by John Darer® CLU ChFC MSSC CeFT RSP CLTC
Workers Compensation Qualified Assignments for Structured Settlements
Qualified Assignments only became available for workers compensation claims filed AFTER August 5, 1997
It took two decades before a workers compensation structured settlement solution included a qualified assignment.
The Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997 amended the Internal Revenue Code, adding workers’ compensation payments under IRC § 104(a)(1) to the language of IRC §130, making them eligible for qualified assignment the same as physical injury or physical sickness tort claim payments under IRC § 104(a)(2), but applicable to claims under workmen’s compensation acts filed after the date of the enactment of the Taxpayer Relief Act (August 5, 1997).
On or prior to August 5, 1997, workers compensation parties could only make limited use of structured settlements where the future periodic payment liabilities were assigned (at the Safeco Life’s SAFECO National facility) or through reinsurance, where the employer was insured.
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