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
- Daily Rates Are Often an Important Cost Driver of Structured Settlements
- 🔥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)
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Category: Qualified Settlement Fund
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It’s NOT simply buying a structured annuity and transferring the ownership of the annuity. The Court’s memorandum expressly states “purchased”. Neither the Defendants nor their Insurers purchase the structured settlement annuity where there is a qualified assignment. The Assignee does.
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Chris Lordan’s blog discusses the viability of single-claimant Qualified Settlement Funds (QSFs). He cites regulatory ambiguity and a lack of industry support for these funds, urging caution due to rising costs and limited legal guidance. Despite historical acceptance, current challenges call into question their feasibility and compliance with tax regulations.
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What can you use to fund a structured settlement? Can you use “recycled” structured settlements? Purportedly a Private Letter Ruling request is afoot.
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The State of New Jersey has taken the position that money in a qualified settlement fund is an available source of income and resources for New Jersey Medicaid beneficiaries.
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Qualified settlement fund “experts” who overlook how you “saddle up the horse” when you “get to the rodeo” could result in broken bones, just as it did for a plaintiff’s structured settlement planning firm
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by Structured Settlement Watchdog "Why should defendants or liability insurers ever agree to settle a personal injury case using a structured settlement?" is the question posed by Patrick Hindert in the second of a multipart series " Structured Settlement Metrics". Hindert uses a national litigation management study as a new lever to attack national account structured settlement programs…
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A plaintiff cannot compel a Defendant or its Insurer to pay settlement proceeds into a Qualified Settlement Fund involving a single plaintiff says a Florida Court Order dated June 2, 2011, despite the fact that establishment of a qualified settlement fund had already been approved by the court in a settlement with a co-Defendant
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With respect to single claimant qualified settlement funds, Keener suggests to other Primerus network defense lawyers that there is no comfort to be had by defendants and insurers in plaintiffs and their attorneys providing additional indemnification
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Which brings me to my point about the relevance of Qualified Settlement Funds and an audience of factoring companies and intermediaries. Where is the link?
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Acknowledge the value of a qualified settlement fund as a settlement planning tool when it is suitable, but avoid employing it indiscriminately based onbroker or planner solicitations, for the reasons detailed in this post.