Understanding Structured Settlements

A structured settlement is usually an annuity set up for recipients of a financial award, normally due to litigation involving an injury or accident. If you are receiving periodic payments from a structured settlement or annuity, you may be interested to know that you can sell part or all of your remaining payments. Selling structured settlements is legal in all states.

You may need court approval in order to sell your payments, but it is your right to receive a lump sum of cash for your structured settlement if you so choose. Many people have found that the small monthly or periodic payments they are receiving are not enough to meet their financial needs or achieve their financial goals. Selling your structured settlement can give you the cash you need to realize your dreams.

You can use the cash for any reason you see fit. Remodeling, starting a business, college education, or any other reason you may have. You do not have to sell all your remaining payments. You can sell a certain number of payments, or you could sell a portion of each of your remaining payments.

You can contact the professional of your choice to help you analyze your situation and your needs, and determine how many payments you would like to sell. The large lump sum you receive in exchange can be a life-changing experience.

Selling your structured settlement is a simple process. You can apply online and a structured settlement expert who will give you an estimate of how much money you could receive in one large lump sum will contact you shortly.

Structured settlements often seem like a great idea until you realize that the small monthly payments do not make a big difference in your overall financial situation. Check into selling some or all of your remaining payments and you could have cash in your hand very soon.

Ken Austin is the webmaster at Structured Settlement Tips and Structured Settlements and Annuities

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What is a Structured Settlement

A Structured Settlement is an agreement between a personal injury victim ( a Plaintiff ) and an Insurance company ( the Defendant )to compensate the Plaintiff by the defendant with long term periodicpayments instead of a single cash lump sum.

Payments can be tailored to each individual plaintiffs needs, to help meet expenses such as on-going medical and living expenses, education, children needs & support etc’ The fixed annuity payments are tax-free to the claimant, a cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) feature is available, that can help offset the effects of inflation over time, payments can continue as long as the claimant lives thus providing him the maximum benefits.

Structured settlements are encouraged by plaintiffs lawyers,
Courts, Insurance companies and the legislators alike as they all agree it is the best solution to all parties involved especially for the claimant.

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The annuity can be transformed in part or in full to a cash lump sum via private funds and should be approved by the Court. The funds are most interested to make these deals as they are very profitable to them because they take the long term tax free payments and in exchange pay the annuity holder much less than the face value but in cash.

These same funds are handling Lottery winners long term payments
into one single lump sum as well as all kinds services of cash against future payments.

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Annuity Transfer - What Are the Risks

Many people who know in the back of their minds that they got the
possibility to transform a monthly payment or annuity long term
payments into a big lump sum and by that to relieve some
temporarily financial problems, or need to buy a new car or a house
or help their children and so forth are tempted to exercise this
process into action.
Although it is a very natural feeling and sometimes even a real life
need or deep inner quest for power and control, it is not in their best
financial interest to say the least.

It is no wonder that the U.S federal laws encourage long term
payments in both cases like Structured settlements and lottery
winnings. There are many good reasons for that and I’m
going to spell them out as clear as I can.

- In some countries around the world it is legal to pay for lottery winning in one lump sum. Experience shows
many of these people lose most or
all of their money in a few years
Time, due to the following reasons:

- Ordinary people who get into their possession a very large sum of money don’t really know how to manage their treasure or how to invest it wisely, they are not prepared for it and they are
overwhelmed with a delusion of over abundance of wealth, they
become totally careless on how and on what they spend their money.

- Even if they invest their money, they go to high risk speculative
investments as they try to get high yields. Instead of going for
a much solid and safer, “widows & orphans” type of investment
portfolio. Neither do they go for the golden middle way in between
of a mixed portfolio. They don’t use investments advisers or
financial consultants.

- They become over generous with their family and friends, they
buy their children homes, cars or any other materialistic requests,
they “lend ” money to a friend in need…

- They listen to shrewd business people who talk them into investing
into all kinds of business adventures that seems to them very
profitable but in a short while turn into total failures and the money
is gone.

- All kind of addictive behaviors like betting horse races or going to
play the roulette in the casino are now intensified with the feeling
of power and wealth, it might drive the person to gamble high sums
of money as if there is no tomorrow.

- Believe it or not but criminal elements might engage in putting
pressure to extort monies from the overnight rich poor guy.
They might threaten to harm his family etc’

- Charity institutions start to call all day and night asking for
donations to a very noble causes, they even send some slick
reps to convince him to donate money.

- His own children, some times his spouse becomes very greedy
and exert emotional pressure to give them more and more money.
In some cases the sudden riches literally ruined the families.

As I have shown you above, getting a large lump sum of money
might be a risky thing, this is In addition to the fact that you are
loosing a lot of money which was Tax free, that alone might be
a difference of anywhere between 35% - 65% , add to it the profits
of the fund who bought the annuity from you and you are loosing
big time. It is not recommended for an injured or a disabled person,
to transform the whole Structured Settlement long term payments
into one big lump sum or you might find yourself one day without the
money and facing high medical expenses and other bills you cannot afford.

MBA - International Trade & Finance - Heriot-Watt University. Bsc. Computers and Information Systems - Long Island University - C.W Post Campus. Married with two Children.

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