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.
recent posts
- 🔥Founder and Former CEO of 777 Partners, Joshua Wander, Pleads Guilty⚖️ to $500 Million Fraud Scheme — DOJ Confirms Double‑Pledging, Misappropriation of Structured‑Settlement Funds, and Falsified Bank Statements
- The Steering Problem Needs a Wake‑Up Call
- Companies Still Using the Incorrect Term “Secondary Market Annuity”
- Canonical: Non‑Qualified Assignment (NQA)
- ⭐ THE 18–25 GUIDE TO STRUCTURED SETTLEMENTS
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Category: New York State Insurance Law
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If a successful NY mediation involves a structured settlement, care must be taken when documenting the settlement, to properly reflect the consideration and the intentions of the parties to the structured settlement, to not to run afoul of New York State General Obligations Law and Federal tax law.
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Greater clarification is needed to confirm whether there is any exception to the requirements for the sale of structured settlement annuities by licensed producers.
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Retained asset accounts provide a significant benefit to survivors who are dealing with the emotional loss of a loved one. Financial matters may not be the first thing on their minds, and retained asset accounts provide a secure place for life insurance policy proceeds.
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by John Darer CLU ChFC MSSC RSP CLTC The National Stuctured Settlements Trade Association (NSSTA) made a good faith attempt to address structured settlements during 2008 Financial crisis The NSSTA website featured a good faith Financial Security document created at the height of the 2008 financial crisis, when factoring vultures loomed overhead. This document was…
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Why does this easily fixable problem still fester like an unattended boil?
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Claim that in a case in Queens New York Supreme, where the plaintiff sued his attorney, his attorney brought in “his” structured settlement broker into the suit, and the first thing the Court did was to let the plaintiff broker out of the suit because he was not paid by the plaintiff to represent him..
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The gist of New York Appellate Division’s 2001 decision in Lyons v MMIA, was that contractual privity exists in a settlement, and intentional or negligent misrepresentation of the structured settlement annuity’s cost by the defense constitutes fraud”
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What goes on in smoke filled rooms? This email entitled “[Plaintiffs only ]structuring attorney fees” was circulated on September 25, 2009 using a NYSTLA forum/ list serve (copied to a dedicated email address at the New York State Trial Lawyers Association “NYSTLA”) to many others: (Download NYSTLA List Serve-Forge) entitled “[Plaintiffs only ]structuring attorney fees” was circulated…