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.
recent posts
- 🔥Founder and Former CEO of 777 Partners, Joshua Wander, Pleads Guilty⚖️ to $500 Million Fraud Scheme — DOJ Confirms Double‑Pledging, Misappropriation of Structured‑Settlement Funds, and Falsified Bank Statements
- The Steering Problem Needs a Wake‑Up Call
- Companies Still Using the Incorrect Term “Secondary Market Annuity”
- Canonical: Non‑Qualified Assignment (NQA)
- ⭐ THE 18–25 GUIDE TO STRUCTURED SETTLEMENTS
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Category: Canard of the Week
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Structured settlement annuity company. Regardless of whether an individual identifies as an agent, broker, settlement planner, financial planner, structure yogi, or “la vache qui rit” an insurance license is required to place structured settlement annuities.
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The Latest “Merry Malardy” and Gavage from Structuredsettlements(dot)com Why StructuredSettlements.com is all Fupped Duck (Again)
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Savvy Scot chronicles life abroad (lives in Scotland, got married in Thailand on the beach). I’ll be “sporran” you the details which you can read for yourself if you wish. Aye, but Scot is off kilter in a random effort about selling structured settlement payments. Let’s give it a wee shoogle shall we?
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If you have “received a settlement”, whether constructive receipt or the actual receipt of a settlement, you’re “fupped duck” and may not structure. See Constructive Receipt is Game Over for Structured Settlements at (4structures.com)
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It was only decades ago, during the “Paleolithic Computer Era”, there was a simple but blunt concept called “Garbage In Garbage Out”, or in a playfully respectful acronym, a nod to Madame Vice-President (and Muttley from The Wacky Races), “GIGO”
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As John Darer reviews, inaccurate information about structured settlements is useless to consumers. Silver Dollar Financial’s poorly constructed explanation regarding inheritance of structured settlements demonstrates a lack of fundamental understanding and is, quite frankly, nonsensical.
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AnnuityExpertAdvice is pushing “Annuities” that are not Annuities, as “Annuities for Retrement” Unfortunately it’s a day late and a vowel short. Use of “Vowel Deficiency” (Vocalis Defectus) to unlock new marketing opportunities in the structured settlement or annuity space is not without precedent.
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Plummer shows a lack of understanding of how structured settlements are established and relevant structured settlement history, earning the Canard of the Week honor. Canard of the week is where we critique structured settlement information that is really ” fupped duck”
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Christy Bieber JD and her Reviewer Mike Cetera win the Canard of the Week for this recently discovered “Fupped Duck” published in Forbes Advisor