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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- Daily Rates Are Often an Important Cost Driver of Structured Settlements
- 🔥Founder and Former CEO of 777 Partners, Joshua Wander, Pleads Guilty⚖️ to $500 Million Fraud Scheme — DOJ Confirms Double‑Pledging, Misappropriation of Structured‑Settlement Funds, and Falsified Bank Statements
- The Steering Problem Needs a Wake‑Up Call
- Companies Still Using the Incorrect Term “Secondary Market Annuity”
- Canonical: Non‑Qualified Assignment (NQA)
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Category: Factoring Company Bad Business Practices
Structured settlement factoring company bad business practices are collected in this online repository
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“Division of Plaintiff Rights” schmooze is a ruse. Bogus solicitation to sell your structured settlement payments to Rising Capital. If you sell to Rising Capital, or any other company like them, your “dough” ain’t rising. “Pennies on the dollar” sure isn’t rising. More like a flaccid souffle
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Boghosian, Smith, and Sud prevented the 94 owners of structured settlement payment rights from receiving MD mandated independent professional advice. Smith pretended to give IPAs while (through Sud) receiving kickbacks from Access Funding when deals concluded. False statements made to court.
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Accurate data about structured settlement factoring would be uselful for legislators to understand how big the problem is. Is it small or is it something that sticks out? What we have is a 20 percentage point swing. So what is the truth?
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A nationwide class action lawsuit certified against Symetra Life Insurance and Symetra Assigned Benefits Service Company (“SABSCO”) alleges Symetra and its affiliate violated RICO, the WA Consumer Protection Act, civil conspiracy, unjust enrichment, and their contractual rights.
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Vintage Equity Group’s attempt to hijack several pending Peachtree structured settlement factoring petitions is a masterclass in laughable absurdity. It’s a prime example of the relentless and aggressive tactics used to coax structured settlement annuitants into selling their structured settlement payments.
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Structured settlement receivables were often falsely promoted as annuities by those with no insurance, financial advisory or securities licenses, operating in a gray area. A decade on, legal cases reveal a growing body of victims bubbling to the surface like coffins in a flood.
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Stack formation is a “fake it ’til you make it” marketing deception where a young company “stacks” years of experience of multiple individuals to create an illusion that a young company has been in existence for a long time. The more honest and ethical approach is to average years of experience.
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When so-called experts providing independent professional advice about structured settlement factoring, can’t articulate the fundamentals of structured settlements, the subject upon which they are providing independent professional advice, how can any consumer feel confident in such advice?
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Even with all the value that merely pennies on the dollar will buy, Black Square Financial promotes the following falsehoods (1) Implication that you can restructure an existing structured settlement. (2) Statement that you can take control of a policy (that you do not own). (3) ” Structure your policy”