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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by John Darer CLU ChFC MSSC CeFT RSP CLTC How Companies that issue Structured Settlement Annuities Rank in the Insurance Subsection of 2026 Newsweek/Statista America’s Most Trustworthy Companies Poll 3. American National (American National Insurance Company) Houston, TX 5. Mutual of Omaha (United of Omaha Life Insurance Company) Omaha, NE 6. New York Life Insurance Company…
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Prudential introduced its “Here, Then, Now and Tomorrow” marketing campaign, showcasing its 150+ years of longevity that began in 1875. One corner of the structured settlement industry is like a history museum, with annuity issuers as its prized artifacts, 6 of which have survived parts of 3 centuries!
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Top 4 Life Insurance Companies by Structured Settlement Annuity Premium for August 2024. Industrywide structured settlement annuity premium to fund structured settlement payment obligations has increased at a 7.5% clip in both July 2024 and August 2024. Best months in history!
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John Darer reviews a recent Forbes Advisor inaccurate “Expert Reviewed” structured settlement Holey Moly by a UCLA law professor, only 4 Months after publishing Jeremy Babener’s excellent Forbes Advisor contribution about structured settlements which had multiple credible sources.
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Any annuity broker being considered for selection by the DOJ 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) and is otherwise competent to provide structured settlement brokerage services to the United States.
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John Darer, is a structured settlements expert who has written a number of blogs concerning structured settlement commutation riders. Here John Darer reviews a claim by Annuity.ORG, an organization that shills for CBC Settlement Funding of Conshohocken, PA, about commutation riders..
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Weiss Ratings (formerly Weiss Research) | First Insurance Rating Organization to issue Independent Financial Strength Ratings for Life and Health Insurance Companies
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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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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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Bair/Milestone no longer hold appointments with Berkshire Hathaway, Pacific Life, New York Life and The Prudential Insurance Company of America effective May 31, 2022, according to New York Department of Financial Services at time of publishing,