Also called: Settlement Planner, Structured Settlement Broker
Helps injury victims who win lawsuits turn their settlement into guaranteed payments over many years, often for medical care for life.
A teenager hurt in a car crash wins $3 million, and you meet with the family and lawyers to design a payment plan: money for surgery now, college at 18 and a monthly check for life. You shop annuities from insurers and explain the tradeoffs at a mediation where both sides are tense.
Paid in commissions from insurers.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Bachelor's degree (4-year), about 4 years after high school. Bachelor's in finance or business; insurance license.
Ways in: 4-year college, Certification, On-the-job training. Training cost: $15k – $60k.
Majors to look at: Finance, Business Administration, Risk Management & Insurance.
Growing about average. Steady with lawsuit settlements.
Low risk for 10 years. Software quotes annuity prices; designing plans with families and lawyers in tense settlements stays human.
Classes: Personal finance, Psychology, Speech and Debate.
Official data: O*NET occupation 41-3021.
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