Podcast

Settlement Nation Episode 19: Inside 30 Years as a Civil Rights Trial Lawyer with James DeSimone

In this episode of Settlement Nation I chat with James DeSimone,  the founder of V. James DeSimone Law.

Settlement Planning

Let's Talk About: Judges, Mediators and Settlement Planning

Judges and mediators play important, but distinctive, roles in settlement planning. So it may have surprised some attendees that ...

Let's Talk About: A Definition for Settlement Planning

If you market yourself as a “settlement planner”, or even consider yourself a “settlement planner”, how do you define “settlement ...

Podcast

Settlement Nation Episode 18: Leading Billion Dollar Trials with Mass Tort Trial Lawyer Aimee Wagstaff

In this episode of Settlement Nation we chat with Aimee Wagstaff, the founding partner of Andrus Wagstaff.

Podcast

Settlement Nation Episode 17: Trial Tactics & Trusting the Jury with Trial Lawyer Brett Turnbull

In this episode of Settlement Nation we sit down with Brett Turnbull, the Founding partner of The Turnbull Law Firm, with offices ...

Podcast

Settlement Nation Episode 16: Why the Work Always Wins with Trial Lawyer Olivier Taillieu

In this episode of Settlement Nation we sit down with Olivier Taillieu, a partner of The Dominguez Firm and a distinguished and ...

Industry News

Let's Talk About: Adding Value & Protecting an Attorney's Practice

One of the more intriguing panel discussions scheduled later this week during the Society of Settlement Planners’ (SSP) 2021 ...

Press Release

Independent Insurance Group LLC Announces the Signing of Agreement for Investment by Kilter Finance

JACKSONVILLE, Fla., Feb. 8, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Independent Insurance Group LLC ("Independent Group") announced today the ...

Industry News

Let's Talk About Factoring

Continuing a series of articles previewing selected topics at the upcoming Society of Settlement Planners’ (SSP’s) virtual 2021 ...

Podcast

Settlement Nation Episode 15: Bethany Schneider

In this episode of Settlement Nation we chat with Bethany Schneider, a trial attorney and the founder of Schneider Injury Law.

Industry News

Let’s Talk About: Mass Torts and Structured Settlements

Upon reviewing the agenda for the Society of Settlement Planners (SSP) 2021 Annual Conference there is one session that falls ...

Press Release

Independent Insurance Group LLC Announces the Signing of a Definitive Agreement for the Acquisition of Sterling National Life Insurance Company

JACKSONVILLE, Fla., Jan. 25, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Independent Insurance Group LLC ("Independent Group") today announced that it ...

Industry News

Let's Talk About: Suitability and Settlement Planning

The Society of Settlement Planners (SSP) will host its virtual 2021 Annual Conference for February 23-25 and has already ...

Podcast

Settlement Nation Episode 14: Greyson Goody

In this episode of Settlement Nation we sit down with Greyson Goody, a partner and senior trial attorney at The Simon Law Group, ...

Industry News

New Blog Series: Let's Talk About...

Conference season, albeit virtual, has officially kicked off with both the Society of Settlement Planners (SSP) and the National ...

Podcast

Settlement Nation Episode 13: Jason Neville & Jakob Norman

In the final episode of this multiple part series of Settlement Nation, we chat with Jason Neville from the Spence Law Firm and ...

Knowledge Network

Society of Actuaries Structured Settlement Mortality Studies

Every structured settlement professional is familiar with the term “substandard age rating” as well as the important role more ...

Press Release

Independent Life Insurance Company Announces Reinsurance Agreement with Hannover Life Reassurance Company of America

DALLAS, Jan. 4, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Independent Life Insurance Company ("Independent Life") announced today it has entered into ...

Podcast

Settlement Nation Episode 12: Jason Neville & Jakob Norman

In part two of this multiple part series of Settlement Nation, Courtney Barber chats with Jason Neville from the Spence Law Firm ...

Podcast

Settlement Nation Episode 11: Jason Neville & Jakob Norman

In this multiple part series of Settlement Nation, Courtney Barber chats with Jason Neville from the Spence Law Firm and Jakob ...

Podcast

Settlement Nation Episode 10: Arash Homampour

In this episode of Settlement Nation  we chat with Arash Homampour, a trial attorney and the owner of the Homampour Firm in ...

ABLE Accounts

IRS Publishes Final ABLE Regulations (Part 2)

Since The ABLE Act created IRC 529A in 2014, 49 states have passed legislation to implement ABLE and ABLE accounts have become ...

Podcast

Settlement Nation Episode 9: Jim Avery

In this episode of Settlement Nation we chat with Jim Avery, a plaintiff attorney and the owner of Avery Injury Law in Missouri. ...

ABLE Accounts

IRS Publishes Final ABLE Regulations

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has published final regulations that provide guidance regarding programs under the Stephen ...

Podcast

Settlement Nation Episode 8: Dan Schaar

In this episode of Settlement Nation, we chat with Dan Schaar, a trial attorney with Carpenter, Zuckerman & Rowley (CZ&R) and ...

NSSTA

NSSTA Virtual Business Meeting and Fall Educational Conference 2020

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Structured Settlements and Periodic Payment Judgments Book Release 68

Since it was first published in 1986, "Structured Settlements and Periodic Payment Judgments" (S2P2J), has provided structured ...

Podcast

Settlement Nation Episode 7: Keith Bruno Part 2

We continue our chat with Keith Bruno, a trial attorney with Carpenter, Zuckerman & Rowley (CZ&R) out of Orange County, ...

Company News

Independent Insurance Group Hires President and Chief Strategy Officer

Independent Insurance Group (IIG), an innovative insurer whose mission is to improve the lives of victims of serious injury and ...

Industry News

Book Review: The Art of Settlement

Although the personal injury settlement planning profession now offers plaintiff attorneys, and its own members, an increasing ...

Legs & Regs

Allocating Damages to Avoid IRC 6662 Penalties

When a person recovers money for a tort injury committed by another person, an historic source of exclusion of that recovery from ...

Company News

Celebrating $250M with a Giveaway!

For so many people starting a business and watching it succeed through hard work, courage, and a little bit of luck is the ...