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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- 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: Newark Structured Settlements
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Ranking of Structured Settlement Annuity Companies in the Insurance Subsection of 2025 Newsweek/Statista America’s Most Trustworthy Companies Poll
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Yerkes v Cessna became a seminal case for novation under a qualified assignment. After failing to bust the qualified assignment, Yerkes then sued his lawyers, based upon representations about Cessna’s and the London underwiters’ post qualified assignment responsibilities that were incorrect.
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Thinking about what happens to structured settlement payments after the death of the Measuring Life, which of these four statements is correct?
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Lynn Kizis’ letter is a disgrace and shows that the New Jersey Association for Justice is more concerned about $3,000 from a company in an unregulated industry, with no licensing standard or meaningful regulation of sales practices, that have proven harmful to consumers in NJ and all across the US.
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Sometimes better structured settlement prices can be had by blending the strengths of two or more companies. One company may excel at earlier payments and another for later payments. Sometimes there are unique considerations. Always work with a credentialed structured settlement expert.
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Judge Nelson C. Johnson’s gave a masterclass in how judges should be evaluating “best interest” in structured settlement transfers, in his decision in the matter of In re Keena, No. L-1004-15, 2015 BL 315298 (N.J. Super. Ct. Law Div. June 18, 2015) [2015 BL 315298
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The Master’s Structured Settlement Consultant (MSSC) is an advanced credential earned by qualified structured settlement consultants and settlement planners from NSSTA and the Stayer Center for Executive Education at the University of Notre Dame (currently University of Texas at Austin)
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Franklin Mutual Insurance Company had agreed only to pay its policy limits in “cash” in the amount of $300,000.00. Franklin Mutual had only been willing to offer a structured settlement if the plaintiff agreed to accept its as part of a lower priced offer of $250,000.00.