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: Rochester Structured Settlements
Rochester Structured Settlements features commentary by structured settlement expert John Darer that may be of interest to injured persons, guardians, consumers, lawyers, businesses in Rochester NY and Monroe County with or involved with personal injury, medical malpractice or wrongful death claims
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Losinger is Winner as Former Partner of Dead Proctor & Gamble Employee Inherits $1M Plus 37 Years After Split. Rolison Knew That He Needed to Check and Change Beneficiary Numerous Times But Simply Failed to Do So”
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Top 4 Life Insurance Companies by Structured Settlement Annuity Premium for August 2024. Industrywide structured settlement annuity premium to fund structured settlement payment obligations has increased at a 7.5% clip in both July 2024 and August 2024. Best months in history!
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John Darer reviews the Certified Structured Settlement Consultant (CSSC) designation, earned by completing a program by the National Structured Settlements Trade Association and the University of Texas at Austin. The CSSC program, established in 1994, requires 60+ hours of study, work experience, and passing an exam, ensuring expertise in structured settlements.
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Whether structured settlement payments have to be Equal (or Substantially Equal) depends on the Nature of Claim and the Settlement Planning Solution being used. Read about IRC 72(u), where it applies, and the exceptions to the non natural person rule. John Darer Reviews
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While the terms “guaranteed” and “certain” are often used synonymously by those holding an insurance license, including some settlement planners and structured settlement brokers and even lawyers, such use is inaccurate and can lead to misinterpretation and/or misunderstanding by Payees.
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Structured Settlement Industry production figures have been released and it’s looking to be a record year, again!
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Ways to Use Structured Settlements in Settlement Planning 2024
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The key take away is that it is the damages that are tax exempt. With a properly established structured settlement, that starts with an obligation to make future periodic payments as damages on account of personal physical injury, An annuity commonly funds the periodic payment obligation.
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John Darer reviews what’s behind industry growth which saw March 2024 premium production at $774 million. Q1 2024 industry production was $2.273 BILLION, a new quarterly record that follows the structured settlement Industry’s $8.68B Record Year in 2023.
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John Darer, is a structured settlements expert who has written a number of blogs concerning structured settlement commutation riders. Here John Darer reviews a claim by Annuity.ORG, an organization that shills for CBC Settlement Funding of Conshohocken, PA, about commutation riders..