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.
Recent Posts
- 🌿 THE PLANTIFF HEDGE — Q2 2026
- Bad Faith Structured Settlements
- Most Trustworthy Structured Settlement Annuity Companies 2026 by Newsweek/Statista
- The Counsel-Managed QSF: A Structure That Cannot Stand Up Under Banks Doctrine
- Unparalleled Access to NSSTA Members is Unparalleled Baloney from Mailing List Broker
about
Category: Life Insurance Ideas For Lawyers
-
Healthy trial lawyers may get a better deal on structured attorney fees by pairing a life only annuity with life insurance , if the attorney is insurable. Life only annuities yield more than life annuities with a certain period.
-
If you smoke anything other than cigarettes you may now be able to qualify for “Standard Plus” non smoker rates on term life insurance, universal life, whole life or other form of permanent insurance.
-
A significant issue for a plaintiff with large recovery is that a structured judgment is not customizable like a structured settlement and comes with the risk that the non guaranteed portion of the recovery could evaporate in the event the plaintiff dies prior to the end of the defined life contingent period.
-
Sun Life’s pulling out from the No Lapse guarantee UL market represents the second major life insurer to jettison the popular product in the past couple of years. In early 2009 AXA Equitable stopped offering the product.
-
MORE TAXES+ GREATER INTRINSIC VALUE FOR NEW AND EXISTING STRUCTURES, even in a low interest rate environment. Check out the taxable equivalent yield chart at 4structures.com and see how that “puny 3% rate of return”, “ain’t too shabby” if you’re in the 40% tax bracket.
-
A structured settlement retains its income tax status when paid to the beneficiary. If the present value of the unreceived payments (that will now be going to the beneficiary) together with other assets that form the decedent’s estate, exceed an exempt amount, an estate tax is due.
-
The contestable period on a life insurance policy is designed to protect the insurance company and policyholders (in the case of a mutual company) or stockholders (in the event of a stock company) from material misrepresentation and frauds. The actuaries of the insurance company sets its premiums in good faith relying on the truthful recording…
-
by John Darer CLU ChFC MSSC CeFT RSP CLTC There are a variety of reasons that life insurance maybe a good purchase by or for the benefit of tort victims and their attorneys. Some of these include: Life insurance on parents (or grand parents) who provide care giving services and/or support can provide an immediate…
-
Life insurance may be an important element of a settlement plan when the settlement involves a minor child or incapacitated adult, particularly if the parents are the primary caregivers.
-
If structured settlements were simply about placing a product would there be any need for trained, experienced and/or credentialed experts? Surely the same goes for life insurance , long term care and other insurance.