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 Industry
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Disgruntled Dick Risk looks foolish for his hemispheric portrayal of the structured settlement industry as Rocky “getting pummeled”. As a fighter, Rocky kept getting up after gettng down. Never gave up. It merely demonstrates that Dick Risk may have hoisted on his own petard..
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How can structured settlement insurance company privacy policies be more compatible with the ability to provide old fashioned customer service where agents and customers need it and want it?
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Is it necessary for a structured settlement consultant to be defense only, or plaintiff only, to be effective to meet your needs? Is it not more important that the structured settlement consultant be a credentialed expert in his or her field?
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Hindert’s commentary often engenders a narrow focus on growth of the personal injury market, but fails to recognize other products and solutions offered by NSSTA members, both within and outside of the personal injury space, both within and outside of litigation solutions,
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John Griffiths was the lead plaintiff in a class action lawsuit against Aviva and Athene. Athene agreed to provide annuitants a CMA. Some annuitants received a modest financial recovery. A needless, unfortunate episode for the insurers, underscoring the need to be vigilant when insurers transition, or runoff their product lines.
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Structured settlement annuities are issued by units of the world’s largest insurance companies. For structured settlement quotes call John Darer at 888-325-8640
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American General Life Insurance Company, a structured settlement annuity issuer, amended its General Agent’s contract in 2012 to state, in no uncertain terms, its position against Factoring and Secondary Market activities of its appointed general agents and their employees and affiliates
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United of Omaha Life Insurance Company! The Mutual of Omaha subsidiary is in the midst of a roll out which will offer greater choices to structured settlement recipients and increase the competitiveness of the structured settlement marketplace.
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Do we expect too much from our trade associations? Patrick Hindert raises some interesting points in his discussion of healthcare reform in a generally well written article posted on the S2KM blog. The good however, is tainted by Hindert’s customary bashing of the settlement industry trade associations educational programs following his return from some other trade…
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by John Darer CLU ChFC CSSC RSP Structured settlement annuity sales (in the primary market) reached $1.5B for Q2 2010 according to the Life Insurance Market Research Association (LIMRA) U.S. Individual Annuities Second Quarter 2010 Sales Report, which represents 96 percent of the market and was released August 13, 2010. At $1.5B per quarter the…