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: Conshohocken Structured Settlements
| Commentary by structured settlement expert John Darer that may be of interest to injured persons, guardians, consumers, lawyers, businesses in Conshohocken PA with personal injury or wrongful death claims. |
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Insurance groups that include current and former structured settlement annuity issuers represent more than 43% of the largest life insurance groups in the United States. While size matters, it is only one of the criteria one should use in selecting an insurance company to fund a structured settlement
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Why is the Clamaint releasing and discharging the Defendants and/or respondents in the settlement planner’s qualified assignment and release document from a QSF, when the money was deposited in the QSF under the “resolve or satisfy” clause in § 1.461-2(c)(2)?
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Independent Life Insurance Company highlights its value proposition to attorneys, insurers, plaintiffs and the like in anew brochure. Independent, a structured settlement only company offers solutions for both qualfied and non qualified structured settlements.
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Stack formation is a “fake it ’til you make it” marketing deception where a young company “stacks” years of experience of multiple individuals to create an illusion that a young company has been in existence for a long time. The more honest and ethical approach is to average years of experience.
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In “The Wonderful World of Structured Settlements”, I see streams of green, lump sums too; tax-free payments for you, you and you; and I think to myself, what a wonderful world, ohhh yeah. “Streams of Green”, as in customized payment streams of money from a structured settlement,
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While some of the incorrect statements by some settlement planners may seem plausible, it is the nature of damages that the structured settlement payments represent that is a critical factor, not the structured settlement annuity contract itself. John Darer revews the details here,
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It’s NOT necessary to establish a QSF in order to structure or defer attorney fees. Some settlement planners aggressively push QSFs and misrepresent QSFs as “the only way” for you to benefit from structured attorney fees, or other attorney fee deferral programs. Rubbish.
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Ethisphere, a global leader in defining and advancing the standards of ethical business practices, named Pacific Life and Prudential among the 136 honorees representing 22 countries and 45 industries that have earned the coveted designation of World’s Most Ethical Companies® in 2022.
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Structured Setlements for Minors, Structured settlement annuities are excellent settlement planning tools to provide cash flow certainty where there is a need for certainty. Read more about Structured Settlements for Minors and Young Adults and how they were used effectively for a Kentucky minor