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.
recent posts
- 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: Tampa Structured Settlements
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A structured settlement broker is a licensed and regulated professional who provides professional advice and places structured settlement annuities and may provide fianncial advice and placement of financial vehicles pursuant to professional licenses.
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N.D., a 19 year old resident of Florida is scheduled to sell the majority of her Prudential structured settlement to a Delaware structured settlement factoring company with ALOT of fat left on the table, possibly in the hundreds of thousands
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Why taking multiple advances from structured settlement buyers is not a good idea. Structured settlement sellers must beware of rip off liquidated damages clauses in structured settlement transfer agreements. How annuitant William Green from St Petersburg FL, is getting royally shafted.
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A jury doesn’t negotiate a settlement or its terms. A jury does not award a settlement.If you need help determining whether you received an award or a settlement, we can help
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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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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 US Department of Justice has shown itself to be a superior structured settlement bulwark against factoring.. Judge Kimberly Bonner concluded that the annuity prohibited assignment and (2) that the Sarasota Circuit lacked jurisdiction to grant the petition to transfer structured settlement payment rights
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Could insurance companies, including those that issue structured settlement annuities, offer more to their customers if a 16 year old revenue sapping regressive Federal tax were abolished?
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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