction countrys (sic) favorite vacation destinations,... More About: Industry , Factoring
Settlement Professional's Bombastic Premise is Inaccurate
2008-06-01 00:00:00 One settlement planner bombastically states on his web site that "Settlement Planning starts from the premise that structured settlements are not the answer to everything that everyone needs or wants to do with their settlement dollars"*** The Society of Settlement...
Jealous "Cash Now Pusher" Bogarting JG Wentworth's Trademark?
2008-06-01 00:00:00 Is Woodbridge Investments' Bob Shapiro a "factoring industry" voyeur? I say that because for some reason it seems that his company's long telescope is trained on JG Wentworth. Is is it out of jealousy, or something more sinister? Read on... More About: Cash , Trademark , Pusher , Jealous
Disability Savings Act of 2008 Discussion on Proposed Disabilty Savings Acc
2008-06-01 00:00:00 The Disability Savings Act of 2008 , introduced by Senator Christopher Dodd (D-CT) on March 11, 2008 as Senate Bill 2741, would amend the Internal Revenue Code to allow a tax exemption for disability savings accounts (DSA) that have a value... More About: Discussion
Structured Settlement Industry Web Sites-May 2008 Traffic Report
2008-06-01 00:00:00 Three Month Trailing Top 10 Traffic Rank (Alexa Rank as of 05/29/2008) of Structured Settlement and Settlement Planning Industry websites* (+ or- traffic from 04/29/2008 report). Lower number means more traffic. Who Are Ya? Beyond Structured Settlements Blog (Pat Hindert)... More About: Report , Web Sites , Sites
Wisdom of LinkedIn Invitations to Competitors. Are You Sabotaging Your Bus
2008-06-01 00:00:00 I am amazed that I keep getting invitations to join my competitors' networks on LinkedIn. LinkedIn is an online business social network of over 20 million professionals that allows you to find and be found by past and present colleagues... More About: Wisdom , Competitors , Invitations , Linkedin
A Cash Advance on Discounted Dollars
2008-06-01 00:00:00 It is a given that selling your structured settlement payment rights will not get you all of your money now or ever, because in determining how much to pay you, the future payment rights are first discounted (by the purchaser)... More About: Cash , Dollars
USDOJ Structured Annuity Brokers-DealFlow Media Report Gets It Wrong, AGAIN
2008-06-01 00:00:00 The U.S. Department of Justice released its 2008 Calendar-Year List Of Annuity Brokers who "meet the minimum qualifications for providing annuity brokerage services in connection with structured settlements entered into by the United States". Click here for the list of... More About: Media , Report , Wrong
"Mr. Whipple" in "Mr. Rodgers' Neighborhood" Seeking Permission To Pay Chil
2008-06-01 00:00:00 Sunday's Providence Journal reports of recent judicial review of a structured settlement factoring petition in which Mr. Whipple was seeking permission from Mr. Rodgers so that he could pay a child support obligation for which he was in arrears. Mr.... More About: Permission , Seeking , Neighborhood
Who Licenses Factoring Companies Who Buy Structured Settlements?
2008-05-24 00:00:00 The Google Search was " Who Licenses Factoring Companies in NC?" "Who Licenses Factoring Companies Who Buy Structured Settlement Payments Rights?" The Answer is that as to structured settlement factoring transactions, NOBODY Licenses Factoring Companies Who Buy Structured Settlements Anywhere?"...
How Are Structured Settlement Transfers Priced?
