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Negotiated financial or insurance arrangement
A structured settlement is a negotiated financial or insurance arrangement through which a claimant agrees to resolve a personal injury tort claim by
Structured_settlement
A structured settlement factoring transaction means a transfer of structured settlement payment rights (including portions of structured settlement payments)
Structured settlement factoring transaction
Structured_settlement_factoring_transaction
US alternative lender
Peachtree provides cash to individuals with illiquid assets such as structured settlement payments, annuity payments, lottery winnings, and active non-settled
Peachtree_Financial_Solutions
receivership When structured settlements are established, there is none of the transactional risk of investing in factored structured settlement payments. A
Secondary_market_annuity
Resolution between disputing parties about a legal case
settlement is a settlement of multiple similar legal cases. The term also has other meanings in the context of law. Structured settlements provide for future
Settlement_(litigation)
Topics referred to by the same term
Structured settlement, a negotiated financial or insurance arrangement This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Settlement.
Settlement
American diversified financial services company
services company that purchases structured settlements, annuities, and lottery payments in exchange for a lump-sum cash settlement. They also offer debt counseling
J.G._Wentworth
Investment banking professional
In investment banking, a structurer is the finance professional responsible for designing structured products. Their solution will typically deliver a
Structurer
Legal term for an injury to a person
be through a settlement agreement or a judgment as a result of a trial. Settlements can be either lump-sum or as a structured settlement in which the
Personal_injury
US tax-deferral technique using third-party-funded installment payments
A structured sale (or structured installment sale) is a United States tax-planning arrangement that combines the installment sale rules under 26 U.S.C
Structured_sale
Sector of finance that manages leverage and risk
than 370 member institutions, the Structured Finance Association (SFA) is the leading trade association for the structured finance industry. SFA’s purpose
Structured_finance
Financial derivative product
Accumulators (a.k.a. share forward accumulators) are financial structured products sold by an issuer (seller) to investors (the buyer) that require the
Accumulator (structured product)
Accumulator_(structured_product)
Early medieval cultural group in Britain
in 1066, with the Norman Conquest. Although the details of their early settlement and political development are not clear, by the 8th century an Anglo-Saxon
Anglo-Saxons
Places where people live and organize society
time, some settlements expanded in both population and organizational complexity, giving rise to early urban centers and more structured social systems
Human_settlement
Single payment of money, as opposed to a series of payments made over time
overhead when awarding research and innovation grants. Lump-sum tax Structured settlement Distortions (economics) Annuity Seller's points W. Steve Albrecht;
Lump_sum
Island in the southeastern Pacific
and statuary thus began soon after initial settlement." According to oral tradition, the first settlement was at Anakena. Researchers have noted that
Easter_Island
Topics referred to by the same term
(trust), a deed whereby property is given by a settlor into trust Structured settlement, a negotiated financial or insurance arrangement This disambiguation
Illegal_settlements
Process of analyzing large data sets
subspace learning Neural networks Regression analysis Sequence mining Structured data analysis Support vector machines Text mining Time series analysis
Data_mining
Archaeological site in southwestern Illinois, US
and 20,000 people. Cahokia was the largest and most influential urban settlement of the Mississippian culture, which developed advanced societies across
Cahokia
Series of payments at fixed intervals
purchased to provide an income during retirement, or originate from a structured settlement of a personal injury lawsuit. Life annuities may be sold in exchange
Life_annuity
Israeli communities built on land occupied in the 1967 Six-Day War
Israeli settlements, also called Israeli colonies, are the civilian communities built by Israel throughout the Israeli-occupied territories. They are
Israeli_settlement
in the middle Ogooué, initiating an expansion that subsequently structured settlement across the region. From 1472 Atlantic contact reshaped coastal exchange
History_of_Gabon
