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: Dodd-Frank
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Insurance agents, including structured settlement brokers, are prohibited from using the existence of a state Life & Health Insurance Guarantee Association to promote, solicit, or induce the purchase of any insurance product covered under the California Life & Health Insurance Guarantee Association Act.
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At least one factoring company is “hanging out at the courthouse” for Court records of structured settlement sellers. Like a third world bazaar, replete with runaway clucking chickens , some are apparently using the information to make last minute offers to claimants with upcoming hearings
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A great question when one looks at thel usage of qualified settlement funds in mass tort cases and other large settlements. The answer turns on the FDIC’s recognition of a fiduciary relationship and the ability to prove that each claimant has an identifiable interest in the fund.
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It isn’t right for structured settlement brokers and settlement planners to use misleading and/or inaccurate information in comparisons, to promote structured settlements;and to blame it on what is figuratively “the empty chair”, The Hartford.