2008-05-24 00:00:00 Settlement Quotes, LLC posted a useful explanation of how structured settlement transfers (structured settlement factoring transactions are priced. This is a must read for: Holders of structured settlement payment rights who are contemplating selling them to raise cash. Judges Lawyers... More About: Transfers , Settlement
In Act of Predation Factoring Company Uses Specious "Chicken Little" Fable
2008-05-24 00:00:00 One structured settlement factoring company uses its own specious "Chicken Little" fable to try to get structured settlement payment recipients to sell their rights to it at a discount. That company postulates: "It is always possible for an insurance company,... More About: Company , Fable , Factoring
Fortune 500 for 2008 Rankings for Financial Services Companies With Tort Se
2008-05-22 00:00:00 Fortune Magazine has announced the 2008 Fortune 500 , its annual ranking of America's largest corporations. Not surprisingly a number of the largest companies include insurers and banks who directly, or through subsidiaries, provide services to tort victims. Those are listed... More About: Companies , Services , Fortune , Financial
"AXA To Grind" About "Quinine" Gaffe Inspires Financial Literacy Lesson
2008-05-22 00:00:00 In our continuing series about malaprops of those who are purveyors of financial advice, Doug Quinn, a representative of AXA Advisors, LLC Settlement Planning Group in New York City who markets structured settlements, makes a statement that "money invested in... More About: Financial , Literacy , Lesson , Grind
Deal Flow Media Puts "Accenture" on the Wrong CNA Syllable
2008-05-22 00:00:00 Deal Flow Media 's report that former structured settlement annuity writer Continental Casualty Co., a subsidiary of CNA Financial, entered into a five-year arrangement for its "structured settlement claims" to be managed by Accenture BPO Ltd is inaccurate. The way Deal... More About: Deal , Wrong
Don't Like Being Under the Magnifying Glass?
2008-05-22 00:00:00 Structured Settlements 4Real continues to uncover, question and expose business practices and/or misinformation which could mislead consumers in areas concerning structured settlements, settlement planning, structured settlement factoring and professional credentials of individuals and companies in or writing about those industries.... More About: Glass
Mom and Pop Flop With Bogus Tax Deductible Installment Exit Strategy" Says
2008-05-22 00:00:00 A recent IRS Private Letter Ruling obliterated a couple's attempt to claim a 501(c)(3) charitable exemption for a company as part of promoting a "tax deductible installment payment exit strategy" scheme, spent "less than one half of one percent of... More About: Strategy , Exit Strategy
Why Is Miami Law Firm Promoting "Cash Now Pusher"?
2008-05-22 00:00:00 Why does the Miami Florida law firm of Gerson and Schwartz , P.A.,a supporter of structured settlements on the one hand, appear to be promoting NATLE endorsed "cash now pusher" Strategic Capital Corporation on its Miami Personal Injury Lawyer blog... More About: Promoting , Cash , Pusher
Florida Structured Settlement Protection Act Stifles Kick Backs to Settleme
2008-05-22 00:00:00 The Florida Structured Settlement Protection Act (Section 626.99296) of the 2007 Florida Statutes at Section (2)(h) defines "independent financial advice" in such a way that puts a crimp in practice of certain of my industry brethren who think it appropriate... More About: Kick
"Take your stinking paws off me, you damned dirty ape! ...
2008-05-22 00:00:00 The immortal words of George Taylor could be uttered today by the structured settlement industry and plaintiff lawyers to structured settlement aper , "cash now pusher" and American flag symbol abuser Patriot Settlement Resources. We have no alternative but to... More About: Dirty , Stinking
Life Insurance When You've Got Medical Problems
2008-05-22 00:00:00 Life insurance may be an important element of a settlement plan for personal injury recovery management when recovery involves a minor child or incapacitated adult, particularly if the parents are the primary caregivers. Life insurance can be used to finance... More About: Life , Medical , Insurance , Problems , Life Insurance
Structured Settlement Spammers Abusing Google. What Is Google Going To Do A
2008-05-22 00:00:00 Two individuals, Mark Benedict Young and Felicitas Tan are spamming the same articles over and over again on the Internet. Spam Article: Structured Settlement s From Lawsuits Mark Benedict Young May 10, 2008 (posted 3 times) Felicitas Tan May 10, 2008,... More About: Google , Spammers
"Take your stinking paws off me, you damned dirty ape! ...
