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: ELNY Liquidation News and Commentary
ELNY Liquidation News and Commentary follows the the February 6, 2013 decision of the New York Appellate Division, Second Department issued a decision on February 6, 2013, that effectively affirmed Justice John Galasso’s April 16, 2012 order placing ELNY in liquidation and approving the ELNY Restructuring Agreement.
In the Matter of Executive Life Insurance Company of New York. Superintendent of Financial Services, formerly known as Superintendent of Insurance of State of New York, petitioner-respondent; Jennifer Aracil Appling, et al., appellants; National Organization of Life and Health Insurance Guaranty Associations, etc., nonparty-respondent.
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The day Baldwin-United declared bankruptcy, the biggest bankruptcy ever in the United States at the time, CBS Evening News in with Dan Rather carried the Baldwin-United bankruptcy as its lead story onto the TV screens of millions in prime time.
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First you have allegations against the two largest structured settlement brokerage firms and unnamed “Doe” parties in 2 class action lawsuits over the alleged ill-advised placement of the ELNY products in 1985-1986 and then you have a “suspended” allegation that places the blame on the shoulders of New York’s insurance regulators for what they did…
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Some claim that the 1980s “standard of care” for an insurance agent was to look up and rely on the rating from A.M. Best and ignore other signs of concern. A.M. Best rated ELNY its the highest rating of A+ at all relevant times to the placement of the Westrope structured settlement annuities.
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Plaintiffs should have a settlement adviser as my colleagues suggest, but for reasons that my settlement planning colleagues have left out, namely to assist them with making financial decisions at a time of heightened transition stress.
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The “stoning” of structured settlements is a misdirection. Structured settlements were not the problem with ELNY and they are not the problem. To generalize that structured settlements were the problem is not telling the whole story.
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NBC News 4 New York’s segment on ELNY and how its recent liquidation affected ELNY annuitants Glenn Arendsorf and Eric Rabinowitz. whohad their benefits cut by over 50%. Anchor Tom Llamas, interviewed Greenwich CT attorney Eddie Stone and John Darer from 4structures.com LLC
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The distinction between an annuity and an insurance contract is the gravamen of an argument and some interesting lawyering in the Executive Life of NY related class action against EPS Settlements Group in Florida.
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ELNY Hardship Fund was a $100 million fund, voluntarily established by life insurance companies, to make awards to applicants who have demonstrated that they face genuine hardships as a consequence of benefit reductions under ELNY structured settlement annuities established in the 1980s.
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The unique set of facts that surrounded ELNY that in the aftermath of the 1991 seizure, and reforms introduced in 1993, reduce the likelihood of recurrence. Failure to adhere to “don’t put all your eggs in one basket” is fated to be cited by business schools and financial texts in the years to come.
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New York Appellate Division, Second Department issued a decision on February 6, 2013, that effectively affirms Justice John Galasso’s April 16, 2012 order placing ELNY in liquidation and approving the ELNY Restructuring Agreement.