Here at Edward Stone Law, we get phone calls every day from people who feel they have been taken advantage of by factoring companies when selling their structured settlement payments. One of the most common things we hear is that sellers have been told it is legal to go to another state and sell their […]
Forum shopping in the transfer of structured settlement payment rights transfer is not legal. 26 U.S.C. Section 5891 imposes a 40% excise tax on any structured settlement transfer that does not qualify for one of the exemptions set forth in Section 5891(b). In order to qualify for one of the exemptions, a transfer petition must […]
A factoring company may only file a transfer petition in the seller’s state of residence or domicile. If a factoring company causes a transfer petition to be filed in a state other than the state where the seller lives, then the factoring company is not complying with applicable State and Federal laws. Edward Stone Law […]
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In a recent decision issued by the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia – Atlanta Division, the Court found that an insurance policy taken out on the life of Kelly Douglas Couch and issued by Jackson National Life Insurance Company was void ab initio as “an illegal human life wager.” In a […]
Athene Holding Ltd. paid a $45 Million fine to the State of New York for violations related to its pension de-risking business operated by its subsidiary Athene Annuity & Life Corporation. The New York State Department of Financial Services (DFS) discovered that Athene both solicited and did insurance business in New York without a license. […]
Trevor Langkamp was the recipient of one of the dreaded notices from the New York Liquidation Bureau in December, 2011 telling him that his annuity benefits from Executive Life Insurance Company of New York would be cut. The liquidation of Executive Life Insurance Company of New York (ELNY) was finalized in April, 2012 and despite […]
Bethesda, Maryland based Lockheed Martin Corp. transferred $1.9 Billion in pension obligations for 20,000 US retirees to a subsidiary of MetLife, Metropolitan Tower Life Insurance Co. Lockheed Martin has done at least two previous pension risk transfers to insurance companies. In January 2019, Lockheed Martin transferred $1.8 Billion in pension obligations to Prudential and also […]
On December 18, 2019, Voya Financial, Inc. and Resolution Life Group Holdings Ltd. announced the terms of an agreement where Voya sold substantially all of its in-force life business, including its pension risk transfer liabilities for $1.250 Billion, which included cash of $902 Million, and retained surplus notes of $123 Million. Resolution Life will assume […]
What is the difference between a pension risk transfer via an annuity “buy-in” or “buy-out?” With an annuity “buy-in” a plan sponsor purchases one or more group annuity contracts to cover pension obligations with the plan sponsor remaining responsible for making payment to the plan participants. With an annuity “buy-out” the defined benefit plan sponsor […]
