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.
recent posts
- Daily Rates Are Often an Important Cost Driver of Structured Settlements
- 🔥Founder and Former CEO of 777 Partners, Joshua Wander, Pleads Guilty⚖️ to $500 Million Fraud Scheme — DOJ Confirms Double‑Pledging, Misappropriation of Structured‑Settlement Funds, and Falsified Bank Statements
- The Steering Problem Needs a Wake‑Up Call
- Companies Still Using the Incorrect Term “Secondary Market Annuity”
- Canonical: Non‑Qualified Assignment (NQA)
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Category: Settlement Planning Issues
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Court record sniffing structured settlement buyers can obtain information about any structured settlement that has required court approval and has not been filed under seal. They can then hound you with unsolicited phone calls? How can you stop this?
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For those that plan ahead, long term care solutions are available that help to maintain dignity, permits claimants and their families to make choices , helps to protect Savings, Retirement, Lifestyle, Longevity of Unpaid Caregivers (which are often family and friends) and Helps Keep Families Together.
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A history of breast cancer diagnosis is not an automatic decline for life insurance.
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CMS published a 2025 update to its “How To”:how to reference guide on Workers Compensation Medicare Set Aside Arrangements. Almost everything you need to know all in one place! CMS published an updated to its Workers Compensation MSA Self Adminstartion Tool Kit in August 2024
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The Society of Settlement Planners enters its second decade with a return to its roots as a professional fraternity. This welcome change has been underway for several years and in my opinion, it is good for the business. John Darer interviews Charly Schell, current President of SSP.
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Use of a structured settlement created outside a Special Needs Trust feeding payments into the SNT, is helpful as a tax-free volatility buffer. Compare the potential outcome of a comparable amount invested to the cost of the structured settlement (by the trustee of the SNT) in a permissible taxable investment.
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Securant Bank has agreed to sell its Settlement Trust Group to Midland States Bank based out of Effingham Illinois.
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Long term care stats may surprise you if you are under age 65. Long term care is not just your parents’ or grandparents’ issue. It’s yours. Calculate LTC costs in your area.
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Should large cash settlement payments be given to young adults? This blog post is a shout out to parents, judges, lawyers, lawmakers and a certain Surrogate in Kings County New York City.
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Beneficiary lawsuit against annuity issuer and guarantor, qualified assignee and structured settlement brokerage and others in NJ District Court over payments allegedly due the payees and contingent beneficiary from a structured settlement set up in 2002 to resolve a workers compensation case.