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 Transparency Initiative
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Mavis Davis, a Texas resident whose stuctured settlement was funded with an annuity from Prudential Insurance Company of America and serviced by SuttonPark. Payments are severely late. Prudential mails checks to SuttonPark but payment isn’t getting to Mavis. Certainly a lump of coal for Xmas
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Cringeworthy to see acts of omission about commission (rhyme intentional) and/or compensation of structured settlement consultants or settlement planners. I recently came across the following inaccuracy by a settlement planning firm that is just not necessary…
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John T. Bair is the Managing Member and a principal owner Crowfly, LLC a structured settlement transfer of payments originator and servicer of court approved structured settlement transfers. In addition, Milestone Consulting LLC is the registrant of the Crowfly.com domain.
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Chronovo states that “nearly three times as many structures are purchased by individuals over the age of 65 (25%) than under 25(7%). Chronovo makes no sense at all. Individuals do not buy structures, nor do they buy structured settlement annuities…
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Niagara County Supreme Court Judge Matthew J. Murphy is another fine example of why NY judges are among the best in the USA in enforcing their state’s structured settlement protection act, in his January 8, 2021 decision in Tiger Parrish, LLC v BHG Structured Settlements, Inc.et al. Index E173532/2020.
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Good tax policy would eliminate the exemption from the excise tax on structured settlement factoring transactions, to mitigate ways that disabled people, caregiving women and poor communities of color are deprived of resources asserts Karen Czapanskiy. U. of MD School off Law in Baltimore Maryland
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Investors in structured settlement receivables face unfavorable news. As of July 1, 2020, the Maryland Life and Health Insurance Guaranty Corp clarified there is no protection in cases of annuity issuer insolvency and liquidation.
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Oral Arguments in the Appeal of Ezell v Lexington Insurance Company et al. Appeal to the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit 18-2064 will be heard in Boston on March 5, 2019.
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If one is acting as a fiduciary of an investor, one is in an adversarial position to the seller. If one is acting as an agent of the seller then as an adversary, one cannot be a fiduciary of the buyer, or assignee. Structured settlement agency also originates secondary market transfers.
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Pacific Life has nearly always beat everyone on short term cash flows of up to 15 years. That’s the main reason that people use them. With interest rates as low as they were during that time frame, many people opted for shorter fixed term structures. They also introduced an innovative new product!