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.
recent posts
- 🔥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 Watchdog®
John Darer’s popular watchdog commentary is an effective counter measure to misinformation, whether the misinfornation has been generated thrirough intention or ignorance and also calls out and highlights unethical practices in the structured settlement secondary market and provides valuable insights for attorneys, plaintiffs, defendants, claims adjusters, judges, investigative reporters, buyers and sellers of structured settlement receivables, lawmakers, law enforcement, attorneys general, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), the FTC, consumer and disability advocates, and others.
The content is impactful, engaging, and widely regarded, with over 1.5 million page views. on Structured Settlements 4Real alone. On October 1, 2025, The Structured Settlements 4Real blog recently transitioned from the Typepad platform to WordPress after 20 years.
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Refactored Structured Settlements is used by some to unartfully describe investments in transferred structured settlement payment rights from other people’s structured settlements, when used as an alternative investment vehicle to a settling plaintiff.
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Structured Settlement Watchdog John Darer has documented unfair, deceptive and abusive factoring acts and/or practices for almost 20 years. Now the NSSTA has created the Fair Factoring Fund. What will The Fair Factoring Fund do? What Will the Funds Raised by the Fair Factoring Fund be used for?
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Why does MJ Settlements resort to misleading tactics to make money? MJ falsely advertises structured settlement receivables as annuities on LinkedIn. What is promoted to investors doesn’t meet the criteria for an annuity under state law. Return on investment “Total Returns” is also misrepresented.
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Structured settlement annuity company. Regardless of whether an individual identifies as an agent, broker, settlement planner, financial planner, structure yogi, or “la vache qui rit” an insurance license is required to place structured settlement annuities.
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A Symetra rep that contacted a structured settlement annuitant had the title of “Sales Specialist” really says it all, doesn’t it? Not “Customer Service” or “Customer Care,” but “Sales Specialist”! And the cherry on top? The letter was sent years before the lawsuit even made its debut. Classic.
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All of the life insurance companies named in the 2025 Wards 50 Life & Health benchmarking list that issue structured settlement annuities have been been in the insurance business since the 19th Century! It is important to consider information from a variety of credible and trustworthy sources
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Ranking of Structured Settlement Annuity Companies in the Insurance Subsection of 2025 Newsweek/Statista America’s Most Trustworthy Companies Poll
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Personal Injury Law Gurus’ penchant for quantity over quality, awkward headers, overuse of the same 4-5 stock photos, and computer-generated narrators as convincing as a mule in an orchestra, they dive headfirst into a comedy of errors right from the start. The bowl is overflowing with content chaos.
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These so-called “unique” MJ Settlements opportunities are supposedly “carefully vetted” and offered on a first-come, first-served basis. But honestly, how “carefully vetted” can they be if they can’t even manage to get the issuers’ names correct? Let’s examine why our baloney detector is going bonkers.
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Glenrock’s alleged failure to fully comply with a Wyoming Public Records Actrequest, involving the improper invocation of attorney-client privilege and work product doctrine to withhold documents pertaining to Glenrock’s dealings with Flatirons Bank and the Flatirons “Justice Escrow” QSF.