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: Symetra Structured Settlements
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Needless to say I politely declined the interview. Consider that the “Deal Schmos” “$1,195-$1,500 a plate” subscribers have to wait over a month for what our readers got for FREE.
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For settlement planners and trial lawyers who advised clients or agreed to place clients with Symetra structured settlements, what assurances is there that they will not be targeted for this “service” ?
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Given the recent change in the NSSTA bylaws, how does Symetra fit into the NSSTA mix? A good question for the NSSTA Board of Directors to ask of Symetra is compare the amount of revenue Symetra derived from placement of new structured settlement annuities in the last 12 months with total revenue derived from the…
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Structured settlements are for spendthrift not spend swift!
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Symetra badly miscalculated when it pursued the factoring direction without consulting the stakeholders responsible for the business being placed with Symetra in the first place
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Jack Meligan, President of Settlement Professionals, Inc., criticized the author for insufficiently addressing Symetra’s entry into factoring and Allstate’s AFEN. After sharing articles, Meligan apologized but still questioned Allstate’s practices. The author clarified that Allstate’s AFEN offers an alternative to annuitants, emphasizing its non-predatory stance while Meligan’s criticisms lacked specifics.
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What I’ve been calling for is for Clearscape and Symetra to clearly and publicly disclose the relationship.That was certainly a reasonable expectation.
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Deeply offended, saddened and disappointed yesterday to receive, a package from Symetra about its factoring ambitions. Clearscape. the factoring company affiliate is expanding its reach beyond its own to structured settlement payment recipients of other structured annuity issuers.
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Insurers charge processing fees on structured settlement factoring transactions which range from $300-$1,600 per transaction. Fees are charged to the factoring company and then baked into their effective discount rate. when an annuitant sells structured settlement payment rights.