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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Is business that tough for a certain structured settlement factoring company that they must solicit a New York man with a Traumatic Brain Injury for a pennies on the dollar ” bounty” on his sole source of income?
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Plaintiffs had sued a Mineola New York couple, individually and as guardians of for their deceased son, seeking recovery of $272,266.14 in overpaid life contingent structured settlement payments paid after the death of their son. The Complaint said Defendants refused to repay the $272,266.14
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Wilcac Structured Settlements, Inc. has filed a lawsuit against Canan and Hayrullah Ipek, seeking the recovery of $272,266.14 for overpaid benefits following their son Ekincan’s death in 2016. The overpayment occurred due to delayed notification of his passing, violating the structured settlement terms. The defendants are currently in settlement negotiations.
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At a time when structured settlement factoring companies appear to be open to being licensed, it’s interesting to see that New York prioritizes small businesses over individuals (many of them disabled and minorities who are exposed to predatory practices that in one case cost a man from Long Island in excess of $1.4 million dollars)
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Gerald Oginski’s statement is misleading and inaccurate. Structured settlements are not funded over time. The defendant or insurer, funds the cost of the future payments up front.. New York State General Obligations Law §5-1702 includes mandatory disclosures.
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A CT judge in the Connecticut Judicial District of New Haven has denied a blatant New York to CT forum shop by a Delaware structured settlement buyer with a crap 11% discount rate on August 19, 2019. The denial saved a 21 year old Prudential annuitant, a minority from the Bronx, NY, from a big…
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Lower interest rates impact plaintiffs favorably in New York structured judgment projections. Plaintiff lawyers, defendants, insurers and defense lawyers can benefit from having a settlement adviser or consultant who is fluent in the application of Articles 50A and 50B
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Structured settlement quotes are not a marketplace. Structured settlement quotes are normally associated with quotes for structured settlement annuities by licensed insurance agents and brokers who are appointed by structured annuity issuers not factoring companies,
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Vigilance is important in these portfolio sales as Athene’s purchase of Aviva USA amply demonstrates. In Allstate’s case its Advance Funding Exchange Notice is an important liquidity feature. Protections must remain so Allstate annuitants are not left to the structured settlement factoring vultures.