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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- Daily Rates Are Often an Important Cost Driver of Structured Settlements
- 🔥Founder and Former CEO of 777 Partners, Joshua Wander, Pleads Guilty⚖️ to $500 Million Fraud Scheme — DOJ Confirms Double‑Pledging, Misappropriation of Structured‑Settlement Funds, and Falsified Bank Statements
- The Steering Problem Needs a Wake‑Up Call
- Companies Still Using the Incorrect Term “Secondary Market Annuity”
- Canonical: Non‑Qualified Assignment (NQA)
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Category: Sumter County Structured Settlements
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If these folks actually bought an annuity, instead of the scam labeled derivative investments that they were sold, they wouldn’t be incurring the additional costs, aggravation or uncertainty.
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The Hartford sale of Talcott Resolution was completed | Annuity, Structured Settlement, Life Run Off
Talcott Resolution, based in Windsor CT, is the run off company for The Hartford’s legacy life and annuity business. including structured settlement annuities (which Hartford Life stopped writing in April 2012).
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The fact that “settlement planners” are using the term “structured settlement planning”, separate and distinct from “settlement planning” is recognition of the specialized knowledge and skill in planning with structured settlements. A structured settlement is a core settlement planning tool. FACT.
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The proposed “structured settlement” was touted as a structure to be purchased through a 3rd party to be facilitated TX law firm. The “annuity” proposed was in fact a “receivable purchase agreement” involving purchase of payment rights from a structured personal injury settlement from a CA case.
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Allstate had a peculiar way of issuing life with certain structured settlements as 2 contracts. This has led to confusion from time to time with contracts many years down the road. I’ve reblogged a 2015 post to help annuitants, colleagues and staff members. Allstate stopped writing structures in 2013.
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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.
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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Issued a Warning to Consumers About Selling Their Structured Settlements in response to “What should I know before giving up my monthly disability, personal injury or structured settlement payments in exchange for a one-time lump sum payment
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New York Judges who shun a structured settlement in favor of sticking in a local bank or banks to earn interest until the minor is 18, need to be mindful of how such a decision can negatively affect student loan eligibility.
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The rated age action announced by AIG Structured Settlements is a responsible decision for a company that is in business to insure long term obligations. It reflects very positively on AIG’s quality control. In its notice AIG reaffirmed its commitment to the structured settlement industry.