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 York City Structured Settlements
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Pre-funding a structured settlement can expedite the closing process and safeguard favorable rates in fluctuating interest environments, benefiting all parties involved. Insurance companies often issue pre-fund refund letters, minimizing risks for defendants. This approach is particularly useful in complex court systems like New York, ensuring timely funding of settlements.
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Prismic Life Re will assume a $10B block of Prudential’s structured settlement annuity contracts if approved by regulators. Prudential’s obligations to the holders of the annuities will remain unchanged following the reinsurance arrangement and Prudential will continue to administer the contracts.
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4structures.com LLC maintains a list of Customers Service Telephone Numbers for Current and Former Structured Settlement Annuity Issuers.as a courtesy for structured settlement consumers, Structured Settlement Annuity Company Customer Service Phone Numbers (4structures.com)
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4structures.com, LLC has a convenient listing of Customer Service Telephone Numbers for current and former Structured Settlement Annuity Issuers all in one spot. A good reference because it’s possible that a company, could have merged with another, renamed, or block of business sold.
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How do you change the bank for your structured settlement payments. in view of the Signature Bank collapse in March 2023?
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Does Qualified Assignment Company Related to Structured Settlement Annuity Issuer Have a Duty to Annuitant to Enforce Anti-Assignment Provisions when facing a Structured Settlement Transfer Petition?
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On April 26, 2022, the Court found Plaintiff Eric Yerkes’ legal malpractice claim shall not be precluded and there is a genuine dispute of material fact regarding whether Defendant Anapol Weiss, a Philadelphia personal injury law firm breached its standard of care.
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Can a licensed NY agent legally offer to waive tens of thousands of dollars in interest on the pre-settlement and/or post settlement loan from a related business, as a quid pro quo to the plaintiff agreeing to allow the agent to place the structured settlement annuity and make a commission?
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With proper regulation, could structured setlement receivables be useful settlement planning tools in taxable damage cases if transactional risks can be minimized/eliminated and are fully understood by buyers and certain settlement planners and others stop misrepresenting them as annuities?
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Hindert acknowledges that some brokers and settlement planners package and promote factored structured settlement payment rights as tax-free “in-force annuities.” Significantly Hindert warns, these investments are not annuities and they are not structured settlements