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: Structured Settlement Brokers
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Berkshire Hathaway has emerged as a leader in structured settlement annuities by proactively informing annuitants about the risks of selling their payments. Through notices and the Hardship Exchange Program, they warn against aggressive buyers and promote the benefits of structured settlements, ultimately aiming to protect clients’ interests and minimize transactions.
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Could insurance companies, including those that issue structured settlement annuities, offer more to their customers if a 16 year old revenue sapping regressive Federal tax were abolished?
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As part of its screening process A.M.Best asked for and independently validated 8 client references, people who had actually done structured settlement business with 4structures.com LLC. Furthermore, only professionals whose credentials have been verified by A.M. Best receive the BestMark.
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The thought that qualifying for an incentive trip could possibly override what is best for a client would be both unethical and unconscionable and surely not sort of conduct that the structured settlement company, its compliance department or insurance regulators intend.
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What will it take for the structured settlement industry to produce $6 billion in annual annuity premium? Not much, if you consider the following immutable facts
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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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The 6 life insurance companies no longer offer structured settlement annuities and haven’t done so for almost 2 years!
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Does taking a professional designation course sponsored by a trade association count as attending the University of Notre Dame? Apparently a structured settlement broker holds himself out in this manner, in contravention to the facts about the designation posted on his trade association’s website.