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: North Carolina Structured Settlements
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Structured Setlements for Minors, Structured settlement annuities are excellent settlement planning tools to provide cash flow certainty where there is a need for certainty. Read more about Structured Settlements for Minors and Young Adults and how they were used effectively for a Kentucky minor
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Why doesn’t JG Wentworth Get Full Credit? 1. A structured settlement IS NOT an annuity 2. According to IRC 5891, the section of the Internal Revenue Code that is the “Mack Daddy”at the core of the stuctured settlement factoring business, JG Wentworth’s business: it is an arrangement.
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Naming a beneficiary with the structured settlement annuity issuer means that the proceeds will begin to flow directly to your beneficiaries without delays and costs associated with probating an estate. It’s the matter of completing a claim form and providing a copy of the death certificate.
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Structured settlements provide sustainable income for injury victims and their families. Sustainable income is income which is consistent and steady over time. Sustainable income provides a level of calm and clarity while things are in flux and pave the road to the new normal.
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Pacific Life & Annuity Services, Inc., is the qualified assignment company for all Pacific Life branded structured settlements and include underwriting companies Pacific Life Insurance Company in all states but New York and Pacific LIfe & Annuity company for all claims with touch points to New York.
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Publicity of the specifics of the structure, to benefit the attorney/ law firm marketing, does no service to the attorney’s infant client. Any attorney/law firm that aids the publication of the specifics of an infant’s settlement exposes the minor to inevitable harassment when the cash now vultures circle at age 18
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The United States Attorney (or his designee) involved in any settlement negotiations shall have the exclusive authority to select an annuity broker from the list of such brokers established by the Attorney General, provided that all documents related to any settlement comply with DOJ requirements,
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A structured settlement annuity is insurance product that (1) can provide multiple payment streams, as well as (2) different types of structured settlement payments, in a single annuity contract that can be customized to a person’s needs.
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Asset based structured settlement assignment fees can run upwards $10,000 on a $1,000,000 case. It’s way more than a normal assignment fee. The fees may not be disclosed and simply built in to the cost. What you may encounter is obfuscation by multiple layers of complexity. That’s not good.
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John Darer warns against structured settlement swaps, which are deceptive sales tactics encouraging individuals to sell their long-term structured settlements for less than worth. He emphasizes that investments from past decades often yield better returns than current market options. Such swaps can jeopardize financial security and incur legal risks. Avoid these schemes.