Structured Settlements 4Real®Blog 2026
Structured settlements expert John Darer reviews the latest structured settlements and settlement planning information and news, and provides expert opinion and highly regarded commentary. that is spicy, Informative, irreverent and effective for over 20 years.
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- The Steering Problem Needs a Wake‑Up Call
- Companies Still Using the Incorrect Term “Secondary Market Annuity”
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about
Category: Patrick Hindert
Patrick Hindert is a veteran leader in the structured settlement industry with over 40 years of experience, currently serving as a Senior Advisor at Independent Life and a recognized expert in national professional associations
This Harvard Law Graduate was the Managing Director of S2KM Ltd. and The Settlement Services Group. As a leader in the structured settlement industry for more than three decades, Hindert frequently speaks at several national conferences on the subject. He also authors a structured settlement blog and co-authors a legal treatise relied upon by structured settlement professionals far and wide.
Hindert self resported that the Natioanl azssociation of Settlement Purchasrs bestowedthe Alexander Hamilton for service to the structured settlement factoring industry and controversially opined that factoring was the key to structured settlement industry growth beginning in the mid 2000s His profile still appears on the website of Strategic Capital Corporation
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“We do structured settlement factoring transactions”, or SSFTs, or FTs, or TPPRs (“transfer of periodic payment rights”), or whatever, just doesn’t sound as sexy and simple as “we buy structured settlements” and of course it is more of a mouthful to say. I guess the truth is hard to swallow.
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No licensing required to be in the structured settlement factoring business, no continuing education requirements. Unlike any other financial service segment, there’s no regulatory body to oversee how consumers are approached and solicited. Absolutely nothing to define what activity is a conflict of interest. Is this a solid foundation for a “unified marketing strategy”?
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There is a tacit acknowledgment by NASP that some of its members and/or non-members are engaging in unethical conduct.
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Potential abuse of Qualified Settlement Funds observed by a leading settlement tax authority.
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That being said, who was responsible for placing all of Mr. Arensdorf’s structured settlement with ELNY in 1984? What was their rationale in doing so for someone as profoundly disabled as Glenn Arensdorf when this was all Glenn Arensdorf had?
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Do Qualified Settlement Funds really offer plaintiffs “UNLIMITED” time to address investments,including structured settlements?
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What are the risks of investing in structured settlement payment rights or structured settlement receivables?
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The structured settlement secondary market also has a lack of (1) licensing , (2) regulatory oversight, and (3) lack of mandatory continuing education, or a professional certification program. Imagine how much more respected the secondary market would be if these were in place.
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A structured settlement IS an appropriate solution for many litigation scenarios, not just personal injury or workers compensation. But like a good medication, it needs to be dispensed in an appropriate dosage.
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The proposed liquidation of Executive Life of New York (ELNY) has potential fall out for investors in at least one structured settlement securitization, according to “the world’s oldest and most authoritative insurance rating and information source”, A.M. Best Company.