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: Independent Life Insurance Company
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Independent Insurance Group announced a change of leadership as part of a strategic move to ensure continued growth and success. While the official reasons for Michael Upchurch’s departure haven’t been publicly detailed, Donald J. Herrema’s appointment as interim CEO suggests a desire for fresh leadership to navigate the company’s future.
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Independent Life Insurance Company was recently profiled in Insurance Assets Under Management (IAUM) about the use of Smart Systems with Structured Settlements
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The misrepresentation involves an implication or even suggestions that the A+ rating from A.M. Best, awarded to Hannover Re, extends to Independent Life, or that the reinsurance serves as a form of financial guarantee actionable by the Independent Life consumer against the reinsurer.
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Independent Life Insurance Company highlights its value proposition to attorneys, insurers, plaintiffs and the like in anew brochure. Independent, a structured settlement only company offers solutions for both qualfied and non qualified structured settlements.
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How a Single Claimant Qualified Settlement Fund Was Recently Used to Circumvent an Insurer’s Approved List of Structured Settlement Annuity Companies
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Full market access, in cases involving single claimant qualified settlement funds, is an improbabilty. If your structured settlement broker or settlement planner claims to have full market access for single claimant qualified settlement funds, insist on proof in writing.
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The 25 year old was targeted at age 18 and then systematically eroded tax free income via improvident structured settlement factoring transactions. The deals terrible, but some of the decisions that were made would never have been made if the annuitant spoke with a Sudden Money advisor.