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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Aviva Life and Annuity Company, along with its NY subsidiary, ceased issuing structured settlement annuities in December 2008. In 2013, Athene acquired Aviva’s annuity business. Aviva’s predecessors included Commercial Union Life, CGU Life, Aviva Life Insurance Company, and respective NY cos
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The structured settlement industry is buzzing about the abrupt decision of Aviva to cease writing NEW structured settlement business effective December 15, 2008. The company is NOT going out of business , it is simply stopping writing structured settlements.
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The above principles ARE part of the contractual provisions of most producer contracts with insurers today. If you sign one of these contracts you state that you WILL follow these principles.
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Now Into Part 5 of a series called "Growing The Structured Settlement Market" that says very little, Patrick Hindert turns to paralympian Randy Snow as a tool to motivate change. What about Randy "Stone"? Frankly this author finds Hindert's "Snow job" a little "cart before the horse" for he has neither defined change, nor answered…
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It has come to the attention of this author that the individual entrusted with the membership of the National Structured Settlement Trade Association is an individual of "exemplary" stature, IF one considers exemplary that H. H. Spooner Phillips IV, the person signing this declaration Download spooner_phillips_doj_declaration_332005.pdf, under penalty of perjury, that one has performed substantial services…
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Chief Claims Officer of AIG Commercial Insurance Group reaffirms AIG’s commitment to its structured settlement program regardless of whether or not its structured annuity issuing subsidiaries are sold. The putative “sack dance” turns into a mild form of “hacky sack”
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First, the AIG core insurance business (life, health, annuities) is not what has caused the impairment. AIG is a leader in many lines of insurance worldwide. The company operates globally on multiple silo business model. The toxic assets are confined to a single business unit
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The growing concern on the part of regulatory agencies – the SEC, FINRA and the Senate Committee on Aging – that unscrupulous advisors use their credentials to take advantage of consumers. Should this apply to solicitation of tort victims and their families?