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
- Daily Rates Are Often an Important Cost Driver of Structured Settlements
- 🔥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)
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Category: Corebridge/American General Structured Settlements
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Structured settlement annuities issued by American General Life Insurance Company are distributed only through appointed agents in all states other than NY. In the State of NY, structured settlement annuities are underwritten by United States Life Insurance Company in the City of New York (US Life).
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Beneficiary lawsuit against annuity issuer and guarantor, qualified assignee and structured settlement brokerage and others in NJ District Court over payments allegedly due the payees and contingent beneficiary from a structured settlement set up in 2002 to resolve a workers compensation case.
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With respect to AIG structured settlements, time has shown that the only financial losers were those who sold their structured settlement payment rights at a discount, succumbing to fearmongering vulture-like behavior of certain structured settlement purchasers in 2008-2009
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No AIG strctured settlement annuity issuer received a bailout. Neither American General Life Insurance Company, American International Life Assurance Company of NY(now United States Life Insurance Company in the City of NY) received a bailout. Characterizing it otherwise is total BS.
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By the end of 2012, billions of bailout dollars had been paid back to the government and the AIG brand is back. Here is a video released by AIG in conjunction with the announcement about the return to the AIG brand
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September 9, 2012 The United States Treasury will sell $18 billion of AIG stock and thereby reduce its stake in the insurer to less than 50%. In early 2011 the stake was as high as 92%.
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The AIG nationalization, initially criticized as a significant failure, is now considered a success, according to a Washington Post opinion piece by Charles Lane. The government may soon become a minority shareholder. The article is relevant for those with concerns about AIG-related structured settlements and insurance companies.
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AIG’s re-branding is good for structured settlements. . Structured settlement annuitants with AIG subsidiary companies were paid 100% of their payments throughout the financial crisis and re-branding to AIG demonstrates a high level of confidence by senior management, backed by marketing research.
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American General Life Insurance Company, a structured settlement annuity issuer, amended its General Agent’s contract in 2012 to state, in no uncertain terms, its position against Factoring and Secondary Market activities of its appointed general agents and their employees and affiliates