The settlement of Iceland (Icelandic: landnámsöld [ˈlantˌnaumsˌœlt]) is generally believed to have begun in the second half of the ninth century, when
Settlement_of_Iceland
American hedge fund firm
property market, corporate debt trading at distressed valuations and structured products. According to a Reuters article, which cites Bank of New York
The_Baupost_Group
Late antique port town in northern Egypt
about 5 hectares, featured a structured array of modular buildings, while the southern part displayed a less structured layout, influenced by the natural
Philoxenite
Abandoned Middle Age Norse settlements
Norse settlements in Greenland were established after 986 CE by settlers coming from Iceland. The settlers, known as Grænlendingar ('Greenlanders' in
Norse settlements in Greenland
Norse_settlements_in_Greenland
Canadian financial services company
Multi-Family, Commercial, Construction, and Residential) Mortgage servicing Structured finance Deposit services Agents and Consumers (GICs, RRSPs, TFSAs, e-Savings)
Peoples_Group
Rigid structure to provide workers with a dry working environment below water level
suited for foundations for which other methods might cause settlement of adjacent structures.[citation needed] Construction workers who leave the pressurized
Caisson_(engineering)
Archaeological term for societies that did not produce pottery
because of a lack of settlement in the west or northwest during the period. However, Late Aceramic Cyprus was a well-structured society.[clarification
Aceramic
International payment system
The Pan-African Payment and Settlement System (PAPSS) is a Pan-African real-time gross settlement (RTGS) infrastructure for cross-border payments in distinct
Pan-African Payment and Settlement System
Pan-African_Payment_and_Settlement_System
Financial trust to benefit disabled individuals
Special needs trusts are often set up under the guidance of a structured settlement planner in cooperation with a qualified legal and financial team
Special_needs_trust
Indian equivalent of the SWIFT financial transfer system
Structured Financial Messaging System (SFMS) is a secure messaging standard developed to serve as a platform for intra-bank and inter-bank applications
Structured Financial Messaging System
Structured_Financial_Messaging_System
American business and financial services company
said it reached a settlement with stockholders in lawsuits filed over structured finance ratings. April 2013: Moody's reached a settlement avoiding what would
Moody's_Corporation
Former Russian establishment in North America
Russian-American Company, it was the hub of the southernmost Russian settlements in North America from 1812 to 1841. Notably cosmopolitan, different ethnic
Fort_Ross,_California
Reference to the north Atlantic coastal plain region
Their tactic was to enter settlement homes friendly, as this was now normalized, before attacking. The Jamestown settlement was warned by a Christianized
Tidewater_Region
United States historic place
School. The Barberville Central High School (also known as the Pioneer Settlement for Creative Arts) is a historic school building in Barberville, Florida
Barberville Central High School
Barberville_Central_High_School
technology to structured finance products. It works similarly to a credit default swap (CDS) with the reference entity being a structured finance product
Pay as you go (credit derivatives)
Pay_as_you_go_(credit_derivatives)
Purchase of Structured Settlements, Number 2364, testimony after 1998 by Randy Dyer, Executive Vice President, National Structured Settlement Association
Confession_of_judgment
Hong Kong financial services holding company
Limited (OTC Clear). HKSCC, HKCC and SEOCH provide integrated clearing, settlement, depository and nominee activities to their participants, while OTC Clear
Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing
Hong_Kong_Exchanges_and_Clearing
Ancient Jewish settlement
The Beersheba settlement is an ancient Jewish site in the Negev Desert. The settlement dates back to the Second Temple period and has been discovered in
Beersheba_Settlement
Type of fortress in Arab or Islamic regions
word, or local words borrowed from the Arabic word, can also refer to a settlement, a fort, a watchtower, or a blockhouse. The term qasaba was historically
Kasbah
Process to help debtors
programmes aimed at helping consumers regain financial stability through structured repayment plans. Credit counseling in Malaysia typically involves assessing
Credit_counseling
identity, just as is jorong residence and clan membership. Social life is Structured around these affiliations." Jeffrey Hadler (2008) A Historiography of
Nagari_(settlement)
Trading firm
of nearly 200 companies. Susquehanna Structured Capital: Structured capital group that provides debt and structured equity investments to middle and lower-middle
