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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Not only did the attorney not pay any attention to what was written to him, he provided stock responses that would never solve her financial issues. He said to go get a student loan when it was impossible to do so. The annuitant’s questions about his remarks which went unanswered and when he did answer…
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Apparently an annuitant didn’t like the fact that his “independent financial advice” was not to sell his structured settlement (“was a bad deal”), so the annuitant sought other “independent financial advice” until they heard what they wanted to hear.
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Symetra annuitant expresses concern about the privacy implications of postcard correspondence. Surely Symetra can afford to spend a few cents to send the solicitation in an envelope so the mailman, the paper boy and nosy neighbor don’t know the annuitant’s business. How about it Symetra?
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Despite common industry knowledge that a principal of the firm does defense work, the firm’s website proclaims ” We are solely retained by the injured party to create settlement plans that are tailored to meet the needs of your client. Not the defendant”.
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The Los Angeles Lawyer sure knows how to make a “good first impression”. I’ve received 2 emails from them today. In each they are trying to hock structured settlement consultants to advertise in a March 2010 Los Angeles Lawyer publication about cashing in your structured settlement
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The new website of John Bat’s Plaintiff Settlement Solutions Incorporated (“PSSI”, pronounced “Pissy”) is NOT one of “life’s moments that takes our breath away”. As Will Smith might have paraphrased back in the day, time to start “gettin’ pissy with it”
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John Hancock has announced organizational changes in the early Fall that are pending regulatory approval. We are reposting this as a reminder to those who have or are contemplating structured settlement annuities funded with a John Hancock annuity product. Pending regulatory approval, John Hancock Life Insurance Company (“JHLICO”, which issues structured settlement annuities (and guarantees…
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Today's financial literacy lesson concerns structured attorney fees, specifically where one of my industry colleagues flubs his lines when describing why to do them. He says "For married couples who file their taxes jointly under the present law, the highest marginal tax bracket surpasses 30 percent. A lawyer, who would have under normal circumstances earned a…