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  Is the Structured Settlement Process in need of Reform?

  By Warren S. Hersch  |  December 3, 2012

  Hindert also flags industry opposition for inhibiting the development of a potentially less costly alternative to factoring: commuting, wherein claimants sell rights to periodic payments back to the annuity provider. If, he says, more annuity contracts incorporated a commutation rider offering payees a discounted value of their future income stream,...

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  Is the structured settlement process in need of reform?

  By Warren S. Hersch  |  November 9, 2012

  Structured settlement annuities in high-damage personal injury cases generate billions in sales annually. But critics question an array of industry practices that may be harming claimants.

• A ‘boom’ in life settlements

  By Stephen E. Terrell  |  May 1, 2012

  As retiring boomers seek life settlements, agents must know the latest regulations in their state before undertaking these complex transactions.

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  Know Your Life Settlement Rules

  By Stephen E. Terrell  |  April 16, 2012

  As retiring boomers seek life settlements, agents must know the latest regulations in their state before undertaking these complex transactions.

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  ACLI Urges SEC to Target Life Settlement Industry

  By Elizabeth Festa  |  October 10, 2011

  The ACLI requests that the SEC outlaw virtually the entire secondary insurance market in the biggest broadside against the life settlement industry in months. How will the life settlement industry respond?