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
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- 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: Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company (MetLife) has remained a steady, recognizable presence.through wars, depressions, recessions, regulatory rewrites, tax changes, product cycles, and industry reinventions,
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Structured settlements are a haven in turbulent times. People with structured settlements receive stable, secure guaranteed structured settlement payments that are backed by large well capitalized insurance companies
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The parents of several structured settlement annuity issuers are listed in the top 20 of the world’s largest insurance companies compiled by A.M. Best in its February 2015 issue of Best’s Review.
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Structured settlements aren’t sexy and never were, but consider that the 2% year over year structured settlement industry growth (as measured by annuity premium) was achieved despite lingering low interest rates. This is the second straight year of recovery.
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Those considering taking a structured settlement as part of the settlement of their lawsuit can accept a core settlement planning option that is backed by one of the USA’s, or even one of the world’s biggest insurance companies.
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This change did not impact annuitants with Metropolitan Life Insurance Company. It involved the merger and renaming of several legacy insurers within the MetLife family, stemming from MetLife’s 2005 acquisition of Travelers Life and Annuity, as part of a corporate restructuring.
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Hudson’s blanket commentary fosters the need to balance sympathy for ELNY victims, ( many minors when their structured settlement was established, who had no say in its creation), with a harsh reality that they do not share with all who have entered into a structured settlement.
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“For whatever reason the most volatile, long-tailed book of ELNY business [single premium immediate annuities (SPIAs) including all structured settlements] was left in ELNY together with its weakest assets.” wrote Peter Bick
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Structured settlements are traditionally issued by the largest insurance companies in the United States, which are among the largest in the world.
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Comparing $40 million to $819.6 billion, it’s clear the mighty MetLife “Redwood” is standing, as it has since 1868. Current and prospective policyholders of MetLife, rest assured there’s money for the largest life insurance company in the USA to keep the Snoopy 2 in the air AND to pay your claims.