2008-05-14 07:44:00 The immortal words of George Taylor could be uttered today by the structured settlement industry and plaintiff lawyers to structured settlement aper , "cash now pusher" and American flag symbol abuser Patriot Settlement Resources. We have no alternative but to dishonor these scoundrels with the relevant morphed image of "cash now pusher" and "structured settlement aper". Download patriot_settlement_resources_instant_cash _bs.pdf Structured settlement apers are a case of "monkey see monkey do" but in this case it's not flattering. Patriot Settlement Resources Lie Number 1 Patriot Settlement Resources claims to be a "structured settlement company". It isn't. No matter how hard these unlicensed fakers try, Patriot is a factoring company. Patriot Settlement Resources Specious Claim They Claim: Get the best instant cash deal around. Are there any instant cash deals around for structured settlement payment rights? Attor... More About: Dirty , Stinking
Patrick Hindert Called Out On The Carpet For Specifics
2008-05-13 06:39:00 A few weeks ago I received an interesting call from author and factoring promoter Patrick Hindert, who is a member of both the National Structured Settlement Trade Association (NSSTA) and The Society of Settlement Planners (SSP). He wants to debate. Game on. Hindert told me that he is interested in "growing" the "structured settlement industry" yet he continues to display factoring plumage. Who hasn't been subject to "factoring diarrhea" from Hindert? A survey of Hindert's writings in the last 4 years shows virtually no criticism or opinion of such companies' business practices including, among other things: The "cash now" advertising fraud on consumers The pervasive deceptive "big for small" lure. The message by some of such companies, like Structured Asset Finance (123 Lump Sum) and others that stable value assets should be transferred (at a large discount) to buy depreciating assets. The methods that some such compan... More About: Carpet
Marketing Spin Doesn't Cover Up The Fact That One Industry is Regulated and
2008-05-11 20:27:00 Cash Now Pusher Stone Street Capital has created a web page to try and position itself as being part of the structured settlement industry. Fakers eventually get exposed and here's an example with the impostor revealing language highlighted in blue.: "Insurance companies have multiple roles in regard to structured settlements. They are often the defendant in a lawsuit, more often they are providing insurance coverage to one of their customers who has been sued. If a case is settled with a structured settlement, the insurance company will either purchase or issue an annuity that will pay the settlement recipient for the predetermined number of years. Settlement terms can range widely, paying recipient for as many as 10 - 40 years or for the remainder of the recipient’s life." Download structured_settlement_market___stone_stre et_capital_05112008.pdf Comments: Cash Now pusher Stone Street Capital incorrectly states that insurance companies are often the defendant in ... More About: Marketing , Industry , Fact , Cover , Cover-up
NASP President's Company Google Ad Nonsense
2008-05-11 12:24:00 Is there anywhere on the ad below, that appeared in a Google Search for "Structured Settlements GA", that gives any indication that it is a structured settlement factoring company. Despite advertising to the contrary and unless it has changed its business model, Novation Capital DOES NOT deliver structured settlement quotes. It is also not a structured settlement General Agency (GA). Here is the ad (the URL link has been disabled for this post- you can see in the download below) Structured SettlementsAs Seen on TV - Call The Experts800-486-1525 - Free Quotes and MoreDownload novation_cap_offensive_google_ad_5112008. pdf Mr. Shapiro, those crazy outsourcers are at it again! Blame it on the dog! You did such a nice job in helping to validate the "cash now" fraud in your industry, how about continuing to set an example by stopping advertising what you don't do and start advertising what you DO do. More About: Company , Nonsense
House Investigation Into Plaintiff Lawyer Kickbacks on Class Action Cases?
More articles from this author:2008-05-11 06:58:00 Tulsa settlement planner Robert Risk's February 13th "man of class and grace", disgraced class action lawyer William Lerach, reports to Federal Prison on May 19, 2008 after pleading guilty to charges of criminal conspiracy in conjunction with a class action scheme. Two Republican members of the House of Representatives, John Boehner (R-OH) and Lamar Smith (R-TX) recently suggested that Congress has ignored the steadily unfolding scandal and call for a hearing. "If in fact the crimes committed by Mr. Lerach and his colleagues are an 'industry practice' as Mr. Lerach himself confessed, then the United States Congress is sitting idle while criminal behavior in the trial lawyer industry threatens American jobs and feeds like a parasite on the prosperity of working families" Boehner stated in a letter to House Judiciary Chairman John Conyers (D-MI) dated May 2, 2008. Are we shortly going to see people start defending the payment of kickbacks as "helping cons... More About: Action , Lawyer , Investigation , Class 1, 2, 3, 4 |
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