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: Queens Structured Settlements
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The New York General Obligations Law 1705(e) creates an obligation on the part of the defendant or the defendant’s attorney to make:”a statement that the claimant is advised to obtain independent professional advice relating to the legal, tax and financial implications of the settlement, including any adverse consequences and that the defendant or defendant’s legal…
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The gist of New York Appellate Division’s 2001 decision in Lyons v MMIA, was that contractual privity exists in a settlement, and intentional or negligent misrepresentation of the structured settlement annuity’s cost by the defense constitutes fraud”
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Don’t kill the client’s ability to do a structured settlement. Avoid torching all your hard work after a long day of settlement negotiations at mediation by blowing it on flawed “cookie cutter” settlement documentation! Be mindful of the constructive receipt doctrine
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Structured Settlement Ethics | Why Structured Settlement Affidavit Matters
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Claim that in a case in Queens New York Supreme, where the plaintiff sued his attorney, his attorney brought in “his” structured settlement broker into the suit, and the first thing the Court did was to let the plaintiff broker out of the suit because he was not paid by the plaintiff to represent him..
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Prismic Life Re will assume a $10B block of Prudential’s structured settlement annuity contracts if approved by regulators. Prudential’s obligations to the holders of the annuities will remain unchanged following the reinsurance arrangement and Prudential will continue to administer the contracts.
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Both adults and children must learn to recognize when they may be concentrating on short-term wishes at the expense of long-term needs. In addition, adults who feel that they are deficient in the financial literacy department have a wealth of resources available to them.
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At a time when structured settlement factoring companies appear to be open to being licensed, it’s interesting to see that New York prioritizes small businesses over individuals (many of them disabled and minorities who are exposed to predatory practices that in one case cost a man from Long Island in excess of $1.4 million dollars)
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Customized steady tax free income. You can even plan to go South every winter with structured settlement payments to pay for it.