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: Single Claimant 468B
Single Claimant 468B is a category that includes blogs with news and commentary concerning qualified settlement funds with a single claimant that may be helpful to personal injury lawyers, claimants and other parties. 468B refeers to the section of the Internal Revenue Code, as amended, that is a foundational rule concerning QSFs.
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How a Single Claimant Qualified Settlement Fund Was Recently Used to Circumvent an Insurer’s Approved List of Structured Settlement Annuity Companies
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The claimant DOES NOT control claims dollars. Each party is free to negotiate and make offers or demands in the form they choose and each can agree or disagree to terms.
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Tthere was NO dispute about the amounts K-Mart should pay to states and the federal government; that there was NO controversy concerning the releases K-Mart would receive in exchange for payments and that there was NO dispute about the amount of (relator) Ireland’s share or his attorney’s fees.”
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Structured settlement receivables are often misleadingly marketed by promoters and settlement planners. Tax attorney Robert Wood warns against the potential misuse of Single Claimant Qualified Settlement Funds (QSFs) to defer payments for extended periods. He emphasizes the risks involved, particularly for minors or incapacitated persons, and highlights key misunderstandings regarding these financial products.
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Not all is positive about the Athene integration with Aviva USA, ALL of the Aviva sales literature, which would have had to have been filed with insurance regulators, and the CMA issued contracts expressly stated that the CMA was absolute, unconditional, present and continuing. Athene said its gone.
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Potential abuse of Qualified Settlement Funds observed by a leading settlement tax authority.
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Hindert’s commentary often engenders a narrow focus on growth of the personal injury market, but fails to recognize other products and solutions offered by NSSTA members, both within and outside of the personal injury space, both within and outside of litigation solutions,
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Be cautious about using a Qualified Settlement Fund when your settlement planner is promoting it on the basis of “full market access” to structured settlement companies. It’s the opposite when your case involves a single claimant. The limitations to your client on large cases might mean that the client is not able to meet an…
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Consolidation is normal in business markets. The company is not going out of business and will honor its commitments to existing structured settlement annuitants.It is business as usual, with the exception of the structured settlements from single claimant QSF market, which will effectively be dead.
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Chris Lordan’s blog discusses the viability of single-claimant Qualified Settlement Funds (QSFs). He cites regulatory ambiguity and a lack of industry support for these funds, urging caution due to rising costs and limited legal guidance. Despite historical acceptance, current challenges call into question their feasibility and compliance with tax regulations.