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: Los Angeles CA Structured Settlements
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Structured settlement payments should not be late, “for their very important date” with you. This post may be helpfulif you are concerned about late structured settlement payments.
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The United States Attorney (or his designee) involved in any settlement negotiations shall have the exclusive authority to select an annuity broker from the list of such brokers established by the Attorney General, provided that all documents related to any settlement comply with DOJ requirements,
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A settlement planner who uses a professional credential in advertising but cannot articulate structured settlement fundamentals fundamentals diminishes the value of the credential by unacceptably lowering the standard. It’s up to other holders of the same credential to maintain a high bar and to call them out to “know your “sh^t!”
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A common misconception about structured settlements is that structured settlements are annuities. Structured settlements are not annuities. Structured settlements are a form of settlement that may be partially funded with annuities, although they are not always funded with annuities.
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Financial advisors, licensed insurance agents and settlement planners who sell “subsets” of structured settlement payment rights, athlete contracts and such as “secondary market annuities” to unsuspecting clients are creating significant potential errors and omissions exposure and worse.
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How a Single Claimant Qualified Settlement Fund Was Recently Used to Circumvent an Insurer’s Approved List of Structured Settlement Annuity Companies
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The terms Award, Reward and Settlement are sometimes muddled in the narrative put forward to consumers by hired influencers, promoters and even settlement consultants on the structured settlement misinformation highway.
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Thinking about what happens to structured settlement payments after the death of the Measuring Life, which of these four statements is correct?
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Once the structured settlement annuity was in place, SABSCO turns around and preys upon Symetra Life annuitants: SABSCO lures them into selling future periodic payments for a highly discounted lump sum without disclosing and actually concealing Defendants’ profit motive and fatal conflict of interest.
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A video inaccurately claims that annuity-based attorney fee deferral programs must use offshore funds. The author clarifies that domestic structured settlement annuities can fund attorney fees without going offshore. Various reputable insurance companies offer options that cater to attorneys seeking to enhance their wealth through these deferral programs.