May 10, 2012 by Minwriter
You have won a million dollars in a settlement! Your life is going to change, the cash is going to improve the way you live, perhaps the much needed treatment can begin now, except this doesn’t happen in real world. The truth is in any compensation case, the payment is structured into smaller installments through a period of time, often longer than you imagined. In case of medical or personal injury compensation, the need of money does not match up with the frequency or amount of payments. Here is when you need to know more about settlement funding.
Although a fairly new concept and practically unknown to a lot of people, settlement funding is a savior for many. It means you take a lump sum part of your settlement, often about 50% of the total amount settled in exchange of transferring the rights to the settlement funding company. Although it seems disagreeable at first, think again.
The money you keep on receiving through years is basically the interest of the total settlement you were to get. The insurance companies simply roll the settlement money in the market; keep on paying you the interest while investing the principal amount for their own benefit. If you are getting $2000 per month and the payment remains fixed, what will be the value for the same amount in 10 years? Inflation is a major issue these days, $100 no longer buys the things you could get 5 years back, why take that risk? The concept of settlement funding is not new. Lottery companies do it all the time. They offer one time payment to the winners as opposed to 20-30 years annuity payment and usually its half the money won. Imagine what you could do with a chunk of money today. A few benefits mentioned below.
Benefits of settlement funding
Funding companies pay you a part of the total settlement, which usually runs in six figures. This will help you take care of the current problems, whether economic or health. You can even invest the money and reap the full benefit.
When you transfer the rights of the settlement to a funding company, you are getting freedom from the court process and the follow up support for settlement payments. Anyone who has gone through it knows how painful and long that process can be. This will especially affect you if its a medical or injury compensation. In those cases, you simply don’t have the means to follow up. The settlement company will take care of all that and ensure you get the proper current value of your settlement.
The value of money you were to receive in the future years is not much. Inflation will eat it away and you will never get the full worth of your settlement unless you opt for structured settlement.
There are, however a few things to note. Be careful while choosing a settlement company. Do a full background check before hiring them. Make sure you have a full documentation in black and white of what you are to receive. In the end, a settlement funding company will pay you fast and secure money to alleviate all problems after all, its what you deserve!
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