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 Settlements Arkansas
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2018 was a good year for structured settlements. Preliminary reports suggested after the end of the 3rd Quarter that industry production might again exceed the symbolic $6 billion. Market volatility, interest rate improvements in the 2nd half of the year, new products and companies available to a larger group producers and greater sophistication of industry…
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Lead plaintiff John Griffiths and I got ahead of this, making the discovery in Fall 2014. The 2015 class action filed by Marcus & Auerbach led to what can only be seen as a positive result for over 4,000 annuitants. Nobody lost money, no money was in imminent danger and this was nipped in the…
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A Qualified Assignment is Not a “Pickled Pepper”. In order to make a qualified assignment of an obligation there needs to be an obligation to assign. Arranging to have something dedicated is not an obligation. If I dedicate the next song to you, that is not an obligation.
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Structured settlements aren’t sexy and never were, but consider that the 2% year over year structured settlement industry growth (as measured by annuity premium) was achieved despite lingering low interest rates. This is the second straight year of recovery.
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ING USA is rebranding as Voya Financial Group, but this change does not currently affect structured settlement payments issued by Security Life of Denver. Payments continue as usual, and those needing to update address, bank accounts, or beneficiaries can contact customer service at 800-238-6273, option 4.
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A rated age helps quantify the cost of funding a structured Medicare Set Aside Arrangement (MSA) at the maximum discount and a more cost efficient funding of the future pain and suffering and future medical elements of damages in a New York structured judgement
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An asset/liability mismatch caused by adverse taxation of annuities owned by non natural persons highlights one of the reasons why defendants and insurers and their settlement consultants must be certain that a qualified assignment meets each of the requirements of IRC 130(c)
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For what appears to be, solely for the sake of convenience, some structured settlement brokers and settlement planners are pushing “all payees in one” qualified assignment documents. Who benefits,who lsoes and why? Let’s take a look…
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If structured settlement brokers or settlement planners “do not charge”, or work for free, where does the money come from to sponsor trial lawyer associations? Structured settlement brokers/planners do not really work for free. They earn a commission. Learn what you need to know here.
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The evidence shows that life insurers issuing structured annuities have had no failures during the same time period. Life insurers on the whole have stood the test of time. Banks crushed insurers with 100 Bank failures to 0 life insurer issuing structured settlement annuity failures..