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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- 🔥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)
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Category: Structured Settlement History
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When you consider in 24 years, that some of the people who sold the “Structured Settlement Trust are retired or even deceased, it is fortunate that there was one seasoned veteran on a list serve who was spot on with the answer that it was Allstate’s version of the treasury funded structured settlement.
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Someday the acquisition by Athene of Aviva USA, including Aviva’s structured settlement book, will make a good business school or law school case study. How did it go wrong and how should they have done things ? Let me count the ways.
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Looks like there will be a positive resolution to the Aviva CMA debacle.
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It’s notable that the annuity agent on the Shaw case was Merrill Lynch Settlement Services, Inc. which appears to have utilized a cheap annuity from Executive Life, ignoring some unavoidable facts, apparently including Merrill Lynch internal guidelines.
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My forebearers and yours would likely have seen this New York Life Insurance Company advertisement that still holds true today, 171 years from New York Life was founded. Safety security and guarantees are top of the list for why people do structured settlements today.
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Upon the completion of the transaction, Genworth will be a standalone subsidiary of China Oceanwide and Genworth’s senior management team will continue to lead the business from its current headquarters in Richmond, Virginia. Genworth intends to maintain its existing portfolio of businesses,
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Executive Life Insurance Company of New York structured settlements were also placed by plaintiff structured settlement advisors, including one, who at one time was one of the the largest contributors to AAJ, then known as the Association of Trial Lawyers of America.
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Proctor’s sense of urgency and act of “clairvoyance” proved to be unfounded and interest rates actually declined, in some cases massively. Inflation was low. Lower interest rates mean a higher present value for your structured settlement payments.
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Disgruntled Dick Risk looks foolish for his hemispheric portrayal of the structured settlement industry as Rocky “getting pummeled”. As a fighter, Rocky kept getting up after gettng down. Never gave up. It merely demonstrates that Dick Risk may have hoisted on his own petard..
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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