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: Seattle Structured Settlements
Seattle Structured Settlements includes blogs, news and commentary related to structured settlements and settlement planning that may be of interest to personal injury and medical malpractice lawyers in Miami Seattle and King County, or residents of King County that may be involved in lawsuits for personal injury, wrongful death, medical malpractice and seeking Structured Settlement planning advice and information from an experienced fluent structured settlements and settlement planning subject matter expert.
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The words “certain” and “guaranteed” are terms used in settlement documents to describe payment obligations in a settlement agreement and in structured settlement annuities and other income annuities. Both are often used in a way that suggests the terms are synonymous, but are they?
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Structured Settlement annuities may not be sold. However the rights or receive structured settlement payments can be sold, an important distinction..
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The Stibb’s case is the latest in a series of legal challenges to validity of transfer orders with open cases in Maryland, Virginia, Florida with others percolating around the country that seek to restore payments to structured settlement annuitants.
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The True Vision Funding attempt to “Pepe Le Pew’ Kyle Stibb for 85% of his structured settlement payments ended in failure and an order to pay the legal fees and costs of Symetra and its qualified assignee SABSCO, as provided for under Washington ‘s Structured Settlement Protection Act.
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Washington law is particularly severe when it comes to the unlicensed insurance sales. Under WA insurance law, anyone who knowingly sells, solicits, or negotiates insurance without a state license can be punished with a prison sentence of up to 10 years, as well as a civil penalty of up to $25,000 for each violation
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If you have a structured settlement you should absolutely not sell your structured settlement payments or any portion of them to lend money to anyone because you get hit on both ends.
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No such thing as a structured annuity settlement. A structured annuity, also known as a structured settlement annuity when used as a qualified funding asset, is one way to fund a structured settlement.
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EPS Settlements motion to dismiss the class action lawsuit against them is one of the greatest living and breathing reasons why a plaintiff should seek their own independent settlement adviser.
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Crises, real or imagined, leave structured settlement annuitants vulnerable to opportunists. In 2010, Genex Capital attempted to induce an “interest rate panic” among structured settlement annuitants. In ” Selling Your Structured Settlement Is About To Get More Expensive” Genex made what has turned out to be a spectacular wolf call: