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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Category: Really “Fupped Duck”
Really “Fupped Duck” is the label for structured‑settlement misinformation that has reached full exasperation levels — the kind of nonsense so tangled, so avoidable, and so absurd that the only sane response is to laugh while nudging the needle back toward Accurate.
Everyone knows what we’re trying to say:
this is the Structured Settlement Watchdog alert zone — where we break down what’s wrong, explain what it should say, and let readers enjoy a good laugh in the process.
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SettlementDecisions claims to have identified all actively licensed structured settlement buyers in the U.S., asserting rankings and comparisons. However, no state licenses such buyers; instead, they require registration, which is not equivalent to licensing. The claims rest on fictitious credentials and a self-referential validation loop, misleading consumers about industry standards.
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Plummer shows a lack of understanding of how structured settlements are established and relevant structured settlement history, earning the Canard of the Week honor. Canard of the week is where we critique structured settlement information that is really ” fupped duck”
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Annuity.org just doesn’t care. Annuity.org claims standards belied by their work, which is consistently poor and unreliable to structured settlement consumers. Annuity.org has proven over the years an innate ability to churn out alot of inaccurate content, replete with poor interpretation of cited sources.
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Christy Bieber JD and her Reviewer Mike Cetera win the Canard of the Week for this recently discovered “Fupped Duck” published in Forbes Advisor
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SF Weekly claims to be “San Francisco’s smartest publication. They claim to “take journalism seriously”. Where does taking in money from paid sponsors, enabling them to unload more crap than on the streets of San Francisco, intersect with “serious journalism”?