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: Detroit Michigan Structured Settlements
Detroit Michigan structured settlements ommentary by structured settlement expert John Darer that may be of interest to injured persons, guardians, consumers, lawyers, businesses in Detroit with personal injury or wrongful death claims
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DRB Capital established a whistleblower fund to pay off informants who drop dime and help prove violations of laws in connection with buying structured settlement payment rights, tax code violations, violations of state structured settlement protection acts, improper forum shopping, violations of federal deceptive and unfair trade practices acts, and federal excise tax evasion.
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Seven Big Reasons that Settlement Depot is unreliable for structured settlement advice. One of the reasons people get into financial trouble is because they don’t budget and then have no way to measure and be accountable to themselves on spending..They don’t plan to fail but they fail to plan.
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Athene Defendants must create a new Capital Maintenance Agreement which replicates, and improves upon, the terms of the CMA whose purported cancellation is at issue. New CMA will be backed by Athene Holding Ltd. Plaintiffs’ expert opined the new CMA is backed by a better capitalized entity.
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A structured settlement can be designed to simulate a bond held to its maturity, wherein the payee receives income for a fixed period certain, followed by the return of the cost of the structured settlement in a guaranteed lump sum at the end of the fixed period of time.
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The notice to payees sent in late May 2018 stated that the sale and the change of name will not affect the rights and benefits that you receive under any policy or contract from the above Transamerica Life Insurance companies.
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A structured settlement is a financial arrangement where a claimant receives part of their compensation as periodic payments instead of a lump sum, often following a personal injury or wrongful death claim. Governed by specific IRS regulations, these settlements can be funded through life insurance companies or government obligations and offer tax benefits.
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Parents or guardians of minors who are receiving a settlement in a personal injury or wrongful death case, should give due consideration to how the settlement will impact the ability to receive financial aid for college and a possible kiddie tax.
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A Qualified Assignment is Not a “Pickled Pepper”. In order to make a qualified assignment of an obligation there needs to be an obligation to assign. Arranging to have something dedicated is not an obligation. If I dedicate the next song to you, that is not an obligation.
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If a beneficiary is named, the beneficiary needs to file a claim with the structured annuity issuer, or its successor. There is no need to apply the will, in such cases or to go through probate, a process that could take a year or longer.