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: Baltimore Structured Settlements
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Independent Life Insurance Company highlights its value proposition to attorneys, insurers, plaintiffs and the like in anew brochure. Independent, a structured settlement only company offers solutions for both qualfied and non qualified structured settlements.
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When promoting Structured MSA, the devil is in the details. A Structured MSA has tremendous benefits, but a mural of “scary turkeys” known as “speedy thieves” in the scientific community, is not exactly what I would have in mind to promote them.
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Are people of color the primary targets of pennies on the dollar for structured settlement merchants? According to the Access Funding previously confidential training manual, 70% of its targeted base is Black, 5% Hispanic/Latinx
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The Plaintiffs alleged that court authorization had been obtained fraudulently because the Defendants had defrauded not only the Plaintiffs but also the court in the course of obtaining its authorization.
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JG Wentworth cautions against large compensation lump sums, emphasizing they often lack long-term financial stability. Contrary to the common notion that structured settlements are awarded, they are actually negotiated. The company’s messaging highlights the importance of understanding payment structures and the potential risks of opting for immediate cash payouts.
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In a few short years Jundanian’s company became the bête noire of the structured settlement factoring business. It’s not hard to see why. If you have the time, read the Access Funding sales manual, which has become a matter of public record. Click to read in his post..
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Maryland AG Brian Frosh announced the indictments of Raffi Boghosian, Charles Edward Smith, Jr., and Anuj Sud relating to their alleged involvement with the structured settlement factoring company Access Funding between 2013-2015 Each individual is charged with Theft Scheme Over $100,000 and Conspiracy to Commit Theft Scheme Over $100,000.
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Financial advisors, licensed insurance agents and settlement planners who sell “subsets” of structured settlement payment rights, athlete contracts and such as “secondary market annuities” to unsuspecting clients are creating significant potential errors and omissions exposure and worse.
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Amber Dawson or Andrea Moore, VP of Underwriting Dept. of the nebulous “Transaction Audit Department” are not real people. It’s an inducement to get you to sell your structured settlement payments. That’s right, step right up and turn on the tap to get pennies on the dollar. Wow!
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Once the United States learned of Mr. Gargan’s embezzlement, it allocated new funds to purchase the agreed upon annuities for the victims. As a result, each of the settlement agreements listed in Count 1 have been fully satisfied (by the US. Government)