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
- Daily Rates Are Often an Important Cost Driver of Structured Settlements
- 🔥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 Industry News
Structured Settlement Industry News features blogs and new stories about goings on within the structured settlement industry
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Lisa Sterner, a former structured settlement annuity payout specialist and , since 2016, convicted Class 1 felon, embezzled almost $600,000 from Allstate Insurance Company before she was nabbed and sentenced to 4 years in prison for her crimes. What a pity!
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The GE Capital Corporate guarantee,delivered with each structured settlement, expressly states that “the obligations of the guarantor will not be affected, impaired or discharged, in whole or in part, by any circumstances which might otherwise constitute a legal or equitable discharge or release of a guarantor.
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Under recent tax reform, the story on entertainment expenses can be boiled down to a simple catch phrase, ” The Party’s Over”.
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The fact that “settlement planners” are using the term “structured settlement planning”, separate and distinct from “settlement planning” is recognition of the specialized knowledge and skill in planning with structured settlements. A structured settlement is a core settlement planning tool. FACT.
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If a beneficiary is named, the beneficiary needs to file a claim with the structured annuity issuer, or its successor. There is no need to apply the will, in such cases or to go through probate, a process that could take a year or longer.
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To support his overly broad, overly generalized, flawed conclusion, which I will dub The Phenomenon of ” Undisclosed Lavish Trip Creep”, Wolff-Mann relies on what amounts to jack, one company that has a leaders conference attended by 30, a large number of whom represent injury victims.
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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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2017 was quite a year, punctuated by the tax reform bill which leaves fundamental structured settlement tax rules intact. Here’s a digest of the 2017 Year in Review, including game changing news resulting from outrageous conduct in the structured settlement secondary and tertiary market.
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If you have Hartford Life Structured Settlement it likely owned by Hartford CEBSCO. Annuity Issuer is Hartford Life Insurance Company. Obligations of Hartford CEBSCO are guaranteed by Hartford Life,Ins Co and Hartford Life, Inc. Both companies are part of the Talcott Resolution deal.
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It’s an investment not only in your business but in the settlement industry and in people. Most in the industry consider our work to be noble, so consider it a form of “noblesse oblige”. A few pro bono good deeds for annuitants each week can help change the narrative.