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
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Category: Texas 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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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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Structured settlement secondary market attacks on Berkshire Hathaway’s Hardship Exchange Program are generally rooted in self-serving distorted logic explained here. They covet the “herds of prey” like predators on the Serengeti Plain, it’s no wonder that glasses of “whine” have been raised by buyers.
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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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Much hubbub has been raised about casualty company structured settlement annuity issuer approved lists that include one of its subsidiary companies. If that subsidiary has good rates and it fits the risk profile for the participants, then why should it not be considered as part of the solution?
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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