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: Chevy Chase Structured Settlements
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Structured settlement quotes are not a marketplace. Structured settlement quotes are normally associated with quotes for structured settlement annuities by licensed insurance agents and brokers who are appointed by structured annuity issuers not factoring companies,
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Payment of (structured settlement) brokers’ commissions from out of the money Lexington paid for the annuities does not belie the facts that Lexington paid the amounts it quoted and that appellants received exactly those specific annuity payments the settlement agreements had promised,
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The Maryland Court of Special Appeals has reversed a trial judge’s approval of a class action settlement with victims of an exploitative lead paint settlement scheme, finding the parties could not bargain away the Maryland Consumer Protection Division’s right to seek restitution from the company.
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In a week where the stock market has dropped 4% the attention turns these scoundrels and the lives they may have wrecked with their reckless and possibly unlawful advice.
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Beware structured settlement payment buyers who pimp a customer satisfaction guarantee if you do receive a better offer from another buyer, they will pay you $500. While it may seem like a good deal to chase the quick $500-$1000, there may be considerably more fat in the deal.
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Charles E. Smith’s Structured Settlement IPA Work | The “Pffft” That Keeps on Lingering in Maryland. Shafted more than a dozen Maryland citizens receiving Allstate structured settlements with incompetent shoddy advice that was on so many levels not in their best interest.
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The CFPB suggests that you get a second opinion or an independent evaluation from a trusted source, your own attorney, or a financial adviser. Be cautious of recommendations from the company trying to get your structured settlement.
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The term Settlement Exchange or Structured Settlement Exchange, implies a regulated marketplace. The truth is the opposite. To be legitimate any exhnage must be independently operated and managed, not tied to any structured settlement general agency, by common ownership, affiliation or otherwise.

