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: Non Qualified Structured Settlements
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Lead plaintiff John Griffiths and I got ahead of this, making the discovery in Fall 2014. The 2015 class action filed by Marcus & Auerbach led to what can only be seen as a positive result for over 4,000 annuitants. Nobody lost money, no money was in imminent danger and this was nipped in the…
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Punitive damages (sometimes known as “exemplary damages”), are damages intended to reform or deter a defendant and other from engaging in conduct similar to that which formed the basis of the claims in a lawsuit.
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An employment structured settlement provides tax efficiency as well as stable income to plaintiffs with claims of gender, racial, religious or sexual orientation based discrimination in the workplace.
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If Harvey Weinstein, accused by numerous women of sexual harassment (and in a few cases, assault, ends up negotiating settlements with his accusers, many settlements will be taxable. After paying legal fees and federal and state income taxes, it could leave a third or less to the victim depending on their attorney’s contingency fee agreement.
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Structured settlement annuities tend to be issued by largest and well capitalized insurers in the United States. 50% of the top 12 insurance holding companies in the United States include a subsidiary or subsidiaries that issue structured settlement annuities.
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Warren Buffet underscored Berkshire Hathaway support for structured settlements at the Berkshire Hathaway annual meeting. When asked about Berkshire Hathaway’s view on structured settlements, Buffett said that “more people want to put their structured settlements with Berkshire Hathaway than anyone else”.
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How structured settlements can make a difference in bad faith cases on either side of the damages tax spectrum