Structured Settlements 4Real®Blog 2026
Structured settlements expert John Darer reviews the latest structured settlements and settlement planning information and news, and provides expert opinion and highly regarded commentary. that is spicy, Informative, irreverent and effective for over 20 years.
recent posts
- 🔥Founder and Former CEO of 777 Partners, Joshua Wander, Pleads Guilty⚖️ to $500 Million Fraud Scheme — DOJ Confirms Double‑Pledging, Misappropriation of Structured‑Settlement Funds, and Falsified Bank Statements
- The Steering Problem Needs a Wake‑Up Call
- Companies Still Using the Incorrect Term “Secondary Market Annuity”
- Canonical: Non‑Qualified Assignment (NQA)
- ⭐ THE 18–25 GUIDE TO STRUCTURED SETTLEMENTS
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Category: 468B Qualified Settlement Funds
468B Qualified Settlement Funds (QSF) are a type of trust or account established to manage settlement proceeds from legal disputes, providing tax advantages and structured distribution for claimants. 468B refers to IRC Section 468B, a section of the Internal Reveneue Code of 1986, as amended.
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An New York attorney for a New York firm that is a heavy promoter of Firmwide QSFs has made quite the gaffe in an article promoting firmwide QSFs. “Payoff/1099 to Defendant”? Oh dear. Firmwide QSFs were debunked in two legal memoranda.
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How a Single Claimant Qualified Settlement Fund Was Recently Used to Circumvent an Insurer’s Approved List of Structured Settlement Annuity Companies
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A deep dive into just how settlement planners have marketed other people’s structured settlement payments as investments, to trial lawyers, their injured clients, conservators, trustees and the Courts has revealed some pretty scary stuff that should give judges, fiduciaries and lawyers pause.
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Why would one or more of the highlighted sections 26 CFR § 1.468B(c) be selectively omitted in the context of how qualified settlement funds have been heavily promoted to trial lawyers by certain settlement planners?
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As more settlement planners have ventured into qualified settlement fund administration in the hope of stirring up the money funnel for big structured settlement annuity, life insurance and investment commissions, perhaps it’s time for ethical questions to be raised. Can one wear too many hats?
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Qualified Settlement Funds Advances and Updates, a 2020 presentation by tax attorney Robert Wood and Eastern Point Trust CEO Glen Armand raises doubts about the viability of a master qualified settlement fund. . A multi-case master qualified settlement fund is referred to as a fable, a fictitious narrative or statement, according toi Merriam-Webste
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Qualified Settlement Fund Administrators, or QSF Administrators involved in class action lawsuits and mass torts may be interested in the internet domains 468B.com and QualifiedSettlementFund.com, which we might be convinced to sell at the right price.
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If a qualified settlement fund is a trust under state law,as required by tax regulations, wouldn’t any income and gains generated by the investment of the assets in the trust be subject to tax on a state or federal level?
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San Francisco’s Annuity Express uses the “Secondary Market Annuity” scam label in comparison to and to compete with legitimate annuities issued by insurers that it or its principals are appointed with
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Do Qualified Settlement Funds really offer plaintiffs “UNLIMITED” time to address investments,including structured settlements?