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: DRB Capital/Imperial Structured Settlements | Critical Commentary
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While it is clear to everyone but consumers that what Imperial does are structured settlement factoring transactions, Deborah Benaim “peels a banana” in her description of her accomplishments with what is misrepresented as “the structured settlement process”
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Is Imperial Structured Settlements’ predecessor “a floor wax or a dessert topping”? We look into the “identity crisis”.
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Defendant, Imperial Funding & Finance, LLC, Jonathan Neuman (in lawsuit filed by Settlement Funding, LLC DBA Peachtree Settlement Funding WAS, until December 2006, Director Peachtree’s Life Settlement division
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Lawsuits in New York and Virginia, raise questions about the how effective the best interest requirements of Federal and state laws are followed, with implications to annuitants that seek cash and investors in tainted deals. People are getting hurt financially and questions need to be asked about the process.
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in a decision made for a catchy headline, the effort of American General Life Insurance Company has been successful in a KY Supreme Court decision overturning a KY Court of Appeals decision which would have permitted the factoring of workers compensation structured settlements.
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RSL Funding has “lifted its leg” on the Imperial Holdings and Peachtree Settlement Funding fire hydrants, with a press release announcing an office opening that is tantamount to leaving a “scent mark” on the latter two cash now pushers’ Boca Raton Florida territory.
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What kind of eggs is Imperial Structured Settlements laying? "Our team has a combined 25+ years of industry experience. We made history by revolutionizing the time required for the Structured Settlement process by shortening it from 120 days down to 40". -quote from letter of Deborah Benaim, Senior VP, Imperial Structured Settlements ( a factoring…