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 Markets
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Private credit has surged into a multi-trillion-dollar market, with insurers heavily involved, raising concerns about their investment stability. Key risks include liquidity issues and valuation challenges linked to opaque assets. The implications for structured-settlement payments necessitate vigilance from annuitants and investors regarding their insurer’s financial health and asset exposure.
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Weiss insurance ratings outperformed 3 to 1.” United States Government Accountability Office (GAO). What is a Weiss Rating?
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Pacific Life & Annuity Services, Inc., is the qualified assignment company for all Pacific Life branded structured settlements and include underwriting companies Pacific Life Insurance Company in all states but New York and Pacific LIfe & Annuity company for all claims with touch points to New York.
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Qualified assignments only became available for workers compensation cases filed AFTER August 5, 1997. An outstanding workers compensation liability can also be settled using a reinsurance solution if the employer is insured.
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Metropolitan Tower Life Insurance Company became the primary underwriting company for MetLife structured settlement annuities. Metropolitan Tower Life was the successor-in-interest to Metropolitan Insurance and Annuity Company (“MIAC)”, the qualified assignment company used by MetLife structured settlements until December 1, 2004.
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Digital copies of structured settlement documents stored on a computer may be useless and inaccessible, if the beneficiary cannot get into a computer, smartphone, or cloud account, after accounts are frozen at the notice of death and/or passwords cannot be found.
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The life insurance companies that issue structured settlement annuities or periodic payment reinsurance are perennially among the world’s largest and most admired corporations.
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Would you feel safer receiving structured settlement tax-free income from the likes of Berkshire Hathaway, USAA, New York Life, Pacific Life, MetLife, Prudential, United of Omaha or a municipal bond from San Bernardino or Detroit in today’s market?