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
Structured Settlements in California features commentary by structured settlement expert John Darer CLU ChFC MSSC CeFT RSP CLTC that may be of interest to injured persons, guardians, consumers, lawyers, businesses related to Structured Settlements throughout California with personal injury, wrongful death, product liability, intellectual property or employment claims
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Due to the lack of regulation of advertising practices, factoring companies are not required to list the name and address of their company on their websites. This has led to the posting of testimonials on some websites for which the legitimate ownership cannot be easily determined.
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The Structured Settlement Video Learning Center should be a valuable learning and knowledge management resource for plaintiffs, defendants, trial lawyers, claims adjusters and insurance company representatives, judges, paralegals, financial advisers and members of the media looking for reliable structured settlement information, settlement planning information and news.
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While banks can tout FDIC coverage, there has been a long standing prohibition on insurance agents and brokers discussing comparable insurance consumer protections. An opinion from the New York State DFS said that even a PowerPoint on the subject, posted on LinkedIn, was unlawful
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The most notable point in Patrick Hindert's write up of the decision filed January 26, 2011 (Ceron v. 321 Henderson Receivables), a California Court of Appeals case is a quote from a Superior Court Judge. "Factoring companies were not fiduciaries subject to a greater standard of care"
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With an incredible volume of structured settlement information on the internet it's not always easy to find information from companies that can actually place you in a structured settlement annuity. In an effort to help, the structured settlement watchdog, John Darer, has been conducting a monthly structured settlement website survey amd presenting his findings to the…
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There is a reason why there is a Do Not Call LIst. Apparently solicitors for structured settlment cash now pusher Novation Capital don’t get it. Robin Marc Shapiro, do you think you can get your call center to PLEASE leave Martha Skye Martin alone?
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Structured Settlement Watchdog believes that a higher level of financial literacy within the structured settlement and settlement planning industry elevates the level of the profession in excoriating misinformation churned out by an industry participant.
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The Pacific Life agreement to eliminate lock in fees for up to 6 months on its structured setlement annuities, is an importanat underwriting concession that makes it easier to place structured settlement annuities in a shifting interest rate environment
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Insurance agents, including structured settlement brokers, are prohibited from using the existence of a state Life & Health Insurance Guarantee Association to promote, solicit, or induce the purchase of any insurance product covered under the California Life & Health Insurance Guarantee Association Act.