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: Boca Raton Structured Settlement Investments
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by Structured Settlement Watchdog Fast Annuity Settlement Transfers (FAST) claims that it can “help you sell your annuity”. Now the Boca Raton Florida based company.which is a multi-time Canard of the Week Winner (2024, 2025) is up for another silly ducky award. This wee\k’s nomination. FAST’s ad copy leans hard into the friendly‑kitchen‑table trope, but…
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SmartAsset does a lot of good work. Their calculators, guides, and tools help millions of people understand financial decisions that would otherwise feel opaque. This post isn’t about criticizing their mission. It’s about strengthening the ecosystem they influence. Because when a platform with SmartAsset’s reach uses terminology that insurance departments do not support, the consequences…
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Partial Summary Judgment granted to Investors (1) Investors are the owners of and have the right to receive payments arising from the Payment Streams; (2) Genex has no right, title,or interest in Keefer’ Payment Streams; (3) Genex had and has no right to withhold, sell, or reassign the Keefers’ Payment Streams.
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You or your US clients may be pitched investments in other people’s structured settlements using the false flag claim that they’re annuities. Structured settlement receivables aren’t annuities and bear risks to investors that may make them unsuitable for vulnerable retirees and personal injury victims.
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A Secondary Market Annuity is not an annuity says the NAIC. If you invest in an SMA, you have no insolvency protection in 34 states, with 2 considering it and the NAIC pushing hard for all 50 states to adopt 2017 revision to the Life & Health Guaranty Association Model Act (#520).
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A structured settlement is not an annuity, A structured settlement obligation may be funded with an annuity but the structured settlement itself is not an annuity. This is a fundamental and important distinction for anyone seeking to invest in structured settlement payment rights.
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Patriot Settlement Resources appears to be soliciting investors in structured settlement payment rights and mispresenting them as annuities.
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Structured settlement annuities cannot be bought and sold however, the right to receive structured settlement payments can be bought and sold. It’s a critical distinction for investors who may be misled into thinking they are buying an annuity with its associated protections.
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Life-contingent structured settlement payments are only payable if the Payee is alive on the date the payments are made. Buyers are therefore at substantial risk of not receiving these monies especially because if there is a long deferral period or payment duration