Ringler Associates Annual Golf Tournament Turns to Fund Raising for AAPD and to Its President-CEO Andrew Imparato for Keynote
NEWPORT BEACH, Calif.-(Business Wire)-February 9, 2009 - Ringler Associates®, the nation’s oldest and largest structured settlement firm, turned the company’s 34th annual meeting and golf tournament in Newport Beach, California, into a fund-raising event February 5th, collecting over $8,000 to benefit the American Association of People with Disabilities (AAPD), the largest cross-disability membership organization in the U.S., announced Ringler Associates Chairman Michael J. Casey. During the meeting on Friday, February 6th, Chairman Casey and Ringler® President and CEO Robert Blattenberg presented the check to AAPD President and CEO Andrew Imparato, who delivered the keynote address at Ringler Associates' annual meeting.
Imparato said, “Structured settlements can be seen as a model of how to provide long-term support to people with significant disabilities in a manner that does not discourage them from working to their full potential and participating in the economic mainstream.”
Casey added, “AAPD members are especially suited to settlement annuities because a well-designed plan will not disrupt other benefits they may be receiving, such as Medicaid or Medicare, and their annuity payments are guaranteed and tax free.”
In his keynote address Imparato said that the new administration and Congress offer a number of opportunities for improving the economic status of people with disabilities in the U.S., including the need to modernize large entitlement programs so that they more consistently promote the goals of Americans with Disabilities Act, which are equality of opportunity, full participation, economic self-sufficiency, and independent living.
“The goal for all of us who work in a field that seeks to help individuals in need is to help them improve the quality of their lives, which is what the AAPD does and Ringler’s services add another layer of protection to their lives with settlement annuity payments that are guaranteed and tax free. We are proud to provide assistance to Andy and the AAPD,” concluded Blattenberg.
ABOUT RINGLER Ringler Associates is headquartered in Southern California with 90 offices throughout the U.S. and in London. Since 1975, brokers have placed over 157,000 settlement annuities totaling approximately $21 billion. These structured settlements have provided guaranteed tax-free income to thousands of parties who chose to settle their personal injury cases with settlement annuities.
ABOUT AAPD/IMPARATO joined AAPD in 1999 as its first full-time President and CEO. During his tenure, AAPD has more than quadrupled its membership - with more than 130,000 members currently - its annual budget, and its staff size. Founded in 1995 on the fifth anniversary of the landmark Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), AAPD pursues its mission of political and economic empowerment of all people with disabilities through public policy advocacy and programs, fostering leadership development, mentoring and career exploration, voting and civic participation, and member benefits. Prior to joining AAPD, Imparato was general counsel and director of policy for the National Council on Disability (NCD), an independent federal agency advising the President and Congress on public policy issues affecting people with disabilities
RELATED LINKS:
ADA Amendments Act of 2008 (H.R. 3195)
The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
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