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)
- ⭐ THE 18–25 GUIDE TO STRUCTURED SETTLEMENTS
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Category: Structured Settlement Parodies, Poems & Satirical Lyrics
A satirical collection of original poems, parody‑style lyrical rewrites, and creative commentary by Structured Settlement Watchdog John Darer. This category uses humor, rhythm, and parody to illuminate the quirks, contradictions, and consumer‑impacting behaviors within the structured settlement and settlement‑factoring industries.
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Granted an annuity is safe and boring and gets its share of disrespect in the press, but if an annuity could talk might it hum something like this, to the tune of the chorus from Paparazzi by Lady Gaga?
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But then again the website includes the notation that it was “last modified 02/21/2008”. How long has it been since there were 25 life insurance companies offering structured settlement annuities?
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It’s no secret that hedge funds are behind a number of “cash now pushers”; who have exhibited similar traits of going after “low hanging fruit” of unsophisticated tort victims and tempting them to part with sstructured settlements in exchange for depreciating assets such as cars, boats and plasma TVs.
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JG Wentworth (J.G. Wentworth) is trying to clean up its image with a new website. Unfortunately they still exhibit charactertics of a zit faced teenager. Here is the title header from the code from (JG Wentworth) J.G. Wentworth’s “new” website at www.jgwentworth.com: <head><title>JG Wentworth Structured Settlements, JG Wentworth Annuity Advanced Funding – JG Wentworth Funding…
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Factoring involvement in the Society of Settlement Planners is much like the wolves being in with the lambs without the shepherd tending the flock, choreographed by “Peachtree Idol”, Deborah Benaim, might go something like this…
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I chuckle at advertisers with mismatched theme music in adverts. A mosquito? A blood-sucking insect? ‘Smells Like Teen Spirit’ smells more like a structured settlement cash now tune. “I’m worse at what I do best, And for this gift I feel blessed” could be the mantra for several factoring companies.
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My friends at Pullman Comley did a nice job of reviewing a number of significant California Court decisions: In Re Derrick Cox, Case No. 08 CECG 00847 AMS, Superior Court, Fresno County California (Calif. Super. Ct. May 27, 2008; and In Re Richard Shawn Caldwell Case No. 08 CECG 00186 AMC, Superior Court, Fresno County…
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In a developing story, I learned today that FORGE Consulting, LLC has been soliciting Ohio trial lawyers with the claim that it is the only plaintiff exclusive company in Ohio. The statement attributed to FORGE Consulting, LLC is untrue and, if used by FORGE Consulting, LLC to obtain business in Ohio at the expense of…
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Hey there Little Red Riding Hood You sure are looking good You’re everything that a big bad wolf could want. Owoooooooo! I mean baaaaaa! Baaa? The closing lyrics of Sam the Sham and Pharoahs 1966 classic gold hit "Little Red Riding Hood" provide a delicious opening for my report of JG Wentworth’s latest attempt to…