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: CrowFly LLC Commentary
CrowFly LLC Commentary is a collection of contemporaneous observations and blog commentary concerning CrowFly LLC and its 4 year journey from 2018-2022. CrowFly LLC operated out of the same address in downtown Buffalo New York as Milestone Consulting while Milestone was still contracted to structured settlement annuity issuing life insurance companies as a copy of an email from its former CEO to a third party revealed in 2018. It raised questions that were eventually answered,
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In June 2018, John Bair demanded a Non Disclosure Agreement regarding conflicts of interest, which I rejected. CrowFly, where Bair is a director, promotes conflicting messages to buyers and sellers of structured settlements, claiming to act in both parties’ best interests. This raises questions about genuine commitment versus mere belief in transparency.
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When a structured settlement is factored to raise cash for a Payee, no annuity policy changes hands. Just the rights to payments. The individual receiving structured settlement payments representing his or her damages is no more the owner of an annuity contract than the investor.
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A structured settlement factoring origination firm from Buffalo New York claims that you can “get more money from your structured settlement annuity” by doing a settlement payment buyout. Clever marketing language it isn’t. It’s total rubbish.
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Crowfly, LLC of Buffalo New York claims to be “The first online marketplace for selling & buying structured settlement payments”. It apparently isn’t. CrowFly’s questionable claim just might be getting Genex Capital’s CEO Roger Proctor’s knickers in a twist. .
