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: Kansas City Structured Settlements
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Kansas HB 2810 contains an express exclusion that states and makes it clear that investors in structured settlement receivables HAVE NO SAFETY NET in the event of insolvency of the annuity issuer. HB2810 was introduced February 20, 2024.
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When using split funding a structured settlement in any combination, whether a duration split, carrier split, or a product split structured settlement design , it’s a good idea to have a summary delivered to the plaintift.
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Use of a structured settlement created outside a Special Needs Trust feeding payments into the SNT, is helpful as a tax-free volatility buffer. Compare the potential outcome of a comparable amount invested to the cost of the structured settlement (by the trustee of the SNT) in a permissible taxable investment.
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It isn’t right for structured settlement brokers and settlement planners to use misleading and/or inaccurate information in comparisons, to promote structured settlements;and to blame it on what is figuratively “the empty chair”, The Hartford.