Talk:Secondary market annuity

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It seems clear that author of this article is introducing a tremendous amount of bias into the article. Agreed! Also the author of this article has no idea what a financial derivative is. These assets are simply not financial derivatives and the article is both inaccurate and misleading. https://www.investopedia.com/terms/d/derivative.asp — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rosspp (talk • contribs) 01:28, 3 October 2018 (UTC)

Bias, and edits blocked

I attempted to edit out the vitriol, bias and self promotion from the original author in this article however a Wikipedia bot undid the changes I've made, and attempts to restore the edits were unsuccessful. Herein is what I attempted to publish: --Thanp73 (talk) 19:54, 3 October 2018 (UTC)

A secondary market annuity is a term used to describe the court ordered right to receive payments backed by annuities issued in conjunction with structured settlements. The term 'secondary market annuity' may also be substituted with other commonly used terms such as factored structured settlement, structured settlement payment right, or assigned payments. The term is not at all synonymous with or a relative of a derivative. The term means rights to receive payments under a structured settlement that is typically transferred pursuant to IRC§5891(c)(2). When the ownership of structured settlement payment rights is transferred, the ownership of the actual insurance product, the structured settlement annuity, does not move. It stays the same as it was when the structured settlement was established.

How Does a Structured Settlement Annuity Compare With a "Secondary Market Annuity"?

Primary structured settlements are shielded from creditors in accordance with their statutory protections. Even in bankruptcy proceedings, they are usually considered an exempt asset and cannot be accessed by creditors. However, once the right to receive payments due under a structured settlement annuity goes through the assignments and court proceedings to change the payee, it would lose this creditor protection and, like any other asset, be open to the claims of creditors.

Regulation of Sales Practices

Originators of structured settlement payments are typically factoring companies and attorneys. Most factored structured settlement payment rights are acquired by special purpose vehicles and securitized in institutional asset-backed transactions. However, a small percentage of the transactional flow on an annual basis may be offered for sale to individual investors. Sales agents are currently not subject to state based licensing requirements as the transaction does not change the ownership of the underlying annuity which is an insurance licensed activity, nor does the assignment and sale of a payment stream - backed by a structured settlement annuity (hence factored structured settlement payment streams are not an annuity!) - fall under securities regulations as the transaction does not meet the Howey Test. Practically speaking however, consumers typically encounter secondary market annuities from licensed insurance agents and financial advisors who may be subject to various licensing requirements for their other lines of business. Consumers should inquire as to the professional qualifications of the agent they are working with.

Origins of non-institutional funding in structured settlement secondary market

Initially structured settlement payments rights were primarily packaged up by large buyers such as JG Wentworth, securitized and sold to institutional investors. During a period where institutional capital became less available in the immediate aftermath of the 2008-2009 financial crisis, a number of intermediaries began marketing structured settlement payment rights to investors. Some began to use labels that included the term "annuity", such as in force annuities, secondary market annuity, secondary market income annuity and/or the acronym SMA or SMIA. None of the terms are incorrect or misleading, as "[annuity is a series of payments made at equal intervals]." However, reference to the State Insurance Guarantee Funds is questionable, as most states have, as part of their insurance laws, an advertising prohibition which specifies that insurance companies and insurance agents may not use the existence of the guaranty association for the purpose of sales, solicitation, or inducement to purchase insurance, including annuity contracts Thanp73 (talk) 19:54, 3 October 2018 (UTC)

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