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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Allstate had a peculiar way of issuing life with certain structured settlements as 2 contracts. This has led to confusion from time to time with contracts many years down the road. I’ve reblogged a 2015 post to help annuitants, colleagues and staff members. Allstate stopped writing structures in 2013.
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Steve Pomeranz speaks with Larry Swedroe on whether “secondary market annuities” are a suitable investment for retirement and savings portfolios, on his radio show from the “Belly of the Factoring Beast”, Boca Raton Florida. He suggests that secondary market annuities are for suckers.
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Warren Buffet underscored Berkshire Hathaway support for structured settlements at the Berkshire Hathaway annual meeting. When asked about Berkshire Hathaway’s view on structured settlements, Buffett said that “more people want to put their structured settlements with Berkshire Hathaway than anyone else”.
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Attorney Fee deferral funded with fixed structured settlement annuities can serve as a component of the stable foundation that allows you to invest other funds in higher-risk investments.
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You cannot fund a Structured Medicare Set Aside with a “secondary market annuity”. You cannot fund a Medicare Set Asidet with a “secondary market annuity” because a “Secondary Market Annuity” is not an annuity. A “Secondary Market Annuity” is a scam label for structured settlement derivatives.
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Plaintiffs admitted that a 4% commission is paid no matter who the placing broker is. NY Law has no requirement to disclose commissions, yet most firms such as ours, do so anyway as part of affidavits they submit accompanying petitions for settlements for minors or in wrongful death cases.
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Structured settlement factoring transactions are generally bad for structured settlement payees. In addition to giving up security, most payees sacrifice substantial economic value. It should be the financing of last resort for structured settlement payees. Berkshire Hathaway does the right thing.
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Much hubbub has been raised about casualty company structured settlement annuity issuer approved lists that include one of its subsidiary companies. If that subsidiary has good rates and it fits the risk profile for the participants, then why should it not be considered as part of the solution?