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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- Companies Still Using the Incorrect Term “Secondary Market Annuity”
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Category: J.G. Wentworth
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When “informed” of the latent insurgency, JG Wentworth commandos erected something suitable for the occasion, to which the someone muttered “Make it Rain, on The Scare Crow”. Ain’t that America folks?
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According to the Complaint, the action seeks to redress JG Wentworth’s unfair, deceptive and fraudulent conduct that has caused MO consumers to not receive advice of disinterested counsel when evaluating offers to buy structured settlement payments, and subsequently obtain less than fair value of their settlement to the benefit of (JG) Wentworth
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Social media promotion for JG Wentworth is criticized for being absurd, highlighted by a tweet referencing an outdated commercial. The author mocks the concept of Vikings endorsing a company notorious for bankruptcies and low payouts to consumers for structured settlements, expressing a preference for alternative musical acts.
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Annuity.org has always fallen short of its goal “to provide you with comprehensive online resources for annuities and structured settlements…”Their staff writers have no legitimate professional credentials or bona fides related to structured settlements. Their shoddy research is evident in their writing. What a pity.
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Say you “collide with a structured settlement” at 60 miles an hour. Like that’s a bad thing? So you dust off the paper cut sustained as you were propelled through “windshield” into a lifetime of stable, income tax free bliss. Priceless! It’s not like you’re hitting a jackknifed water buffalo.
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As the chart clearly shows, JG Wentworth stock has simply been a “big Up Yours” to investors from the very beginning in 2014. I mean really, check out the index finger and bent knuckles in 2014.
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Following the quarterly earnings announcement , the value of JG Wentworth stock declined sharply, eventually rendering all but worthless 25% of the agreed-to consideration paid by JG Wentworth to Jones and the other purchasers of JGW stock for their WestStar stock.
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It’s remarkable that the chart of JGWE stock looks like the proverbial 800 lb gorilla. Such a “ham sasquatch”.