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: Misinformation About Structured Settlements
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The Blithering Peanut Awards™ highlight the persistent misuse of structured settlement terminology, especially the phrase “awarded a structured settlement.” This misinformation misleads consumers into misunderstanding court roles and settlement processes. The 2026 awards underscore the importance of clarity and accuracy in structured settlement discussions, especially in an era exacerbated by AI-generated content.
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Personal Injury Law Gurus’ penchant for quantity over quality, awkward headers, overuse of the same 4-5 stock photos, and computer-generated narrators as convincing as a mule in an orchestra, they dive headfirst into a comedy of errors right from the start. The bowl is overflowing with content chaos.
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A qualified assignment is an assignment of obligation to make future periodic payments which satisfies the requirements of Internal Revenue Code (IRC) §130. The periodic payments must be damages payable by the defendant,its liability insurer, or a QSF and excludable under §104(a)(1) or (2)
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Structured settlement consumers deserve a clear path to accurate structured settlement information… There’s no excuse for agents, surrogates or promoters of structured settlement factoring to flood the marketplace with content borne from ignorance of the subject matter and slovenly research
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As John Darer reviews, inaccurate information about structured settlements is useless to consumers. Silver Dollar Financial’s poorly constructed explanation regarding inheritance of structured settlements demonstrates a lack of fundamental understanding and is, quite frankly, nonsensical.
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Is an Annuity Policy “issued to the plaintiff” When a Structured Settlement Is Established? No, an annuity policy is never issued to the plaintiff when a structured settlement is established. See How Structured Settlements Work | Structured Settlements Explained (4structures.com)
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Christy Bieber JD and her Reviewer Mike Cetera win the Canard of the Week for this recently discovered “Fupped Duck” published in Forbes Advisor
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Stuart Gentle, publisher at Onrec in the UK is creditedby Bing AI with a howler that purports to be about structured settlements. It appears to be a backlink SEO effort for Cesar Ornelas Law of El Paso Texas. A stadium full of English football fans could rightly chant “you don’t know what you’re doing”
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Structured settlement factoring companies such as those listed in Leonard’s Argle-Bargle for Top Ten Reviews, are not licensed insurance companies and do not issue structured settlement annuities. It’s all a bit overcooked.