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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- 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: Dallas Fort Worth TX Structured Settlements
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The notion that a qualfied settlement fund can purchase a structured settlement annuity is unsupportable and improbable, setting aside the settlement planner’s gaffe related to IRC 468(b), which relates to “Special rules for mining and solid waste reclamation and closing costs”..
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A structured settlement is not a judgment, but this fundamental fact seems to befuddle structured settlement factoring companies and/or their marketing teams..It’s all rather silly.
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JG Wentworth must be buying something if people have been scoring all that “cash now”. What the heck is it? Think “Receivables Purchase Agreement” not ” Buying an Annuity”. Raising cash from your structured settlement means you are selling receivables or structured settlement payment rights.
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Structured attorney fees and other attorney fee deferral options keep the money rolling in for contingency fee lawyers. Structured attorney fee and attorney fee deferral options can be set up to pay to individual lawyers, to lawyers in a solo practice, to partners in a law firm, or the law firm itself.
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Pre-funding a structured settlement can expedite the closing process and safeguard favorable rates in fluctuating interest environments, benefiting all parties involved. Insurance companies often issue pre-fund refund letters, minimizing risks for defendants. This approach is particularly useful in complex court systems like New York, ensuring timely funding of settlements.
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4structures.com LLC maintains a list of Customers Service Telephone Numbers for Current and Former Structured Settlement Annuity Issuers.as a courtesy for structured settlement consumers, Structured Settlement Annuity Company Customer Service Phone Numbers (4structures.com)
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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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The 11th Circuit of the US Court of Appeals has pulled the plug on Lujerio Cordero’s Serial Structured Settlement Factoring Case, following the majority opinion in the NY Court of Appeals in April 2023..11th Circuit notes that Cordero DID NOT sue the Structured Settlement Factoring Companies
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Strategic Capital, a Canadian structured settlement factoring company, has become a Sustaining Partner of the Texas Trial Lawyers Association by contributing $27,000 to $36,000. Critics question the implications of “working alongside” lawyers in managing settlements and highlight the lack of regulation in this industry, suggesting that clients should explore options thoroughly before proceeding.
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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?