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
- Daily Rates Are Often an Important Cost Driver of Structured Settlements
- 🔥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: 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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Best’s Review has published “Standing the Test of Time” its annual report of insurance companies that have demonstrated their financial strength for half a century or more. Many current and past structured settlement annuity issuers make the list.
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MetLife announced that it had elected NOT to participate in the US Treasury’s Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) stating “The company remains well positioned to continue meeting needs of clients and has the capacity and financial strength to further solidify its leading position in the industry.”
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Yet again a cash now pusher has tried to factor a structured settlement annuity owned by the United States of America and someone has pissed on its leg. This time it's the United States District Court for the District of Kansas ordering summary judgment for the United States on March 10, 2009 in an interpleader…
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Although reporting earnings fro the line were down $251MM for Q4 2008, Metife reported with respect to its Institutional Business that retirement and savings premiums, fees and other revenues grew 80% in Q4 2008 over Q4 2007 to $689MM. This was attributed to "several pension close out (terminal funding) sales in the UK, as well as higher structured…
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The structured settlement industry is buzzing about the abrupt decision of Aviva to cease writing NEW structured settlement business effective December 15, 2008. The company is NOT going out of business , it is simply stopping writing structured settlements.
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Yes, I’m afraid it’s true, small people have FINALLY noticed that large building at 200 Park Avenue, New York, NY that sits on top of Grand Central Terminal.
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The distinction between structured settlements and structured judgments is unfortunately lost on occasion by the news media and unsophisticated financal bloggers.
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On the one year anniversary of the 2008 "epicenter of bad news", positive news is coming from MetLife. William J. Wheeler CFO of MetLife, Inc. said that Met is gaining market share in every one of its lines of business, according to a Dow Jones report posted on the NASDAQ website. In the Barclay's Capital…