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: Credibility of Financial Advisors
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What are the risks of investing in structured settlement payment rights or structured settlement receivables?
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The American College has developed a new health care focused professional designation program for financial advisors to set themselves apart. The full designation program Chartered Health Care Consultant™ (ChHC™) is comprised of 6 coursed, 5 of which are required and the other an elective. The first two courses "Essentials of Health care Reform" and "The…
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The Chartered Special Needs Consultant Program, which culminates in a new professional designation offered by the American College, educates financial professionals so they thoroughly understand the intricate tax law, trust law and government programs that impact the care of a person with a disability.
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University of Notre Dame is South Bend, Indiana. Notre Dame University is in Zouk Mosbeh Lebanon. One hosted the Certified Structured Settlement Consultant educational program over 4 days and the other doesn’t. The National Structured Settlements Trade Association awards the designation.
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The Securities and Exchange Commission has expanded the CFP Board of Standards' power to discipline advisors now that it has made it clear that Registered Investment Advisers (RIA) and broker-dealers can provide client information to the board without violating a privacy rule and facing an SEC enforcement action. Advisors often have cited Regulation S-P, a federal…
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In announcing a new version of a seminal text, the National Structured Settlements Trade Association states that a professional designation IT awards is “offered at the University of Notre Dame Mendoza College of Business” when it is merely hosted at the University (see else where in NSSTA website “By hosting the NSSTA CSSC Program at Notre Dame…”).…
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O’Donnell’s Oxford credential puffery was eerily familiar to some members of the National Structured Settlement Trade Association who felt that 4 days in the vicinity of “Touchdown Jesus” was enough to make them one of the “The Fighting Irish” or part of its $90,000 ,Executive MBA program at Notre Dame
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Members of the industry, NSSTA and the Univ. of Notre Dame have expressed concerns regarding the way CSSC designations are listed on bios of structured settlement brokers. Notre Dame does not have a CSSC program. The CSSC designation is offered by NSSTA in cooperation with the Notre Dame’s Executive Education Department.