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: Oregon Structured Settlements
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The hammer is coming down on the possibility of any investors in structured settlement receivables (factored structured settlement payment rights), deriving any benefit from insolvency protections designed to protect buyers and beneficiaries of legitimate annuities and life insurance.
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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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It’s misleading because nobody can actually “buy structured settlements”. Structured settlements are a form of settlement not a product. For example a settlement can be resolved in consideration of a lump sum, periodic payments or a combination.. Structured settelments can be funded with an annuity.
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Once the structured settlement annuity was in place, SABSCO turns around and preys upon Symetra Life annuitants: SABSCO lures them into selling future periodic payments for a highly discounted lump sum without disclosing and actually concealing Defendants’ profit motive and fatal conflict of interest.
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It is highly unlikely that a judge would approve the sale of minor’s structured settlement payment rights for pennies on the dollar to make a discretionary purchase such as an ATV for a minor. Selling a structured settlement to pay for an ATV for a minor also makes no financial sense
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Investors in structured settlement receivables face unfavorable news. As of July 1, 2020, the Maryland Life and Health Insurance Guaranty Corp clarified there is no protection in cases of annuity issuer insolvency and liquidation.
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The USDOJ Memorandum states that any broker being considered for selection should be required to verify at the time of selection that he or she meets the minimum qualifications set forth in 28 C.F.R. § 50.24(a).
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40% of investors in factored structured settlement payments are hedge funds, 50% are life insurance companies and 10% individual investors. Would an audit shown rhedge funds and life insurers are profiting from some of the worst cases of financial rape of minorities, and retirees?
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A retiree , the vast majority of whose net worth was placed in a structured settlement derivative misrepresented as an annuity, has filed a claim with FINRA against a Portland Oregon financial firm. The Oregon firm allegedly took an order from the retiree’s wife, despite no written legal authority to speak with the wife about…