Many
individuals who have settled an insurance claim are receiving periodic
payments in the form of a Structured Settlement. In many cases, Structured
Settlement recipients or "Claimants" cannot afford to wait out
the terms of their settlement and have a need for cash now.
Some reasons for needing cash immediately include:
- Debt elimination
- A down payment on a new house
- A college education
- A medical emergency
- Starting a new business
1st Choice Cash Flow can help providing advanced
funding through our Structured Settlement Program.
How Structured Settlements work
We match your situation with a specialized funding
source who will purchase a claimant's next payment or payments. For that
service the funding source will pay a percentage of the payment due. How
big a percentage depends on how much time will elapse before the funding
source is able to get the monies back. The funding source will provide the
claimant with the agreed upon money in advance so they have their money
when they need it and then they wait to receive the payments according to
the original schedule.
Depending upon the exact situation, the entire
process from the time a claimant applies until the money is in their hand
(their bank account actually), can take less than 21 days.
*Structured Settlements are funded by
annuities. These single premium annuities are purchased to provide a
pre-determined payment stream to the payee. These annuities have
similarities to investment annuities; they are backed by an insurance
company and provide for a long-term payment stream. However, these
annuities differ in other aspects: they are not owned by the payee, they
are tax free and they can be sold only with judicial approval or a hefty
excise tax. Many times, an income stream recipient may be unaware of
whether the asset they hold is an investment annuity or a structured
settlement annuity. Please call so that we may be of assistance.