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 Malpractice Issues
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The SMA Hub purchase order referred to the NBA as an insurance carrier. It is not. One wonders what it said on the Michael Vick purchase orders sent to investors, cash flows that too became troubled. Why are no investment regulators onto this SMA Hub nonsense?
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Offshore assignment company assumes future periodic payment obligations from qualified settlement funds (or defendants ) and funds the obligations to plaintiffs and lawyers, using a “patchwork quilt” of structured settlement receivables in lieu of structured settlements annuities.
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With respect to structured settlements for personal injury, payable to Australian nationals, the Australian tax exemption is limited to circumstances where an annuity is purchased from an Australian insurer registered under the Life Insurance Company Act of 1995, or a State Insurer
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The “Grillo Case” illustrates potential attorney fee liability for not considering structured settlements. Legal malpractice concerns arise over whether there is a duty to offer them, especially given errors in reporting on the case. The firm’s failure to implement a Special Needs Trust contributed significantly to Medicaid losses, not merely the structured settlement discussion. Legal…
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Structured settlement brokers are the obstetricians and gynecologists of the insurance field, when it comes to errors and omissions insurance coverage.
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At minimum, individuals selling their structured settlement payment rights, where a servicing arrangement will occur, must receive a written disclosure prior to signing an absolute assignment or transfer of structured payment rights, indicating paymens may be delayed.
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Structured settlements offer many valuable benefits to tort victims. But too much of any “good thing” is not necessarily a GOOD THING. Structured settlement consultants, attorneys , judges and tort victims must be aware of why there is a need for a comprehensive plan of distribution of settlement proceeds that follows a fact finding process.
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If a money manager was going to charge you 3% to manage your money in a money market fund for a few weeks or a month would you do it? If your answer is no, you might want to question the wisdom of any structured settlement broker or settlement planner who recommends going through the trouble of setting up…
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I have to say I am alarmed at the number of attorneys and even some settlement consultants that I encounter who appear to lack a fundamental understanding of structured settlement documents. The affliction appears to affect both sides of aisle. When reviewing a release where a structured settlement is an intended component, it is critical…
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Structured Settlement Brokers and Settlement Planners will likely find the going tougher in the coming months as the backlash against "cash now pushers" and "factorability crack" distributors in the structured settlement industry continues to build steam and the self inflicted structured settlement and settlement planning industry weakness is fully exploited. I hate to tell anyone…