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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- 🔥Founder and Former CEO of 777 Partners, Joshua Wander, Pleads Guilty⚖️ to $500 Million Fraud Scheme — DOJ Confirms Double‑Pledging, Misappropriation of Structured‑Settlement Funds, and Falsified Bank Statements
- The Steering Problem Needs a Wake‑Up Call
- Companies Still Using the Incorrect Term “Secondary Market Annuity”
- Canonical: Non‑Qualified Assignment (NQA)
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Category: medicare set aside
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In a January 2015 ruling, the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania determined that Workers’ Compensation Medicare Set-Asides (WCMSA) are exempt assets in Chapter 7 bankruptcy cases, thus shielding them from creditor claims. This decision clarifies the treatment of MSAs in bankruptcy proceedings.
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The funds in the Medicare Set-Aside Account (MSA) shall be placed in an interest bearing account and used solely for legitimate medical expenses incurred for those medical needs related to or resulting from your work-related or accident related injury, which would otherwise be reimbursable or paid for by Medicare.
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CMS published a 2025 update to its “How To”:how to reference guide on Workers Compensation Medicare Set Aside Arrangements. Almost everything you need to know all in one place! CMS published an updated to its Workers Compensation MSA Self Adminstartion Tool Kit in August 2024
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What happens if you have a Medicare set aside account and there is a divorce?
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Does the submission of huge volume of rated age requests to life insurance companies, with little to no expectation of submitting business to those companies, all the while taking a big fee for acting as the middleman, constitute theft of services?
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Instead of attacking American General, how about simply giving MSA stuctured settlement business to the markets that want the MSA business? Let market forces prevail
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In April 2009 Liberty Life Assurance Company of Boston introduced its Concierge Underwriting Program. This new program allows for underwriting on any case that you submit for a rated age, regardless of carrier. To qualify for Concierge Underwriting, a broker must place $500,000 in non-Liberty Mutual Group premium with Liberty Lifeper quarter, and Liberty Life Assurance…
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In short July 1, 2009 represents the commencement date for the new MMSEA reporting requirement, not what is mischaracterized by the structured settlement factoring broker.