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: IRC 130(d) Qualified Funding Asset
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Structured settlements have received bipartisan support from Congress for over 35 years, a testament to perceived value of structured settlements by legislators.
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In a buy and hold, the structured settlement annuity policyholder is the Defendant or the Defendant’s insurer. With the qualified assignment method, the qualified assignment company is policyholder. Where does not leave the person receiving payments? Read on.
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When you consider in 24 years, that some of the people who sold the “Structured Settlement Trust are retired or even deceased, it is fortunate that there was one seasoned veteran on a list serve who was spot on with the answer that it was Allstate’s version of the treasury funded structured settlement.
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MetLife’s Periodic Payment Agreement helps transfer financial obligations for personal physical injury cases that can’t be assigned under IRC Section 130. The annuity serves as a qualified funding asset, meeting the exception to the “non-natural person rule” outlined in IRC 72(u)(3)(C).
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A structured settlement is not an annuity. A structured settlement however, can be funded with an annuity as a qualified funding asset pursuant to IRC 130(d).
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A structured annuity is a type of qualified funding asset used to fund the payment of future damages from the settlement of a lawsuit or legal dispute. A structured annuity is fully customizable annuity allowing for many different types of payment streams.
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What is a structured settlement and how do I get one? Structured settlement expert John Darer® provides a brief but useful comprehensive explanation.
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Those considering taking a structured settlement as part of the settlement of their lawsuit can accept a core settlement planning option that is backed by one of the USA’s, or even one of the world’s biggest insurance companies.
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The favorable tax treatment of indexed linked structure settlement payments, was affirmed by the IRS in Private Letter Ruling 201435006, published on August 29, 2014.