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 Industry News
Structured Settlement Industry News features blogs and new stories about goings on within the structured settlement industry
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In 2013 Hindert considered that a pitfall occurs if settlement documents include anti-assignment clauses, which do not specifically reference and permit transfers pursuant to IRC 5891 and state structured settlement protection statutes”.The losing cause in Cordero had just that.
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The post critiques the marketing tactics surrounding Bobby Bonilla Day, questioning whether Bonilla’s contract constitutes an annuity or unfunded deferred compensation. It highlights the insensitivity of linking Bonilla’s deal to Ponzi scheme victims and emphasizes the need to reconsider the narrative surrounding Bonilla’s financial arrangement.
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The 11th Circuit of the US Court of Appeals has pulled the plug on Lujerio Cordero’s Serial Structured Settlement Factoring Case, following the majority opinion in the NY Court of Appeals in April 2023..11th Circuit notes that Cordero DID NOT sue the Structured Settlement Factoring Companies
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Cordero’s 30 year perioid certain has 360 monthly payments, full stop,.Period certain structured settlement annuities require no medical underwriting. Pricing of a period certain annuity is unaffected by medical information. There are no medical questions on a structured settlement annuity application.
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“This is a much needed step to ensure that our most vulnerable South Carolinians are no longer preyed upon by unscrupulous flim-flam artists,” South Carolina governor Henry McMaster said upon signing the upgraded structured settlement protection bill into law on May 16, 2023.
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Based on the New York Court of Appeals’ reformulation of the question, it concluded that such allegations do not state a cognizable cause of action for breach of the implied covenant. Plaintiffs failed to sue the unlicensed and under regulated structured settlement factoring companies.
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MetLIfe issues structured settlement annuities via Metropolitan Tower LIfe Insurance Company and Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, and structured judgment annuities thorugh Metropolitan Life insurance Company and a leader in both qualified and non qualified structured settlement annuities
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Amended Section 2111.18 of Ohio Revised Statute, shields information about an Ohio minor’s settlement from 3rd parties, such as structured settlement factoring companies, trawling court dockets looking to exploit a minor once they reach the age of majority,.for pennies on the dollar.
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Pacific Life and Prudential, Leading insurers that issue structured settlement annuities, have been named among the World’s Most Ethical Companies for 2023. For Pacific Life it is recognized for the 6th time, while for Prudential it is for the 9th time. Both have been in business since the 19th Century.