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.
recent posts
- Daily Rates Are Often an Important Cost Driver of Structured Settlements
- 🔥Founder and Former CEO of 777 Partners, Joshua Wander, Pleads Guilty⚖️ to $500 Million Fraud Scheme — DOJ Confirms Double‑Pledging, Misappropriation of Structured‑Settlement Funds, and Falsified Bank Statements
- The Steering Problem Needs a Wake‑Up Call
- Companies Still Using the Incorrect Term “Secondary Market Annuity”
- Canonical: Non‑Qualified Assignment (NQA)
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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Patrick Hindert’s behavior after the death of Paralympian Randy Snow raises concerns about his integrity. Despite previously interviewing Snow, Hindert failed to honor his passing. His recent reprint of an unrelated presentation includes irrelevant tags, suggesting a disregard for both Snow’s legacy and the credibility of his online content.
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The class action lawsuit Spencer v Hartford resulted in a settlement amounting to only 10% of projections made by Patrick Hindert in 2009. The plaintiffs alleged damages under RICO related to structured settlement premiums, but the settlement reflects a mere fraction of the potential damages, highlighting persistent issues in the industry.
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Are settlement consultants and settlement planners getting involved with structured settlement securitizations in any way?” That includes as investors or directly, or indirectly, placing their clients into structured settlement securities/securitizations in private or registered securities transactions?
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This author is not denying that there are merits to the idea of a single claimant 468B qualified settlement fund under certain circumstances. Its proponents however have failed strategically. Perhaps it’s time to go back to the stable and saddle up a NEW horse.
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Up until a certain point following the commencement of litigation in Spencer v Hartford, those fundings were allegedly at a discount to that offered to claimant and litigants who were not litigating against Hartford insured tortfeasors.
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That Hindert, a co-author of the structured settlement industry’s seminal text could get it so badly wrong is shameful.
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Does the silence mean that neither the structured settlement industry or factoring industry give a crap about the structured settlement payment “servicing” question? Or is there something to hide?