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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Members of the industry, NSSTA and the Univ. of Notre Dame have expressed concerns regarding the way CSSC designations are listed on bios of structured settlement brokers. Notre Dame does not have a CSSC program. The CSSC designation is offered by NSSTA in cooperation with the Notre Dame’s Executive Education Department.
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” According to the narrative, the broker said the payees of the settlement were American citizens and the payor was an “unnamed foreign terrorist organization” backed by an unfriendly foreign government.
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Structured settlements New Paradigm Dawns on Industry Oligarchs The following are additional excerpts from from an email between two New York area structured settlement brokers. The identity of the parties is not important, the content is. “…you will never convince me that there is a need for plaintiff’s brokers. I worked in this business too…
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I received a call for a second opinion today and what I learned made it patently obvious that the plaintiff attorney’s chosen structured settlement broker was looking out for an interest other than the party that he represents. And that’s only for starters.
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The new website of John Bat’s Plaintiff Settlement Solutions Incorporated (“PSSI”, pronounced “Pissy”) is NOT one of “life’s moments that takes our breath away”. As Will Smith might have paraphrased back in the day, time to start “gettin’ pissy with it”
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There is no question of the value to a plaintiff or plaintiff attorney retaining their own structured settlement planner or settlement consultant. What is in question are the allegations used by certain structured settlement planners to trial lawyers, to get their business.
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Minimal effort is required to move from mischaracterization, or misrepresentation, to more truthful representation of the credential that is within the guidelines of the organization that confers the designation. This author encourages companoes large and small to institute a global audit of its associates and change the bios on their website. One large firm, Millennium…
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‘ll let the readers chew over all the evidence laid out against the NSSTA CSSC credential inflators and decide if it’s a case of creative exaggeration, outright fabrication, or something even shadier.
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4structures.com offers a comprehensive list of customer service numbers for structured settlement annuity issuers, including those no longer active. The resource aids individuals with structured settlements in managing changes, checking payment statuses, and obtaining assistance. Additionally, it highlights potential issues with servicing agreements involving factoring companies and other helpful tips.
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Doing his job to "help elevate the profession" a New York based settlement planner having been duly sworn and deposed recently said: " A traditional structured settlement is the only mechanism that prevents a minor from cashing in on the entire settlement upon reaching age of majority" according to the sworn Structured Broker's Affidavit obtained…