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.
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Category: Allstate Structured Settlements and Structured Payment Solutions
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In December 2006, a legal opinion raised doubts about the ability of assignment companies to restructure periodic payments, leading many insurers to withdraw from commutation programs, favoring factoring companies. However, a 2009 IRS ruling clarified that assignment companies could restructure obligations without tax implications, allowing insurers to resume commutation offerings.
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Many of the insurance companies that issue structured settlement annuities are also regulars on Fortune’s annual list of the world’s most admired insurance companies.
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Was S2KM’s Patrick Hindert an Ohio All State athlete? Perhaps so, or what else could be the explanation for the “factual fromage” exhibited in Hindert’s review of the 3rd Circuit’s recent decision concerning Rapid Settlements?
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Judge Joseph F. Weis Jr. wrote that Rapid Settlements has frequently tried to evade the consumer safeguard (of obtaining prior Court approval) by utilizing a Texas arbitration when state courts reject their initial attempts. A judge in Montgomery County, PA ( where Andino Ward lives) had previously rejected his deal, according to the ruling.
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If you have an Allstate structured settlement annuity and have liquidity needs that cannot be met from any other source, make your first call to Allstate’s Advanced Funding Exchange Notice (AFEN) unit.
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The structured settlement industry is buzzing about the abrupt decision of Aviva to cease writing NEW structured settlement business effective December 15, 2008. The company is NOT going out of business , it is simply stopping writing structured settlements.
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There is no conflict of interest if an annuity issuer offers a tailored liquidity function. No kick backs from cash now pushers to settlement planners which drain the cash paid to the tort victim, no idiots screaming from balconies or fat Viking opera singers or mass solicitation letters, or plasma for structure!