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 Factoring News
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All (structured settlement factoring) matters related to S.C. Code Ann. § 15-50-40 (2005) shall not be referred to Masters-In-Equity or special referees until further order of Chief Justice. Pending orders referring these matters to Masters-In-Equity or special referees are hereby vacated.
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The structured settlement transfers involving the Badger children, representing a return of about 7 cents on the dollar, were among the most lopsided South Carolina factoring deals reviewed by McClatchy, which compiled complete data for more than 1,400 structured settlement transfers.
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I guess crows don’t like to be “pigeonholed”. Can CrowFly, a Buffalo company that has no licenses be considered a financial institution? CrowFly LLC advertises on Google My Business that it is a Financial Institution. Is CrowFly LLC a financial institution, fintech platform, an exchange?
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Why doesn’t JG Wentworth Get Full Credit? 1. A structured settlement IS NOT an annuity 2. According to IRC 5891, the section of the Internal Revenue Code that is the “Mack Daddy”at the core of the stuctured settlement factoring business, JG Wentworth’s business: it is an arrangement.
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The Pottawatomie Oklahoma District Court found that the Genex Capital Receivable Purchase Agreements lacked any restriction on the POWER of the retired school teacher to assign the structured settlement receivables.
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Structured Settlement Watchdog critiques 123 Lump Sum, a structured settlement factoring company, for incorrectly stating that a defendant in a civil suit is guilty rather than liable. The company, which seeks to buy structured settlement payment rights for less, is criticized for misleading consumers about the nature of structured settlements.
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I thought I’d lend a helping hand to Van Nuys California attorney Eugene Ahtirski, who provides advice concerning structured settlement transfers and now holds himself out as a Structured Settlement “Epxspert”. It’s jungle out there!
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The annuity that funds the structured settlment is not owned by the payee, it is owned by the qualified assignment company. In a structured settlement transfer, the annuity does not get transferred or purchased. What is bought and sold is the structured settlement payment rights
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Rising interest rates hurt structured settlement factoring originators like CrowFly. They cannot afford to get the pricing wrong on the originatons, because if interest rates move up and they’ve priced too low, they may not be able to move the paper to investors.
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A nationwide class action lawsuit certified against Symetra Life Insurance and Symetra Assigned Benefits Service Company (“SABSCO”) alleges Symetra and its affiliate violated RICO, the WA Consumer Protection Act, civil conspiracy, unjust enrichment, and their contractual rights.