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: Minnesota Structured Settlements
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When a structured settlement is established, the defendant (or in most cases the defendant’s insurer, pays 100% of its cost of settlement and is completely released from the claims alleged by the plaintiff in the claim or lawsuit complaint.
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When savings accounts pay zero or confiscatory interest rates, they would seek out the exact type of safe yield that structured settlement payments provide to personal injury victims, wrongful death survivors and others who elect to receive structured settlements when their lawsuits settle.
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by John Darer® CLU ChFC MSSC RSP CLTC “This really is a consumer protection issue,” said Minnesota Rep. Debra Hilstrom, DFL-Brooklyn Center. addressing an amendment to the Minnesota Structured Settlement Protection Act that goes into effect August 1, 2014. “This is to make sure everyone knows and understands the consequences of these sales, and so a…
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Post settlement underwriting, is a virtual impossibility in states like NY, FL, MA and MN, whose statutes mandates a disclosure of cost to be made by the Defendant or Defendant’s legal representative at the time structured settlement is negotiated (See New York General Obligations Law §5-1702 .
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Yet again a reporter with no bona fides on the subject of structured settlements who has used an online posting service such as EZine Articles or Ehow to promote a poorly researched document.
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Structured settlement lock-ins enable settling parties to fix benefits that are being submitted for Court approval, where the court approval process make take months and where the Court needs to see actual not hypothetical benefits. A judge can approve benefits without the fear that they are no longer available
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The answer is ” a structured settlement lasts virtually as long as you want!” . Call 203-561-6560 to discuss your options.
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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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A structured settlement is NOT “a special interest bearing account”. Foti has mislabeled interest bearing depository accounts that are set forth in Section 540.08 of the 2008 Minnesota statutes and 145.05(d) and 145.05(e) of the above cited rules as structured settlements. Boo!