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: Secondary Market For Structured Settlement Payment Rights
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Acquired structured settlement payment rights are not snnuities or insurance products.While insurance insolvencies are rare, they do happen. Investors are exposed when they invest in such receivables. I doubt that many of them are aware of this exposure.
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While such occurrences are rare, Colorado investors in other people’s structured settlement payments should know, before they invest, about the potentially devastating consequences to their investment in the event an insolvency or liquidation occurs. Read more about Colorado HB 23-1303 signed into law.
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SC Structured Settlement Protection Act | Following a multipart expose of structured settlement annuitants being exploited by structured settlement factoring companies a bill has been introduced in the South Carolina Senate seeking to amend Section 15-50-25 of the South Carolina Code of Laws
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Sell Any Annuity claims to have 75+ years of experience in a display of dogged factoring slobber. If that were true, that would mean that Sell Any Annuity was established in 1947, Newer companies attempt to beef up their resume with a “Years of Experience Scam”. Here’s how it works,
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Accurate data about structured settlement factoring would be uselful for legislators to understand how big the problem is. Is it small or is it something that sticks out? What we have is a 20 percentage point swing. So what is the truth?
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Requiring structured settlement transfer petitions to be heard in the same court where the Structured Settlement was established makes sense as does mandating Independent Professional Advice and/or Neutral Guardians in South Carolina, and should not be limited to attorneys checking a box..
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All (structured settlement factoring) matters related to S.C. Code Ann. § 15-50-40 (2005) shall not be referred to Masters-In-Equity or special referees until further order of Chief Justice. Pending orders referring these matters to Masters-In-Equity or special referees are hereby vacated.
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Structured Settlement Watchdog critiques 123 Lump Sum, a structured settlement factoring company, for incorrectly stating that a defendant in a civil suit is guilty rather than liable. The company, which seeks to buy structured settlement payment rights for less, is criticized for misleading consumers about the nature of structured settlements.
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A nationwide class action lawsuit certified against Symetra Life Insurance and Symetra Assigned Benefits Service Company (“SABSCO”) alleges Symetra and its affiliate violated RICO, the WA Consumer Protection Act, civil conspiracy, unjust enrichment, and their contractual rights.
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A 1035 Exchange is not permitted into or out of an SMA. The term Secondary Market Annuity is a misleading label, often used by sellers of structured settlement payment rights as a marketing tactic to attract investors in acquired structured settlement receivables. It is not an annuity.