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: National Structured Settlement Trade Association
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A qualified assignment is a liability transfer mechanism allowing defendants or insurers to delegate future periodic payments in structured settlements to a qualified assignment company under IRS Code §130. It ensures tax-free payments to claimants while protecting their interests, allowing defendants to manage long-term obligations securely through regulated life insurance products.
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John Darer reviews the Certified Structured Settlement Consultant (CSSC) designation, earned by completing a program by the National Structured Settlements Trade Association and the University of Texas at Austin. The CSSC program, established in 1994, requires 60+ hours of study, work experience, and passing an exam, ensuring expertise in structured settlements.
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Connie Liane Klingler, a settlement consultant with Alliant in Tampa and an NSSTA Board Member has died after a short illness. She was 51. May her memory be a blessing.
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The Federal Communications Commission has adopted new rules to further protect consumers from scam communications by directly addressing some of the biggest vulnerabilities in America’s robotext defenses and closing the “lead generator” robocall/robotexts loophole. Relief for annuitants?
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The State of Maryland has applied the chastity belt of structured settlement protections including mandatory registration and a surety bond requirement that went into effect in October 2016.
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Consumer protection officials gathered at the NAAG seminar in Phoenix to discuss structured settlements and the secondary market. The focus was on protecting cognitively-impaired individuals from aggressive buyout offers. The meeting highlighted regulatory gaps and the need for updated laws to safeguard consumers in light of recent abuses in the industry.
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Whether CBC Settlement Funding uses marketers associated with heavy spam, or rubbish-writing-strewn SEO websites like Annuity(dot).org and structuredsettlements(dot)com, it’s clear that CBC doesn’t care about the dissemination of accurate structured settlement information to consumers. What a pity!
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How can a member of Congress determine what is an acceptable level of structured settlement (or investment) diversification for everyone? Dick Risk implies that we should be bakers of cookies not settlement planners
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Having over 24 years of hands on structured settlement industry experience with over 1,000 cases and completed the classroom portion of the Master’s Certificate in Settlement Consulting in October, one might assume that attending Structures 202 would be “a step backward”. It was anything but.