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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Commentary by structured settlement expert John Darer that may be of interest to injured persons, guardians, consumers, lawyers and business owners in Newport Beach CA related to personal injury or wrongful death claims.
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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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Structured settlement annuities continue to be popular settlement planning option. As we enter Q4 2024, the strength of structured settlement annuities as a settlement planning option could not be more evident. Year to date, Q3 2004 was the most prolific for structured settlement annuities.
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People with structured settlements don’t actually own the annuities funding them; these annuities are typically owned by qualified assignment companies. However, individuals with structured settlements do have the option to sell their structured settlement payment rights if a judge approves..
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JG Wentworth cautions against large compensation lump sums, emphasizing they often lack long-term financial stability. Contrary to the common notion that structured settlements are awarded, they are actually negotiated. The company’s messaging highlights the importance of understanding payment structures and the potential risks of opting for immediate cash payouts.
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Worried that Grendel had reappeared in Newport Beach, snorting fire, puffing smoke, and showering incentive trips to the Maldives on deserving structured settlement leaders, a modern-day Shakespearean quandary emerged: “to buy or not Dubai?” (that was indeed the question).
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An Irvine California tax attorney made an attempt to answer the above question about structured settlements in 2014. There are a number of errors in the still live posting on his website and still comes up in search results. I offer some commentary in a effort to correct Klasing’s errors.
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The thought that qualifying for an incentive trip could possibly override what is best for a client would be both unethical and unconscionable and surely not sort of conduct that the structured settlement company, its compliance department or insurance regulators intend.
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The Pacific Life agreement to eliminate lock in fees for up to 6 months on its structured setlement annuities, is an importanat underwriting concession that makes it easier to place structured settlement annuities in a shifting interest rate environment