ME's blog has reported developments within and interactions between "structured settlement" and "knowledge management" since 2004. This blog post begins a new ME series titled "Structured Settlement 2009 Mid-Year Update" the purpose of which is to analyze the transitional status of the structured settlement industry primarily based upon information disseminated at four 2009 meetings:
• NSSTA 2009 Winter Meeting
• ASNP 2009 Annual Meeting
• SSP 2009 Annual Meeting
• NSSTA 2009 Annual Meeting
Analytic framework for ME's analysis:
• Structured settlement industry transition:
o From claim management to settlement consulting (which is different than, but related to, "settlement planning" and "special needs settlement planning");
o From hardcopy, digital documents, f2f meetings, telephone calls, webinars, listserves and web 1.0 generally to interactive web 2.0;
o Analyzing historic and growing future structured settlement annuity sales.
• Primary and secondary structured settlement markets;
• Structured settlements and government benefits;
• Settlement planning stakeholder associations;
• Structured settlement transactional analysis;
• Structured settlement laws;
• Structured settlement standards;
• Structured settlement annuities and settlement trusts;
• Structured settlement and settlement planning industry health;
• Structured settlement and settlement planning business models.