Susquehanna International Group
Susquehanna_International_Group
Archipelago in northern Russia
Pakhtusov and Avgust Tsivolko during the early 1830s. The first permanent settlement was established in 1870 at Malye Karmakuly, which served as the capital
Novaya_Zemlya
City and Municipal Capital in Ahafo Region, Ghana
Region. The infrastructure of Duayaw Nkwanta is well structured. Duayaw Nkwanta has a settlement population of 27,476. This town boasts of good schools
Duayaw_Nkwanta
Defunct American insurance company
who sold the majority of the business to MetLife, retaining the structured settlement book of business. Due to mismanagement, ELNY was ordered to liquidate
Executive Life Insurance Company
Executive_Life_Insurance_Company
Structural remains of the Aztec civilization
significant religious value as well. Typically, when Aztecs resided in a new settlement construction of a shrine to Huizilopochtli and a ball court directly next
Aztec_architecture
Water spring in Jerusalem
major intermittent springs – and a reliable water source that made human settlement possible in ancient Jerusalem – the spring was not only used for drinking
Gihon_Spring
Fortification used to protect an area from potential aggressors
structures, although brick and timber-built variants are also known. Depending on the topography of the area surrounding the city or the settlement the
Defensive_wall
Mix of funds used to start and sustain a business
that which tries to translate the models above as well as others into a structured theoretical setup that is time-consistent and that has a dynamic set up
Capital_structure
Defunct holding company
Remington Ammunition Roundhill Group: the non-Marlin firearms business, later structured under RemArms, LLC, which licenses the Remington name from Vista Outdoor
Remington_Outdoor_Company
Ancient town of Latium
As the Tiber was the border between Etruria and Latium, the left-bank settlement of Fidenae represented an extension of Etruscan presence into Latium,
Fidenae
Building traditions of the eastern and southeastern coasts of Africa
and dating from the mid-8th century AD, Shanga is an ancient Swahili settlement built of mud and thatch. The Swahili community in Shanga continued to
Swahili_architecture
Neighbourhood of Montreal in Quebec, Canada
Ville-Marie, Old Montreal is home to many structures dating back to the era of New France. The 17th century settlement lends its name to the borough in which
Old_Montreal
Suburban (dacha) settlement (дачный посёлок, dachny posyolok)—typically, a suburban settlement with summer dachas. Resort settlement (курортный посёлок
Classification of inhabited localities in Russia
Classification_of_inhabited_localities_in_Russia
University Press. p. 5. ISBN 9780521857642. Chechi, Alessandro (2014). The Settlement of International Cultural Heritage Disputes. Oxford University Press.
List of tallest structures built before the 20th century
List_of_tallest_structures_built_before_the_20th_century
Provincial region of the Rashidun, Umayyad, Abbasid, and Fatimid caliphates
military structure there. The native tribes had a preference for the established urban centers with which they were long familiarized. Muslim settlement in
Bilad_al-Sham
American businessman and Spanish empressario
in 1820, Moses Austin planned to be the first to establish an American settlement in Spanish Texas, but he died before his dream was realized. On his deathbed
Moses_Austin
District in Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia
urban-type settlements may include the work settlements, the resort settlements, the suburban (dacha) settlements, as well as urban-type settlements proper
Severo-Yeniseysky_District
Part of England's Protestant Reformation
religious settlement was the set of religious and political arrangements made for England during the reign of Elizabeth I (1558–1603). The settlement, implemented
Elizabethan_settlement
Locality #22/1 into the Closed Administrative-Territorial Formation of the Settlement of Vlasikha of Moscow Oblast. ). Президент Российской Федерации. Указ №68 от 19
Administrative divisions of Moscow Oblast
Administrative_divisions_of_Moscow_Oblast
Neolithic settlement
many other settlements of the Linear Pottery Culture due to several unique features, including the size of the settlement, the structure surrounded by
Neolithic_Settlement_Vráble
Neolithic archaeological site in Scotland
Skara Brae (/ˈskærə ˈbreɪ/) is a stone-built Neolithic settlement located along the Bay of Skaill on the west coast of Mainland, Orkney. The site was discovered
Skara_Brae
Norse archaeological site in Newfoundland, Canada
Meadows is an archaeological site, first excavated in the 1960s, of a Norse settlement dating to approximately 1,000 years ago. The site is located near St.
