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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If you’re receiving lifetime annuity payments or life contingent structured settlement payments, are you better off selling the structured settlement payment rights, or doing nothing and keep on receiving the guaranteed payments for life.
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In this blog John Darer reviews some really contorted statements about structured settlement factoring in a piece authored by Mia Taylor and edited by Hannah Smith for Bankrate.com and Yahoo Finance, and delivers his riposte below.
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The annuity that funds the structured settlment is not owned by the payee, it is owned by the qualified assignment company. In a structured settlement transfer, the annuity does not get transferred or purchased. What is bought and sold is the structured settlement payment rights
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Not shopping around cost Lajuan Davis big time. He could have received $140,000 for three lump sums totaling $220,000 that he sold to piggy Orange Blossoms, LLC which charged him an effective discount rate of 13.65% and paid him only $75,000.
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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
