When somebody plays a part in another person’s injury or financial losses, they’re compelled by a judge or jury to pay a compensation to the wronged party. This compensation is known as a settlement.

Christy Bieber has a JD from UCLA School of Law and began her career as a college instructor and textbook author. She has been writing full time for over a decade with a focus on making financial and ...

The Senate Finance and House Ways and Means Committees will see a full-court press this week as the structured settlement industry holds its annual convention in Washington, DC. Among the industry’s ...

If you’re getting offers to purchase your structured settlement, you're absolutely right to be skeptical. Selling a structured settlement for quick cash can be legal, but it’s often predatory and ...

Q: Our daughter, who is now in college, is soon to receive the proceeds from a lawsuit settlement. She was injured in an accident, and the payment is coming from the responsible party. In the latter ...

President Trump’s tax reform announcement is likely to jumpstart Congress’ focus on reforming the federal tax code. Almost no industry is more vested in tax code changes than the structured settlement ...

“Our son sustained a horrible injury during birth that will require life-long medical care. There will be a large malpractice settlement. Our lawyer strongly recommends a structured settlement annuity ...

Structured settlements arise from legal settlements where the amount of damages is paid to the recipient as an annuity over a period of years. This might result from a settlement in an accident case ...

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If you’ve been involved in a lawsuit and awarded damages, you may have agreed to a structured settlement. This is when, instead of receiving a lump sum of the award amount, you receive it in ...