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: Settlement Planner Credentials
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Structured Settlement Watchdog believes that a higher level of financial literacy within the structured settlement and settlement planning industry elevates the level of the profession in excoriating misinformation churned out by an industry participant.
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The RSP Board seems to be running a bit of a “one-company circus” with 62.5% of its members from the same team. Diversity isn’t just a buzzword—it’s the secret sauce for credibility and growth! Right now, it feels less like a board and more like a company picnic.
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Several settlement industry colleagues boast about membership in the National Association of Life Underwriters (NALU) on their CVs. The thing is, NALU hasn’t existed for over a decade—talk about clinging to the past. It was rebranded as the National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors.
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http://serve.a-widget.com/service/getWidgetSwf.kickAction What is Settlement Planning and Settlement Consulting?
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Minimal effort is required to move from mischaracterization, or misrepresentation, to more truthful representation of the credential that is within the guidelines of the organization that confers the designation. This author encourages companoes large and small to institute a global audit of its associates and change the bios on their website. One large firm, Millennium…
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Oregon law seems to eliminates the legal use of the CSSC designation. See.Section 836-080-0160 of Trade Practice rules from the Insurance Division of the State of Oregon Department of Consumer and Business Services entitled “Use of Certifications or Professional Designations by Insurance Producers”
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In a long awaited response to member concerns expressed in persistent communications stretching over several years, the National Structured Settlements Trade Association (NSSTA) posted a web page about “Promoting the CSSC”, a settlement industry professional certification program that it administers. Response to Unfortunate Credential Puffery The page came about after conversations between officials at the University of…
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If using the University of Notre Dame in advertising your credentials in a way that omits “in conjunction with the NSSTA” and suggests that you did more than attend a 4 day non degree course then you might wish to sit up and take this more seriously than you previously have. The chains are moving.
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John Darer reviews the Registered Settlement Planner professional designation in the May 25, 2009 Connecticut Law Tribune and introduces Connecticut’s legal community to an elevated standard of practice for settlement planners..