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: News About Structured Settlements
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The post critiques the marketing tactics surrounding Bobby Bonilla Day, questioning whether Bonilla’s contract constitutes an annuity or unfunded deferred compensation. It highlights the insensitivity of linking Bonilla’s deal to Ponzi scheme victims and emphasizes the need to reconsider the narrative surrounding Bonilla’s financial arrangement.
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Based on the New York Court of Appeals’ reformulation of the question, it concluded that such allegations do not state a cognizable cause of action for breach of the implied covenant. Plaintiffs failed to sue the unlicensed and under regulated structured settlement factoring companies.
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The settlement is “in lieu” of plaintiff’s human capital lost in the 1981 plane crash. The Yerkes settlement is intended to be a 1-to-1 replacement of damages awarded to Plaintiff in his original suit alleging physical injury, staying faithful to the principle of “human capital” rationale that emanates from Section 104(a)(2) as instructed by the Supreme…
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Structured settlement annuities had a RECORD 4th quarter of 2022, as increasing awareness of rising interest rates looking good against a volatile stock market, plummeting crypto and hard work by industry members, catapulted industry production to close to its all time record achieved in 2019.
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Pacific Life and Prudential, Leading insurers that issue structured settlement annuities, have been named among the World’s Most Ethical Companies for 2023. For Pacific Life it is recognized for the 6th time, while for Prudential it is for the 9th time. Both have been in business since the 19th Century.
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Does Qualified Assignment Company Related to Structured Settlement Annuity Issuer Have a Duty to Annuitant to Enforce Anti-Assignment Provisions when facing a Structured Settlement Transfer Petition?
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Anyone who sold structured settlement payments for pennies on the dollar, as insurance against rising rates to “avoid becoming poorer”, would have actually done worse by selling. Most predictions fail to account for the rate you’re already receiving on the cost of the existing structured setttement.
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Certified Financial Transitionists may be helpful to help manage expectations of family, friends and others and to help sort through, organize, prioritize and make it easier to process your options. John Darer, a settlement planning expert and Certified Financial Transitionist reviews the issues here.
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Now is the time to make good use of stuctured settlements and build enduring guaranteeed income streams.Compelling yields in Excess of 5% are possible on intermediate and long term cash flows. Why take risk when you don’t have to?