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: Arizona Structured Settlements
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by John Darer CLU ChFC MSSC CeFT RSP CLTC As more structured settlement designs reference external indices such as CPI‑U, the terminology used to describe them has expanded. Words like index‑linked, index‑based, and occasionally index‑backed appear in product materials and industry discussions, sometimes without clear differentiation. This brief guide provides a neutral, carrier‑friendly framework to…
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Is an Unassigned Structured Settlement a Spineless Jellyfish? Hardly! Uncle Sam does them.
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Can structured settlement annuitants sell annuity polices? Do settlement purchasers buy structured settlement annuity policies? NO. In a structured settlement, the payee does not own the annuity policy that funds their payments.The annuity is owned by a qualified assignment company.
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“Retread Carefully” JD Supra Article About Genex Capital Imbroglio with Investors and Intermediaries
Is there a Circular “Firing Squad” in the future between two sets of structured settlement investors with Genex Capital in the middle? One way or another this is a matter of public interest to investor and potential investors in factored structured settlement payment streams
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Investors have sensationally sued Genex Capital Corporation and Genex Strategies, Inc. in a lawsuit that presents a stunning example of the transactional risks of investing in factored structured settlement payment streams that make them wildly different from real annuities.
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Why Genex Capital 2020 Receivables Purchase Agreement should concern investors in structured settlement payment rights.It’s very unusual, especially the part where consent to a buyer’s subsequent transfer may be “unreasonably withheld”. That seems incredibly problematic for the buyer
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Structured settlement quotes are not a marketplace. Structured settlement quotes are normally associated with quotes for structured settlement annuities by licensed insurance agents and brokers who are appointed by structured annuity issuers not factoring companies,
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Material to the discussion is that the Edward Jones case turns on allegations of a reverse churn revenue operation from March 2013 to March 2018, in which advisors moved largely dormant assets into the fee-based side of the practice, when the commission model would have better served the clients.
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Ask Mr Annuity, another merchant of factored structured settlement payments mislabeled “secondary market annuities”. Following breadcrumbs leads to the bombshell discovery that payment streams were sourced from an entity related to Michael Borkowski CEO of Access Funding
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Interesting Arizona Court of Appeal’s decision involving two structured settlement factoring companies who competed for a lottery winner’s lottery payment rights that is a chilling reminder to investors in lottery and structured settlement payment rights that “it ain’t over until it’s over”.