Earlier this year Tennessee joined the many states revising their Structured Settlement Protection Acts to provide more robust protections to those people seeking to sell some of their periodic payments to factoring companies. Under the Tennessee Structured Settlement Protection Act, the seller is called the “payee” and the factoring company is known as a “transferee”. The […]
The pension de-risking trend continues. Farmington, Connecticut based United Technologies Corp. (UTC) will transfer $775 million of its outstanding pension benefit obligations under two of its retirement plans to The Prudential Insurance Company of America. HartfordBusiness.com, a publication of The Hartford Business Journal quoted Robin Diamonte, UTC’s chief investment officer as saying “This transaction is […]
Maryland Senate Bill 734, which amends the procedures for structured settlement transfers took effect on October 1, 2016. Senate Bill 734 requires that factoring companies register with the Maryland Attorney General before filing transfer petitions or applications within the State of Maryland. The bill further requires that factoring companies (known as transferees under the structured […]
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PPG Industries, a Fortune 200 global manufacturer of paints, coatings and optical products has entered into agreements with Metropolitan Life Insurance Company and Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company to provide annuity benefits to 13,400 retirees removed from PPG’s defined benefit pension plans. In what appear to be annuity “lift-out’s” PPG has purchased group annuity contracts […]
In March, 2016 the Florida legislature passed a bill revising the Florida Structured Settlement Protection Act § 626.99296 et seq., adding new requirements designed to protect individuals selling their structured settlement payments in the secondary market. The revised Act requires that (1) transfer petitions be filed in the county where the payee resides; (2) all payees […]
On Thursday, March 3, 2016 the Insurance and Real Estate Committee of the Connecticut General Assembly will hold a public hearing on proposed legislation regarding protections for retirees in pension derisking transfers. The hearing will be held at 1:00 p.m. in the Legislative Office Building at 300 Capitol Avenue, Hartford, CT 06106. The full text […]
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ProtectSeniors.org has done it again! Raised Bill No. 5455 entitled “An Act Concerning the Purchase of An Annuity to Fund Pension Benefits” has been introduced in the Connecticut legislature. The proposed legislation requires disclosures to retirees impacted by pension derisking transfers and limits subsequent transfers of the annuity contract to “an entity that maintains a rating […]
New Hampshire has increased guaranty association coverage for annuity contracts from $100,000 to $250,000. While this is still $250,000 less than the coverage offered by New York, Connecticut, New Jersey and Washington, it puts New Hampshire in line with the coverage offered by thirty-seven other states. This increase in coverage is very important to retirees […]
The Maryland Attorney General, Brian Frosh, has asked two attorneys involved in the structured settlement factoring industry, Anuj Sud and Charles Smith, to divulge records relating to their participation with Access Funding’s acquisition of over $28,000,000 of future payments from “overwhelmingly poor” Baltimore residents who were “cognitively impaired as a result of lead poisoning. Unlike many […]
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An excellent op-ed was published by Fort Worth’s Star-Telegram in late October, written by C. William Jones, the Chairman of ProtectSeniors.org. The piece focused on the pension de-risking crisis facing today’s retirees. Plano, Texas based J.C. Penney was the latest company to join the de-risking bandwagon, offering both lump-sum buyouts and transferring it pension obligations to […]
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Revised Tennessee Structured Settlement Protection Act
Earlier this year Tennessee joined the many states revising their Structured Settlement Protection Acts to provide more robust protections to those people seeking to sell some of their periodic payments to factoring companies. Under the Tennessee Structured Settlement Protection Act, the seller is called the “payee” and the factoring company is known as a “transferee”. The […]
United Technologies Corp. Announces Pension De-risking
The pension de-risking trend continues. Farmington, Connecticut based United Technologies Corp. (UTC) will transfer $775 million of its outstanding pension benefit obligations under two of its retirement plans to The Prudential Insurance Company of America. HartfordBusiness.com, a publication of The Hartford Business Journal quoted Robin Diamonte, UTC’s chief investment officer as saying “This transaction is […]
Maryland’s New Structured Settlement Transfer Laws
Maryland Senate Bill 734, which amends the procedures for structured settlement transfers took effect on October 1, 2016. Senate Bill 734 requires that factoring companies register with the Maryland Attorney General before filing transfer petitions or applications within the State of Maryland. The bill further requires that factoring companies (known as transferees under the structured […]
PPG Industries Enters the Pension De-risking Arena
PPG Industries, a Fortune 200 global manufacturer of paints, coatings and optical products has entered into agreements with Metropolitan Life Insurance Company and Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company to provide annuity benefits to 13,400 retirees removed from PPG’s defined benefit pension plans. In what appear to be annuity “lift-out’s” PPG has purchased group annuity contracts […]
Revised Florida Structured Settlement Protection Act
In March, 2016 the Florida legislature passed a bill revising the Florida Structured Settlement Protection Act § 626.99296 et seq., adding new requirements designed to protect individuals selling their structured settlement payments in the secondary market. The revised Act requires that (1) transfer petitions be filed in the county where the payee resides; (2) all payees […]
Public Hearing on pension derisking legislation in Connecticut
On Thursday, March 3, 2016 the Insurance and Real Estate Committee of the Connecticut General Assembly will hold a public hearing on proposed legislation regarding protections for retirees in pension derisking transfers. The hearing will be held at 1:00 p.m. in the Legislative Office Building at 300 Capitol Avenue, Hartford, CT 06106. The full text […]
Additional Pension Derisking Legislation Pending in Connecticut!
ProtectSeniors.org has done it again! Raised Bill No. 5455 entitled “An Act Concerning the Purchase of An Annuity to Fund Pension Benefits” has been introduced in the Connecticut legislature. The proposed legislation requires disclosures to retirees impacted by pension derisking transfers and limits subsequent transfers of the annuity contract to “an entity that maintains a rating […]
New Hampshire Ups Guaranty Association Coverage
New Hampshire has increased guaranty association coverage for annuity contracts from $100,000 to $250,000. While this is still $250,000 less than the coverage offered by New York, Connecticut, New Jersey and Washington, it puts New Hampshire in line with the coverage offered by thirty-seven other states. This increase in coverage is very important to retirees […]
Maryland A.G. seeks information on factoring transactions
The Maryland Attorney General, Brian Frosh, has asked two attorneys involved in the structured settlement factoring industry, Anuj Sud and Charles Smith, to divulge records relating to their participation with Access Funding’s acquisition of over $28,000,000 of future payments from “overwhelmingly poor” Baltimore residents who were “cognitively impaired as a result of lead poisoning. Unlike many […]
ProtectSeniors.org Op-ed by Chairman Bill Jones
An excellent op-ed was published by Fort Worth’s Star-Telegram in late October, written by C. William Jones, the Chairman of ProtectSeniors.org. The piece focused on the pension de-risking crisis facing today’s retirees. Plano, Texas based J.C. Penney was the latest company to join the de-risking bandwagon, offering both lump-sum buyouts and transferring it pension obligations to […]