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 Practice for Judges
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What are the ramifications in a New York CPLR Article 50-A or 50-B structured judgment if the annuity issuer and/or insurer goes “belly up”?
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The Office of General Counsel of the New York State Insurance Department issued an opinion on December 12, 2007 which states that New York insurance brokers are not legally required to disclose to clients the commissions they earn on policies they place
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Where “Howdy Partner” is “Howdy Doody”.The term “Partner”, often thrown around casually today, carries a legal connotation that might suggest or imply something about the structured settlement broker’s relationship with a company that isn’t legally accurate.
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Many plaintiff advocates “foam at the mouth” on the subject of “full market access” (appointment or access to the most structured settlement annuity issuers). Why not on the subject of general creditor or secured creditor?
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Some settlement professionals have purportedly advised attorneys and their clients to introduce a "slight of hand" variant to settlement proceedings that could end up having the marginal utility of running into a swinging sledge hammer. ******* Should you follow the cookie cutter advice of settlement planning professionals who suggest that you take the defendant's or…
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The following companies are the primary writers of structured settlement annuities for New York cases. Allstate Life Insurance Company of New York Aviva Life and Annuity Company of New York (name change due to merger 12/31/2007) American International Life Assurance Company of New York Hartford Life Insurance Company John Hancock Life Insurance Company Liberty…