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 Profession
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Single product “structured settlement agents” are under attack in a recent diatribe. Is there really such a thing as a “single product agent”, or it just the matter of “sticking to your knitting”? Can a company that offers a single product be successful? Can it be successful in the future?
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The Chartered Special Needs Consultant Program, which culminates in a new professional designation offered by the American College, educates financial professionals so they thoroughly understand the intricate tax law, trust law and government programs that impact the care of a person with a disability.
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If a structured settlement planner is representing a plaintiff or plaintiff lawyer where the defendant’s insurer has an approved list of three structured annuity issuers should the settlement planner restrict their search to those three companies for fear of raising the client’s expectations?
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Those who choose to be centrists CAN credibly deliver a coherent benefit message as the “the bridge builders” of the structured settlement profession . Isn’t the very concept of the settlement of litigation the result of a compromise where adverse parties find common ground?
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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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Systematic structuring of attorney fees through laddering annuities and other attorney fee deferral solutions can smooth out highs and lows of interest rates, and payouts.
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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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Notably missing below is a requirement of adherence to the published NSSTA Code of Ethics. The NSSTA has a published Code of Ethics which it posts on its website.