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: New London Structured Settlements
New London Structured Settlements features structured settlement and settlement planinng news, information and commentary by structured settlement expert John Darer that may be of interest to injured persons, guardians, consumers, lawyers, businesses in New London, CT with personal injury or wrongful death claims in Connecticut
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Prudential introduced its “Here, Then, Now and Tomorrow” marketing campaign, showcasing its 150+ years of longevity that began in 1875. One corner of the structured settlement industry is like a history museum, with annuity issuers as its prized artifacts, 6 of which have survived parts of 3 centuries!
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Chariot Re’s initial reinsurance transaction is with a subsidiary of MetLife. Chariot Re will reinsure approximately $10 billion of liabilities, including structured settlement annuity contracts and group annuity contracts associated with pension risk transfers originated by MetLife.
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Structured settlement annuities continue to be popular settlement planning option. As we enter Q4 2024, the strength of structured settlement annuities as a settlement planning option could not be more evident. Year to date, Q3 2004 was the most prolific for structured settlement annuities.
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Which current and former structured settlement annuity issuers have made the 2024 Ward’s 50® of Top Performing Life Insurers
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Virtually all E&O carriers place some type of insurer insolvency exclusion on their policies, either in the exclusions section of the basic form or by endorsement. E&O carriers have come to the conclusion that an agent’s selection of insurers to represent and place business with is wholly within the agent’s control.
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Your “dating habits” can get you into trouble when establishing structured attorney fee programs, attorney fee deferred compensation,and structured settlements for taxable damages..Avoid January 1 payment dates and resulting funds being deposited into your account, arriving before January 1,..
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A structured settlement is not a judgment, but this fundamental fact seems to befuddle structured settlement factoring companies and/or their marketing teams..It’s all rather silly.
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MetLIfe issues structured settlement annuities via Metropolitan Tower LIfe Insurance Company and Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, and structured judgment annuities thorugh Metropolitan Life insurance Company and a leader in both qualified and non qualified structured settlement annuities
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It is highly unlikely that a judge would approve the sale of minor’s structured settlement payment rights for pennies on the dollar to make a discretionary purchase such as an ATV for a minor. Selling a structured settlement to pay for an ATV for a minor also makes no financial sense