L'Anse_aux_Meadows
Life settlement of a life insurance contract
A life settlement or viatical settlement (from Latin viaticum, something received before death) is the sale of an existing life insurance policy (typically
Life_settlement
Town in Leningrad Oblast, Russia
1931 the settlement of Nevdubstroy was transferred to Leningradsky Prigorodny District. On May 20, 1936 it was granted urban-type settlement status and
Kirovsk,_Leningrad_Oblast
District in Voronezh Oblast, Russia
urban-type settlements may include the work settlements, the resort settlements, the suburban (dacha) settlements, as well as urban-type settlements proper
Liskinsky_District
State park in Texas, United States
los Tejas. The area which now makes up the park is part of the historic settlement range of the Nabedache (or Tejas) tribe, the western branch of the Hasinai
Mission_Tejas_State_Park
Remote settlement on Tristan da Cunha, UK
(ESS), known locally as The Village, is a small village and the only settlement on the remote island of Tristan da Cunha, a part of the British Overseas
Edinburgh_of_the_Seven_Seas
District in Moscow Oblast, Russia
urban-type settlements may include the work settlements, the resort settlements, the suburban (dacha) settlements, as well as urban-type settlements proper
Lotoshinsky_District
Historical girls' education initiative
Grace Kimmins (1871–1954) and others from the Passmore Edwards Settlement to provide structured play for city girls. To provide a civilising influence away
Guild_of_Play
County in Delaware, United States
and ahead of Kent. The county seat is Georgetown. The first European settlement in the state of Delaware was founded by the Dutch in 1631 near the present-day
Sussex_County,_Delaware
Settlement in Sorano, Tuscany, Italy
away from the castle and its defensive structures for reasons yet unknown, causing the decline of the settlement. The population gradually migrated towards
Vitozza
Hoshang (2012). "Afghanistan's ethnic groups share a Y-chromosomal heritage structured by historical events". PLOS ONE. 7 (3) e34288. doi:10.1371/journal.pone
Genetic studies of ethnic groups in Afghanistan
Genetic_studies_of_ethnic_groups_in_Afghanistan
Town in Victoria, Australia
has hosted Christian Youth Camps (CYC) on Church Street, which offer structured holiday programs for children and young adults. CYC later expanded its
Cowes,_Victoria
The settlement of Great Britain by Germanic peoples from continental Europe led to the development of an Anglo-Saxon cultural identity and a shared Germanic
Anglo-Saxon settlement of Britain
Anglo-Saxon_settlement_of_Britain
Former settlement in California, United States
Springs and Hot Springs House) is a thermal spring system, and former settlement in the Kern River Valley of the Southern Sierra Nevada, in Kern County
Scovern_Hot_Springs
District in Bryansk Oblast, Russia
urban-type settlements may include the work settlements, the resort settlements, the suburban (dacha) settlements, as well as urban-type settlements proper
Klimovsky_District
Borough in Pennsylvania, US
Rigdonite Mormon settlement at Greencastle. This settlement had approximately 200 followers. They founded the New Jerusalem settlement between Greencastle
Greencastle,_Pennsylvania
Topics referred to by the same term
economy that is not taxed, nor monitored by any form of government Informal settlement, or shanty town Informal value transfer system, outside the conventional
Formal
Peoples Temple cult settlement in Guyana
Agricultural Project, better known by its informal name Jonestown, was a remote settlement in Guyana established by the Peoples Temple, an American religious cult
Jonestown
Historic area in New Brunswick, Canada
14Q. King's Landing Historical Settlement Wikimedia Commons has media related to Kings Landing Historical Settlement. 45°52′38″N 66°58′47″W / 45.8772°N
Kings Landing Historical Settlement
Kings_Landing_Historical_Settlement
District in Irkutsk Oblast, Russia
urban-type settlements may include the work settlements, the resort settlements, the suburban (dacha) settlements, as well as urban-type settlements proper
Irkutsky_District
Settlement geography is a branch of human geography that investigates the Earth's surface's part settled by humans. According to the United Nations' Vancouver
Settlement_geography
1811–1870 British colony in modern Canada
The Red River Colony (or Selkirk Settlement), also known as Assiniboia, was a colonization project set up in 1811 by Thomas Douglas, 5th Earl of Selkirk
Red_River_Colony
District in Tyumen Oblast, Russia
