NASP 2008 Annual Meeting - 2

S2KM's prior NASP 2008 blog post (NASP 2008 Annual Meeting - 1):

• Summarizes the NASP presentations which S2KM attended;
• Highlights the questions S2KM addressed to NASP's structured settlement panel.

This S2KM blog post:

• Re-introduces the NASP structured settlement panelists;
• Re-confirms the panel structured settlement topic;
• Provides links to recommended learning resources;
• Outlines S2KM's summary format;
• Highlights the underlying issues.

S2KM's next NAMSAP 2008 blog post will summarize the panel's responses to:

• S2KM's questions; and
• Questions and comments from NASP attendees.

The NASP structured settlement panelists:

• Jack Meligan, President of Settlement Professionals, Inc.;
• Michael Upchurch, President of Delta Settlement Solutions; and
• Matthew Bracy, General Counsel of Settlement Capital Corporation.

Panel topic: How to Improve and Grow the Structured Settlement Market

Recommended S2KM resources:

• S2KM blog series titled "How to Grow the Structured Settlement Market"
• Additional S2KM blog posts
  • NASP 2007 Annual Meeting - 3 posts
  • 2006 NASP Annual Meeting - multiple posts including
    • Overview of the Structured Settlement Market
    • How the Primary Market Views Factoring
  • Structured Settlement Thought Leadership Conference
  • Fresno County Factoring Cases - see Pullman & Comley Structured Settlement Insights - 2
• S2KM public wikis
  • Structured settlement wiki
  • Structured settlement public policy wiki
  • AIG structured settlement wiki
  • Web 2.0 for lawyers wiki
    

In addition, for those readers interested in a more detailed review of the secondary structured settlement market from a legal perspective: see hardcopy "Structured Settlements and Periodic Payment Judgments" (S2P2J). Co-authored by Daniel Hindert, Joseph Dehner and this author, S2P2J includes Chapter 16 titled "Transfers of Structured Settlement Payment Rights". S2P2J Release 44 will be available in December 2008.

Summary format - S2KM's third 2008 NASP blog post:

• will not attempt to summarize individual panel member responses to specific questions;
• will summarize, from the moderator's perspective and notes, the conversation that took place between moderator, panelists and audience.

Underlying issues - The NASP structured settlement panel topic prioritizes three issues:

• Are settlement transfers (IRC 5891 and the state protection statutes) good or bad for the structured settlement industry?
• What is the future of the structured settlements industry?
• How can the primary and secondary structured settlement markets collaborate to improve and grow the structured settlement market?