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 Illinois
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Weiss insurance ratings outperformed 3 to 1.” United States Government Accountability Office (GAO). What is a Weiss Rating?
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Pacific Life offers competitively priced fixed structured settlement annuities, index linked structured settlement annuities (ILAPA) and has a variable structured settlement annuity in development. Pacific Life & Annuity Company also issues structured judgment annuities in New York cases.
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Today the A++(Superior) A.M. Best rated USAA Life insurance Company is a highly respected issuer of structured settlement annuities for a wide spectrum of claimants, particularly competive for long duration cash flows .
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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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While some of the incorrect statements by some settlement planners may seem plausible, it is the nature of damages that the structured settlement payments represent that is a critical factor, not the structured settlement annuity contract itself. John Darer revews the details here,
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It’s NOT necessary to establish a QSF in order to structure or defer attorney fees. Some settlement planners aggressively push QSFs and misrepresent QSFs as “the only way” for you to benefit from structured attorney fees, or other attorney fee deferral programs. Rubbish.
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Ethisphere, a global leader in defining and advancing the standards of ethical business practices, named Pacific Life and Prudential among the 136 honorees representing 22 countries and 45 industries that have earned the coveted designation of World’s Most Ethical Companies® in 2022.
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Structured Setlements for Minors, Structured settlement annuities are excellent settlement planning tools to provide cash flow certainty where there is a need for certainty. Read more about Structured Settlements for Minors and Young Adults and how they were used effectively for a Kentucky minor
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Key bullet points to set you straight about some of the questionable claims made by individuals and companies to investors in structured settlement payment rights. Don’t be fooled by glib salespeople who don’t know their product.
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Naming a beneficiary with the structured settlement annuity issuer means that the proceeds will begin to flow directly to your beneficiaries without delays and costs associated with probating an estate. It’s the matter of completing a claim form and providing a copy of the death certificate.