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 New York
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John Darer reviews the differences between fixed income structured settlements annuities and index linked structured settlment annuities in response to a jumbled explanation found on another website web.
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John Darer reviews a recent Forbes Advisor inaccurate “Expert Reviewed” structured settlement Holey Moly by a UCLA law professor, only 4 Months after publishing Jeremy Babener’s excellent Forbes Advisor contribution about structured settlements which had multiple credible sources.
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Congratulations to Prudential and Pacific Life who repeat among the World’s Most Ethical Companies, according to Ethisphere.Both Prudential and Pacific Life have been in business for over 100 years and are important players in the structured settlement annuity marketplace
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Higher taxes make structured settlement tax advantages inherently more valuable. Paul Tudor Jones II, the billionaire hedge fund manager is quoted ‘There’s plenty of room to raise taxes’: Jones says the US will need to change Social Security, cut federal health insurance to deal with a worsening debt crisis — are you ready?
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In 2013 Hindert considered that a pitfall occurs if settlement documents include anti-assignment clauses, which do not specifically reference and permit transfers pursuant to IRC 5891 and state structured settlement protection statutes”.The losing cause in Cordero had just that.
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The 11th Circuit of the US Court of Appeals has pulled the plug on Lujerio Cordero’s Serial Structured Settlement Factoring Case, following the majority opinion in the NY Court of Appeals in April 2023..11th Circuit notes that Cordero DID NOT sue the Structured Settlement Factoring Companies
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MetLIfe issues structured settlement annuities via Metropolitan Tower LIfe Insurance Company and Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, and structured judgment annuities thorugh Metropolitan Life insurance Company and a leader in both qualified and non qualified structured settlement annuities
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Joe Gargan, CEO of The Pension Company, pled guilty to embezzling $8 million meant for annuities funding minor settlements. This criminal act not only raised concerns among clients but also imposed additional costs on taxpayers. The case highlighted the need for escrow and proper safeguards to prevent similar fraudulent activity in structured settlements.
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Plaintiffs had sued a Mineola New York couple, individually and as guardians of for their deceased son, seeking recovery of $272,266.14 in overpaid life contingent structured settlement payments paid after the death of their son. The Complaint said Defendants refused to repay the $272,266.14
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Structured settlement factoring transactions are generally bad for structured settlement payees. In addition to giving up security, most payees sacrifice substantial economic value. It should be the financing of last resort for structured settlement payees. Berkshire Hathaway does the right thing.