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 Standard
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John Darer® of 4structures.com LLC, is one of only two structured settlement and settlement planning experts to earn the CeFT® in the United States. Certified Financial Transitionist ups the game for settlement advisers with an adaptive business model that focuses on the personal side of money
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While a believer in comprehensive settlement planning, I think that my settlement industry colleagues must be mindful of pushing a figurative “casino buffet” when all someone wants or needs is a 2lb New York slice. Be mindful that when someone is in transition the overwhelm wire can be tripped easily.
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The settlement planning space I operate in is at the intersection of multiple dynamic overlapping disciplines as part of a much larger dynamic financial services industry. This necessitates not only an incredible foundation level of knowledge but the need to stay current, to keep the pace.
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The Master’s Structured Settlement Consultant (MSSC) is an advanced credential earned by qualified structured settlement consultants and settlement planners from NSSTA and the Stayer Center for Executive Education at the University of Notre Dame (currently University of Texas at Austin)
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Potential abuse of Qualified Settlement Funds observed by a leading settlement tax authority.
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The Chartered Special Needs Consultant™ provides financial professionals with the technical, collaborative, and quantitative skills necessary to help clients with special needs and designed to provide people with disabilities and other special needs with a more competent advisor
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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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Where is it appropriate to draw the line on secondary market advertising of statutory protection, with or without disclaimers, before it becomes a moral hazard?
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Ethical stress points that arise at the intersection of the structured settlement primary, secondary and tertiary markets and serve as a foundation for a debate on ethics and the creation or enhancement of industry standards for transparency, for the greater good.