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 Orleans Louisiana Structured Settlements
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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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It has been suggested that using a structured settlement annuity is an alternative to Health Savings Account. In my opinion such assertion cannot be applied categorically and each situation should be looked at independently. This blog explores the question
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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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A Responsive Structured Settlement Commutation Rider helps maintain the benefits of structured settlement payments for survivors by assuring that only the amount necessary to pay the shortfall in the obligation to pay off liens (with an SNT), and/or tax liability (as the case may be)
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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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In this blog John Darer reviews some really contorted statements about structured settlement factoring in a piece authored by Mia Taylor and edited by Hannah Smith for Bankrate.com and Yahoo Finance, and delivers his riposte below.
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John Darer reviews the differences between fixed income structured settlements annuities and index linked structured settlment annuities in response to a jumbled explanation found on another website web.
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Whether structured settlement payments have to be Equal (or Substantially Equal) depends on the Nature of Claim and the Settlement Planning Solution being used. Read about IRC 72(u), where it applies, and the exceptions to the non natural person rule. John Darer Reviews
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The key take away is that it is the damages that are tax exempt. With a properly established structured settlement, that starts with an obligation to make future periodic payments as damages on account of personal physical injury, An annuity commonly funds the periodic payment obligation.
