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: CT Structured Settlements
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4structures.com, LLC has a convenient listing of Customer Service Telephone Numbers for current and former Structured Settlement Annuity Issuers all in one spot. A good reference because it’s possible that a company, could have merged with another, renamed, or block of business sold.
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Does Qualified Assignment Company Related to Structured Settlement Annuity Issuer Have a Duty to Annuitant to Enforce Anti-Assignment Provisions when facing a Structured Settlement Transfer Petition?
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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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Publicity of the specifics of the structure, to benefit the attorney/ law firm marketing, does no service to the attorney’s infant client. Any attorney/law firm that aids the publication of the specifics of an infant’s settlement exposes the minor to inevitable harassment when the cash now vultures circle at age 18
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As more settlement planners have ventured into qualified settlement fund administration in the hope of stirring up the money funnel for big structured settlement annuity, life insurance and investment commissions, perhaps it’s time for ethical questions to be raised. Can one wear too many hats?
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Plaintiffs had sued a Mineola New York couple, individually and as guardians of for their deceased son, seeking recovery of $272,266.14 in overpaid life contingent structured settlement payments paid after the death of their son. The Complaint said Defendants refused to repay the $272,266.14
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Wilcac Structured Settlements, Inc. has filed a lawsuit against Canan and Hayrullah Ipek, seeking the recovery of $272,266.14 for overpaid benefits following their son Ekincan’s death in 2016. The overpayment occurred due to delayed notification of his passing, violating the structured settlement terms. The defendants are currently in settlement negotiations.
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The USDOJ Memorandum states that any broker being considered for selection should be required to verify at the time of selection that he or she meets the minimum qualifications set forth in 28 C.F.R. § 50.24(a).
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Is a structured settlement an annuity? A structured settlement is not an annuity, it is a form of settlement that is typically funded with an annuity, but may be funded with other vehicles. An annuity is a type of qualified funding asset defined under IRC 130(d). A structured settlement can also be funded with United…
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A CT judge in the Connecticut Judicial District of New Haven has denied a blatant New York to CT forum shop by a Delaware structured settlement buyer with a crap 11% discount rate on August 19, 2019. The denial saved a 21 year old Prudential annuitant, a minority from the Bronx, NY, from a big…