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: Insurance Company News
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John Hancock has announced organizational changes in the early Fall that are pending regulatory approval. We are reposting this as a reminder to those who have or are contemplating structured settlement annuities funded with a John Hancock annuity product. Pending regulatory approval, John Hancock Life Insurance Company (“JHLICO”, which issues structured settlement annuities (and guarantees…
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Chairman and Chief Executive Ramani Ayer said the decision to participate in TARP and sell shares would boost The Hartford’s financial strength and help it implement its long-term capital plan
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The qualified assignment company for structured settlements funded with annuities issued by American International Assurance Company of New York changed to American General Annuity Service Corporation (AGASC) effective July 1, 2009.
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Just days after it was approved for $3.4 billion from the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP), The Hartford has announced that it WILL NOT BE SELLING its life insurance business. The last few months had brought rampant speculation that Hartford has been trying to offload its life insurance and property/casualty operations first to Metlife and…
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MetLife announced that it had elected NOT to participate in the US Treasury’s Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) stating “The company remains well positioned to continue meeting needs of clients and has the capacity and financial strength to further solidify its leading position in the industry.”
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While the credit default swap market is unregulated, insurance companies’ use of credit default swaps is. In New York, insurance companies are only allowed to use credit default swaps in very specific and limited ways, and only with approval, according to New York insurance regulator Eric Dinallo.
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Kermitt Brooks and Joel Ario, respectively the Acting New York Superintendent of Insurance and Pennsylvania Insurance Commissioner and, respectively, the Chair and Vice Chair of the NAIC AIG Managing Task Force, have acted swiftly to refute a July 30, 2009 article in the New York Times which suggested that there was new weakness at AIG. The…