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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Terry Nolan Taylor, a pioneering settlement broker from Austin, Texas, died on April 2, 2023, at age 76. He co-founded The James Street Group and founded Plaintiff Structures. Taylor advocated against factoring structured settlements and influenced federal legislation while later partnering with a Canadian factoring company, highlighting a notable career in structured settlements.
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Has a structured settlement broker or settlement planner altered a NY Life structured settlement quote? It appears so. Bespoke “Civil Row” alterations putting license, appointment and reputation on the line over a piece of a $100,000 case with a $3.970 commision..
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What Milestone is pitching as an annuity is not an annuity, it is a Structured Settlement Receivable. So a big question is why would Milestone Consulting, led by a licensed insurance agent market something, or allow something to be marketed that is not an annuity, as an annuity?
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Joseph M. O’Reilly, founder of Brokers Services Corp in Providence, Rhode Island, and former President of the National Structured Settlements Trade Association, passed away on December 20, 2019. He was a Vietnam War veteran, CEO of the Enterprise Group, and held various leadership roles in local educational and charitable organizations.
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If one is acting as a fiduciary of an investor, one is in an adversarial position to the seller. If one is acting as an agent of the seller then as an adversary, one cannot be a fiduciary of the buyer, or assignee. Structured settlement agency also originates secondary market transfers.
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The structured settlement watchdog will give YOUR dog a bone, Bew the first person to correctly name the member of structured settlement primary market whose website states that it offers structured settlements from a company that hasn’t existed in 7 years. Contest ends May 8, 2017
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One could always count on Elvie’s Texas bred old world grandmotherly charm to cultivate a smile. She was a fine servant to the structured settlement industry and will be missed.
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Having over 24 years of hands on structured settlement industry experience with over 1,000 cases and completed the classroom portion of the Master’s Certificate in Settlement Consulting in October, one might assume that attending Structures 202 would be “a step backward”. It was anything but.
