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
- Daily Rates Are Often an Important Cost Driver of Structured Settlements
- 🔥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)
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Category: New York State Trial Lawyers Association
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Both Plaintiffs and Defendants can be harmed by hiring structured settlement brokers who don’t know what they’re doing. They need to seek structured settlement experts the same way they look at other experts.
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Is the structured settlement broker the agent of the Defendant for purposes of “tender” in New York CPLR § 5003-a, or is it an agent of the insurance company? How about the independent contractor who is handling the administration for the structured settlement broker?
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John Darer and Mark Wahlstrom discuss Executive Life of New York, what’s going on, how it could impact ELNY structured settlement annuitants, industry changes in the last 20 years, in part due to the Executive Life and ELNY impairments and how likely this will happen in the future.
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A structured settlement annuity is but one settlement planning solution, with a plethora of applications. John Fisher hasn’t discussed alternatives to structured settlements, yet such financial products/solutions may have up front fees or ongoing fees that can be significant in the aggregate.
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Structured settlements expert John Darer reviews the structured settlement lock-in and the challenges to file closing efficiency created by Defendants or Insurers who, whether by statute or custom, elect not to fund structured settlements in advance of important but unpredictable events.
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NY personal injury lawyers should bring in a credentialed financial settlement expert, experienced with CPLR 50A and/or 50B structured judgments and caluclations, as early as possible to help them and the clients analyze their options, document their file and make the best fully informed decisions
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Eliminate or reduce “shrinkage” of your personal injury, wrongful death lawsuit or employment related lawsuit recovery by using structured settlements