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
- Daily Rates Are Often an Important Cost Driver of Structured Settlements
- 🔥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)
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Category: Structured Settlements and Politics
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Personal injury victims often face pressure after settlements, feeling overwhelmed by financial demands from others. Collaborating with a Certified Financial Transitionist (CeFT) can help manage these challenges. CeFTs offer compassionate guidance during financial transitions, ensuring clients make informed decisions and avoid emotional pitfalls, ultimately leading to a more secure future.
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In “The Wonderful World of Structured Settlements”, I see streams of green, lump sums too; tax-free payments for you, you and you; and I think to myself, what a wonderful world, ohhh yeah. “Streams of Green”, as in customized payment streams of money from a structured settlement,
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Most towns want to rid their street corners of “dealers”. Why not Palm Beach County home to the greatest cluster of “financial crack dealers” in the United States? Just because dealing it doesn’t carry a prison sentence doesn’t mean it’s any less lethal, financially speaking.
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“I just saw John Bair at a political fund raiser in NYC Wednesday night….and he was laughing out loud at how proud he was to have John Edwards in his camp….”.said an observer at the event. A parody to the tune of “The Gambler” made famous by Kenny Rogers
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Damning fax cover sheet from the office of John T. Bair, EPS Settlements Group dated March 5, 2002, case in which ‘plaintiff exclusive” John Bair represented the Defendant’s insurer What other explanation is there for John Bair to omit EPS from his employment history and “move the chains” back to 1999?
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Mr. Ostrov’s absurd justification for ridiculously high structured settlement factoring discount rates, led to an email that fingers Ostrov, characterized as a poverty pimp, “the man who wants to be in our legislature, was there (at Peachtree Settlement Funding) at the time of the Patricia Chambers disgrace”.
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Dear Senator Edwards, In light of today's revelations I no longer require a response to my open letter to you of March 27, 2007 Download letter_to_john_edwards_032720007_sent_via_johnedwards_2008_website.pdf . I no longer care about the circumstances surrounding your connection to or "endorsement" of Forge Consulting, LLC. Very truly yours, John D. DarerStamford, Connecticut Download forge_feb_21_2007_letterny_statejohn_bair.pdf
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John Edwards still won’t admit that he never used Forge Consulting for structured settlements but still gave them a professional endorsement. “Bundlers” like Bair funnel far more money to campaigns than they could personally give under campaign finance laws.
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Structured Settlements are NOT enacted. They are reached as a result of compromise between two or more parties to a claim or lawsuit. If it took an “act of Congress” or state government to create every structured settlement who knows where we’d all be!