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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With proper regulation, could structured setlement receivables be useful settlement planning tools in taxable damage cases if transactional risks can be minimized/eliminated and are fully understood by buyers and certain settlement planners and others stop misrepresenting them as annuities?
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American General has recently introduced a number of periodic payment innovations to the structured settlement market Interest Rate Linked Structured Settlements (IRLSS) and Non Qualified Assignment Facility with Domestic Assignment Company and Ability to Defer
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At the plaintiff’s home to notarize confidential settlement documents to establish a structured settlement, the notary public mentioned that she knew someone who “could get the client more money” and called a representative of a structured settlement factoring company from another state
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IRC 130(c) is a definition of what a qualified assignment IS, in the context of what a qualified assignment DOES from a tax standpoint. IRC 130(c) and the other parts of IRC 130 are not mutually exclusive. Potentially huge tax consequences to attorneys deferring with factored structured settlements.
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John Hancock Life is rolling out a new structured settlement exchange program that enables John Hancock annuitants to address their liquidity needs when they arise, while providing a measure of protection against secondary market predators
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The longevity of the life insurance company issuing structured settlement annuities and consistency of its ratings is an important consideration when you consider a structured settlement for a long term or lifetime obligation that may stretch 50 or more years into the future
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The article, by John Darer, discusses the complexities and potential legal issues surrounding factored structured settlement receivables as qualified funding assets. It raises concerns about misrepresentations of structured settlement payment rights, questioning the legitimacy of these agreements and their tax implications under Internal Revenue Code. The author urges readers to seek clarification and professional advice.
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An Oregon Administrative Law Judge (“ALJ”) previously found that a Plaintiff’s structured settlement annuity was not an excluded resource for purposes of SSI. In a 2-21-2020 decision, the decision was REVERSED and this matter was REMANDED for recalculation of benefits. Here’s the story
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Structured settlement annuities are not tax exempt. Where used as a “qualified funding asset” the structured settlement payments may be tax exempt, but the essential reason for the tax exemption is the damages that the payments from the structured settlement annuities represent.
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Life is not an arc as the structured settlement broker says. Transitions are an iterative process not a linear process. While life may throw you a couple of curve balls, life itself is neither linear nor a smooth curve like an arc.