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.
recent posts
- 🔥Founder and Former CEO of 777 Partners, Joshua Wander, Pleads Guilty⚖️ to $500 Million Fraud Scheme — DOJ Confirms Double‑Pledging, Misappropriation of Structured‑Settlement Funds, and Falsified Bank Statements
- The Steering Problem Needs a Wake‑Up Call
- Companies Still Using the Incorrect Term “Secondary Market Annuity”
- Canonical: Non‑Qualified Assignment (NQA)
- ⭐ THE 18–25 GUIDE TO STRUCTURED SETTLEMENTS
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Why put an annuity in your will, when you can just name a beneficiary (or contingent payee) and bypass probate? Why have an annuity pass through a probate estate, where it could be tagged with fees and expenses?
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The Structured Settlement Watchdog’s updated introductory video that explains his pro bono role in the structured settlement market place.
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The terms Award, Reward and Settlement are sometimes muddled in the narrative put forward to consumers by hired influencers, promoters and even settlement consultants on the structured settlement misinformation highway.
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Niagara Judge Matt Murphy said February 17, 2021 “approving the petition of Tiger Parrish LLC would effectively deprive New York courts of their role under the Structured Settlement Protection Act and transfer that role to Mr. Eglow, who is not bound by the statutory and precedential standards*.
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VIP Services Corporation tried to poach a structured settlement factoring deal involving a resident of Pennsylvania with a better rate and lost. It then appealed and lost. If the reasons for selling are purely financial, why wouldn’t paying the best interest be in the Payee’s best interest?
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Niagara County Supreme Court Judge Matthew J. Murphy is another fine example of why NY judges are among the best in the USA in enforcing their state’s structured settlement protection act, in his January 8, 2021 decision in Tiger Parrish, LLC v BHG Structured Settlements, Inc.et al. Index E173532/2020.
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With the same poetic genius as those ridiculous robocall scripts for social security scams (“your social security number is being suspended”), factoring intermediaries are now targeting structured settlement annuitants with equally absurd text messages proclaiming their dubious intentions.
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Good tax policy would eliminate the exemption from the excise tax on structured settlement factoring transactions, to mitigate ways that disabled people, caregiving women and poor communities of color are deprived of resources asserts Karen Czapanskiy. U. of MD School off Law in Baltimore Maryland
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The Master’s Structured Settlement Consultant (MSSC) is an advanced credential earned by qualified structured settlement consultants and settlement planners from NSSTA and the Stayer Center for Executive Education at the University of Notre Dame (currently University of Texas at Austin)
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A problem arises when greedy structured settlement factoring companies charge discount rates that exceeds the 6.5% that Berkshire Hathaway would charge under its Hardship Exchange program. If you’re using a structured settlement buyer that charges more, you’re getting ripped off