and Rural Settlement, as amended by the Law #39 of May 7, 2015 On Abolishing the Village of Burmistrova in Balaganskoye Rural Settlement of Vikulovsky
Sorokinsky_District
Sinking of a building foundation
Settlement is the downward movement or the sinking of a structure's foundation. It is mostly caused by changes in the underlying soil, such as drying
Settlement_(structural)
District in Tyumen Oblast, Russia
and Rural Settlement, as amended by the Law #39 of May 7, 2015 On Abolishing the Village of Burmistrova in Balaganskoye Rural Settlement of Vikulovsky
Tobolsky_District
District in Altai Krai, Russia
On Merging the Station of Zheleznodorozhnaya Kazarma 572 km into the Settlement of Oktyabrsky in Oktyabrsky Selsoviet of Kulundinsky District of Altai
Togulsky_District
Town in Tunisia
visit came as a surprise, but help was provided, and the above-ground settlement of Matmâta was built. However, most of the people continued their lives
Matmata,_Tunisia
Wetland in Minnesota, United States
Hatch borrowed a horse to warn the settlement. The settlers decided to gather at the most defensible structure, the two-story Wright house built on
Slaughter_Slough
City in Belgorod Oblast, Russia
2021 census. Like many Russian cities, Belgorod began as a fortified settlement. The oldest Belgorod fortress was built at the end of the 16th century
Belgorod
Classification system for human settlements
A settlement hierarchy is a way of arranging settlements into a hierarchy based upon their size.[clarification needed] The term is used by landscape historians
Settlement_hierarchy
Ethnic structure of Montenegro by settlements 1961 Ethnic structure of Montenegro by settlements 1961 Share of Montenegrins in Montenegro by settlements 1961
Demographic history of Montenegro
Demographic_history_of_Montenegro
Town in Pskov Oblast, Russia
is incorporated within Porkhovsky Municipal District as Porkhov Urban Settlement. The fortress consists of a well-preserved encircling wall; two towers
Porkhov
Australian state government
organised according to the principles developed by Edward Wakefield, where settlement would be conducted by free settlers rather than convicts. Therefore governance
Government_of_South_Australia
Port town in Essex, England
borough of Thurrock in Essex, England. The town was established as separate settlement near East and West Tilbury and Tilbury Fort in the late 19th century,
Tilbury
Town in Voronezh Oblast, Russia
Ertilsky District as Ertil Urban Settlement. As a municipal division, this administrative unit also has urban settlement status and is a part of Ertilsky
Ertil,_Voronezh_Oblast
District in Rostov Oblast, Russia
Republics, Autonomous Oblasts and Okrugs, Krais, Oblasts, Districts, Urban Settlements, and Villages Serving as District Administrative Centers]. Всесоюзная
Tsimlyansky_District
STRUCTURED SETTLEMENT
STRUCTURED SETTLEMENT
Boy/Male
Indian
Solid structure
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from places in Cheshire and East Yorkshire, so named from Old English mylen ‘mill’ + tūn ‘enclosure’, ‘settlement’.
Surname or Lastname
English and Scottish
English and Scottish : habitational name from any of the numerous and widespread places so called. The majority of these are named with Old English middel ‘middle’ + tūn ‘enclosure’, ‘settlement’; a smaller group, with examples in Cumbria, Kent, Northamptonshire, Northumbria, Nottinghamshire, and Staffordshire, have as their first element Old English mylen ‘mill’.
Girl/Female
Tamil
Shape, Structure
Surname or Lastname
English and Scottish
English and Scottish : habitational name from any of the places so called. In over thirty instances from many different areas, the name is from Old English midel ‘middle’ + tūn ‘enclosure’, ‘settlement’. However, Middleton on the Hill near Leominster in Herefordshire appears in Domesday Book as Miceltune, the first element clearly being Old English micel ‘large’, ‘great’. Middleton Baggot and Middleton Priors in Shropshire have early spellings that suggest gem̄ðhyll (from gem̄ð ‘confluence’ + hyll ‘hill’) + tūn as the origin.A Scottish family of this name derives it from lands at Middleto(u)n near Kincardine. The Scottish physician Peter Middleton practiced in New York City after 1752 and was one of the founders of the medical school at King's College (now Columbia University) in 1767. One of the earliest of the Charleston, SC, Middleton family of prominent legislators was Arthur Middleton, born in Charleston in 1681.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from Milwich in Staffordshire, so named from Old English myln ‘mill’ + wīc ‘dairy farm’; ‘(trading) settlement’.
