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 in California
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Common issues related to structured settlement quotes and funding which should be of interest to plaintiff attorneys, plaintiffs, insurance adjusters, defense attorneys and other interested parties or stakeholders in the structured settlement process across the United States
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Your “dating habits” can get you into trouble when establishing structured attorney fee programs, attorney fee deferred compensation,and structured settlements for taxable damages..Avoid January 1 payment dates and resulting funds being deposited into your account, arriving before January 1,..
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4structures.com LLC maintains a list of Customers Service Telephone Numbers for Current and Former Structured Settlement Annuity Issuers.as a courtesy for structured settlement consumers, Structured Settlement Annuity Company Customer Service Phone Numbers (4structures.com)
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The terms Award, Reward and Settlement are sometimes muddled in the narrative put forward to consumers by hired influencers, promoters and even settlement consultants on the structured settlement misinformation highway.
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Hindert acknowledges that some brokers and settlement planners package and promote factored structured settlement payment rights as tax-free “in-force annuities.” Significantly Hindert warns, these investments are not annuities and they are not structured settlements
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An Irvine California tax attorney made an attempt to answer the above question about structured settlements in 2014. There are a number of errors in the still live posting on his website and still comes up in search results. I offer some commentary in a effort to correct Klasing’s errors.
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Punitive damages (sometimes known as “exemplary damages”), are damages intended to reform or deter a defendant and other from engaging in conduct similar to that which formed the basis of the claims in a lawsuit.
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The U.S. Tax Court ruled in T.C. Memo 2017-191 that settlement proceeds to Laura Stepp for disability discrimination and related claims are fully taxable as gross income, as they do not qualify as personal injury damages. Proper documentation is crucial for determining the tax treatment of such settlements.
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Allstate had a peculiar way of issuing life with certain structured settlements as 2 contracts. This has led to confusion from time to time with contracts many years down the road. I’ve reblogged a 2015 post to help annuitants, colleagues and staff members. Allstate stopped writing structures in 2013.
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Despite entering and honoring 5 prior written co-brokerage agreements , Patrick C. Farber circumvented a written agreement to split commissions and cheated a fellow California structured settlement broker/settlement planner out of over $89,000 in fees, according to a legal complaint