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
- 🔥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)
- ⭐ THE 18–25 GUIDE TO STRUCTURED SETTLEMENTS
about
Category: Single Claimant QSF
A Single Claimant QSF is a Qualfied settlement Funding with a single claimant.
-
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.
-
Offshore assignment company assumes future periodic payment obligations from qualified settlement funds (or defendants ) and funds the obligations to plaintiffs and lawyers, using a “patchwork quilt” of structured settlement receivables in lieu of structured settlements annuities.
-
Potential abuse of Qualified Settlement Funds observed by a leading settlement tax authority.
-
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,
-
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…
-
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.
-
The National Underwriter posting on structured settlement reform reveals that while quite a lot of research was done, some of it is downright shambolic. Figuratively speaking, there seems to have been an over judicious imbibing of Patrick Hindert’s “Kool Aid”.
-
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.
-
A plaintiff cannot compel a Defendant or its Insurer to pay settlement proceeds into a Qualified Settlement Fund involving a single plaintiff says a Florida Court Order dated June 2, 2011, despite the fact that establishment of a qualified settlement fund had already been approved by the court in a settlement with a co-Defendant
-
Can you structure damages paid for pre-death pain and suffering or other elements of damages originating PRIOR to the decedent’s death? Can a decedent’s heirs avoid these elements of damages by simply allocating 100% to wrongful death?