Girl/Female
Indian
Structure
Girl/Female
Indian
Shape, Structure
Boy/Male
Afghan, Arabic, Gujarati, Indian, Muslim
Solid Structure; Lifetime
Girl/Female
Indian
Shape, Structure
Boy/Male
Muslim
Solid structure
Surname or Lastname
English
English : topographic name for someone who lived in the center of a village, from Middle English midde ‘mid’ + toun ‘village’, ‘town’.English : habitational name from places in Lancashire, Worcestershire, and West Yorkshire, so named in Old English as ‘farmstead at a river confluence’, from (ge)m̄ðe ‘river confluence’ + tūn ‘farmstead’, ‘settlement’.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : occupational name for a wattler, Middle English watelere, i.e. someone who made the panels of interwoven twigs that were used to fill the spaces between the structural timbers of a timber frame building. See also Dauber.
Boy/Male
Indian
Good Structure
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from a place in Shropshire, so named from Welsh mynydd ‘hill’ + Old English tūn ‘enclosure’, ‘settlement’.
Surname or Lastname
Scottish and English
Scottish and English : topographic name for someone who lived near a mill, Middle English mille, milne (Old English myl(e)n, from Latin molina, a derivative of molere ‘to grind’). It was usually in effect an occupational name for a worker at a mill or for the miller himself. The mill, whether powered by water, wind, or (occasionally) animals, was an important center in every medieval settlement; it was normally operated by an agent of the local landowner, and individual peasants were compelled to come to him to have their grain ground into flour, a proportion of the ground grain being kept by the miller by way of payment.English : from a short form of a personal name, probably female, as for example Millicent.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from Mitcham in Surrey, so named from Old English micel ‘big’ + hÄm ‘homestead’, ‘settlement’.
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian, Telugu
The Structure of God
Girl/Female
Tamil
Shape, Structure
Girl/Female
Indian, Kashmiri
Body Structure
STRUCTURED SETTLEMENT
STRUCTURED SETTLEMENT
Girl/Female
Gujarati, Indian, Telugu, Traditional
Sita's Birth Place; Goddess Sita
Boy/Male
Hebrew
Understanding.
Girl/Female
German American
Germanic form of Charles, meaning: a man.
Boy/Male
Bengali, Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Mythological, Sanskrit, Telugu
Lord Ganesha; Lord of the Best
Girl/Female
Muslim
Generous lady
Boy/Male
British, English
Wealthy Wolf
Girl/Female
Muslim
Kind affectionate
Girl/Female
Muslim
A flower, Praise of distinction
Girl/Female
Hindu
The day of the full Moon, The month of Phalguna
Boy/Male
Hindu
Protector of religion
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STRUCTURED SETTLEMENT
STRUCTURED SETTLEMENT
a.
Of lofty structure; tall.
a.
Resembling shale in structure.
a.
Affected with a stricture; as, a strictured duct.
n.
Organic structure; organization.
n.
Manner of organization; the arrangement of the different tissues or parts of animal and vegetable organisms; as, organic structure, or the structure of animals and plants; cellular structure.
a.
Of or pertaining to organit structure; as, a structural element or cell; the structural peculiarities of an animal or a plant.
n.
That which is built; a building; esp., a building of some size or magnificence; an edifice.
n.
Framework; structure; edifice; building.
n.
Strictness.
n.
A localized morbid contraction of any passage of the body. Cf. Organic stricture, and Spasmodic stricture, under Organic, and Spasmodic.
a.
Bearing teeth or toothlike structures.
a.
Having a definite organic structure; showing differentiation of parts.
n.
Manner of building; form; make; construction.
n.
Composition, or structure.
n.
A touch of adverse criticism; censure.
n.
Arrangement of parts, of organs, or of constituent particles, in a substance or body; as, the structure of a rock or a mineral; the structure of a sentence.
n.
Union of parts; structure.
a.
Of or pertaining to structure; affecting structure; as, a structural error.
n.
The act of building; the practice of erecting buildings; construction.
n.
A stroke; a glance; a touch.