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 Planning and Inflation
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There are a variety of ways to deal with future medicals in personal injury cases. Regardless of the approach used., it is critical to address the issue to mitigate erosion of settlement proceeds.
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The new website of John Bat’s Plaintiff Settlement Solutions Incorporated (“PSSI”, pronounced “Pissy”) is NOT one of “life’s moments that takes our breath away”. As Will Smith might have paraphrased back in the day, time to start “gettin’ pissy with it”
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Securing sufficient funds for retirement is among the top five concerns for the most affluent individuals, with 71% prioritizing this goal. Insurance settlements may elevate many recipients into the “mass affluent” category.
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I was prompted to read Tacker LeCarpentier’s February 16, 2009 article on Sound Diversified Settlement Planning in the North Carolina Lawyers Weekly after the NSSTA posted a link with “belated kudos” on its website, describing the piece as “perceptive.” However, upon reading it, I was left with considerable doubt as to whether the person who…
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The New York Post reports that junk bond bets have soared to their best comeback since the 1980s Year over year returns for May were purportedly 25.4%, citing at Bank of America Merrill Lynch report. The Post alleges that analysts say "risks of distressed debt may not be as scary as expected because some of…
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When calculating the cost of such solution one must be cognizant of the cost of medical insurance increases. Moreover, be aware that these are just increases in premiums and do not reflect the deductibles, co-pays and co-insurance that may apply. Those must be factored in as well.
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Bloomberg reports that Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia President Charles Plosser said prices may rise 2.5 percent in 2011, a rate well above central bankers’ preferred range, and cautioned against complacency on inflation. “The economy may be at greater risk of inflation than the conventional wisdom indicates,” Plosser said in a speech yesterday in New…