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 Law
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Payees have sued the USA over ELNY shortfalls and failed. The United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in Langkamp case focuses on the settlement agreement. The USA’s commitment was inherent in the language of the agreement, the opinion by Judge Haldane Robert Mayer said.
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by John Darer® CLU ChFC MSSC RSP CLTC “This really is a consumer protection issue,” said Minnesota Rep. Debra Hilstrom, DFL-Brooklyn Center. addressing an amendment to the Minnesota Structured Settlement Protection Act that goes into effect August 1, 2014. “This is to make sure everyone knows and understands the consequences of these sales, and so a…
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Does Prohibition of Advertising Statutory Protection Under Insurance Law Apply to Receivables in NH?
Can a licensed insurance producer legally call stuctured settlement receivables a structured settlement annuity when it isn’t, or legally discuss statutory protections prohibited from being discussed under statute with a consumer while soliciting the consumer for the receivables (“annuity”}?
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Structured settlement agreement language which says “Defendant or its Insurer will arrange for the purchase of an annuity” is a potentially fatal mistake. But why is it a fatal mistake?
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New York State General Obligations Law 5-1702 places a burden on defense lawyers, defendants, insurance adjusters having New York adjudicated casesthem or their client to make certain written disclosures when a structured settlement is negotiated.
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An asset/liability mismatch caused by adverse taxation of annuities owned by non natural persons highlights one of the reasons why defendants and insurers and their settlement consultants must be certain that a qualified assignment meets each of the requirements of IRC 130(c)
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A Florida appellate court has reversed a decision by Circuit Court of Volusia County where the trial judge did not approve a structured settlement “annuity for the benefit of a minor child” to be paid over 27 years. Hancock v Share, 5D10-2069, 777 So. 2d 1125 (Fla. 4th DCA 2001)
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Can you structure damages paid for pre-death pain and suffering or other elements of damages originating PRIOR to the decedent’s death? Can a decedent’s heirs avoid these elements of damages by simply allocating 100% to wrongful death?
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The National Structured Settlements Trade Association, the trade association of the structuredsettlement industry primary market, has announced that it strongly opposes A3786 and S4306, a bill whose motivation to enhance the New York Structured Settlement Protection Act appears to target three key areas: Making sure that plaintiffs and plaintiff attorneys are aware that they can have their own representation…