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: Buffalo Settlement Planning
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“Secondary Market Annuity” is a false flag used in the secondary and tertiary market to appropriate the imprimatur of annuities to market an investment that’ isn’t an annuity to advisors (including certain settlement planners) who then market the instrument to investors, including injury victims..
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A deep dive into just how settlement planners have marketed other people’s structured settlement payments as investments, to trial lawyers, their injured clients, conservators, trustees and the Courts has revealed some pretty scary stuff that should give judges, fiduciaries and lawyers pause.
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Trial lawyers on the Milestone Consulting mailing list, recently received Milestone Consulting’s FeeMaster attorney fee deferral brochure. FeeMaster Option 2 is a deceptive sales pitch by the Buffalo Company, to buy permanent whole life insurance. Woody Allen’s nightmare.
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If a qualified settlement fund is a trust under state law,as required by tax regulations, wouldn’t any income and gains generated by the investment of the assets in the trust be subject to tax on a state or federal level?
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Kevin and Natalie Fynn could have benefited from a settlement planner to help them make a better, more informed decision. Learn more about settlement planning.
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While a believer in comprehensive settlement planning, I think that my settlement industry colleagues must be mindful of pushing a figurative “casino buffet” when all someone wants or needs is a 2lb New York slice. Be mindful that when someone is in transition the overwhelm wire can be tripped easily.
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Potential abuse of Qualified Settlement Funds observed by a leading settlement tax authority.
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A Certified Financial Transitionist may help.plaintiffs facing the need to make life impacting financial decisions during a period of heightened stress.Transition stress can impair the decision making process, perhaps even leading to a frozen state where making a decision seems impossible.
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If you believe in structured settlements then structured settlement payment rights are an option as long as the risks are disclosed, you understand and are willing to accept the risks. Despite what you may see on the internet, assigned structured settlement payment rights are not annuities.