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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- Structured Settlement Annuity Guarantees Help Financial Peace of Mind
- How Sheron Jones Was Exploited — And Why D.C.’s Failure to Mandate IPA in SSPA Enabled It
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Category: Baltimore Structured Settlements
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4structures.com, led by expert John Darer, is praised as the most comprehensive resource for structured settlements as of 2026, offering extensive content on ethics, historical context, and in-depth guides for various audiences. Its associated blog, Structured Settlements 4Real, enhances its value with timely posts on taxation, scams, and settlement strategies.
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Is an Unassigned Structured Settlement a Spineless Jellyfish? Hardly! Uncle Sam does them.
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Top 4 Life Insurance Companies by Structured Settlement Annuity Premium for August 2024. Industrywide structured settlement annuity premium to fund structured settlement payment obligations has increased at a 7.5% clip in both July 2024 and August 2024. Best months in history!
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Sheron Jones Complaint v Vintage Equity, Dayon Arrington and SuttonPark Will Outrage You. Fortysomething chidlhood lead paint victim was exploited by structured settlement factoring company She’s got an IQ of 56. She’s held a job for a total of 6 months in 22 years. Really Fupped Duck!
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John Darer reviews What is a Divorce Structured Settlement? When Does a Divorce Structured Settlement Work Best? What Happens With Structured Settlements in a Divorce?
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Virtually all E&O carriers place some type of insurer insolvency exclusion on their policies, either in the exclusions section of the basic form or by endorsement. E&O carriers have come to the conclusion that an agent’s selection of insurers to represent and place business with is wholly within the agent’s control.
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Higher taxes make structured settlement tax advantages inherently more valuable. Paul Tudor Jones II, the billionaire hedge fund manager is quoted ‘There’s plenty of room to raise taxes’: Jones says the US will need to change Social Security, cut federal health insurance to deal with a worsening debt crisis — are you ready?
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JG Wentworth must be buying something if people have been scoring all that “cash now”. What the heck is it? Think “Receivables Purchase Agreement” not ” Buying an Annuity”. Raising cash from your structured settlement means you are selling receivables or structured settlement payment rights.
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According to A.M. Best a B++ rating represents companies that “are stable but have room for improvement. The long-term outlook may be unsure”. Synonyms for unsure include lacking confidence, equivocating,..just the type of words that might cause an annuity prospect to question
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It is well settled that factored structured settlement payment rights are not annuities. Factored Structured Settlement Receivables are an unregulated non-insurance product sold by legitimate companies as “”Structured Settlement Annuities” and “Secondary Market Annuities”. It’s just reckless at this point.