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: Virginia Structured Settlements
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Common issues related to structured settlement quotes and funding which should be of interest to plaintiff attorneys, plaintiffs, insurance adjusters, defense attorneys and other interested parties or stakeholders in the structured settlement process across the United States
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All of the life insurance companies named in the 2025 Wards 50 Life & Health benchmarking list that issue structured settlement annuities have been been in the insurance business since the 19th Century! It is important to consider information from a variety of credible and trustworthy sources
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Investors, financial advisers and insurers of financial advisors should be mindful of a crucial provision of the 2017 Life & Health Guaranty Associations Model Act (#520) which has been adopted by the majority of the United States when evaluating the suitability of structured settlement receivables as investments.
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John Darer reviews a recent Forbes Advisor inaccurate “Expert Reviewed” structured settlement Holey Moly by a UCLA law professor, only 4 Months after publishing Jeremy Babener’s excellent Forbes Advisor contribution about structured settlements which had multiple credible sources.
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Congratulations to Prudential and Pacific Life who repeat among the World’s Most Ethical Companies, according to Ethisphere.Both Prudential and Pacific Life have been in business for over 100 years and are important players in the structured settlement annuity marketplace
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Any annuity broker being considered for selection by the DOJ should be required to verify at the time of selection that he or she meets the minimum qualifications set forth in 28 C.F.R. §50.24(a) and is otherwise competent to provide structured settlement brokerage services to the United States.
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4structures.com LLC maintains a list of Customers Service Telephone Numbers for Current and Former Structured Settlement Annuity Issuers.as a courtesy for structured settlement consumers, Structured Settlement Annuity Company Customer Service Phone Numbers (4structures.com)
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Higher taxes make structured settlement tax advantages inherently more valuable. Paul Tudor Jones II, the billionaire hedge fund manager is quoted ‘There’s plenty of room to raise taxes’: Jones says the US will need to change Social Security, cut federal health insurance to deal with a worsening debt crisis — are you ready?
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Structured Asset Funding/123 Lump Sum scored a big point in the first part of a bifurcated Taylor trial in Portsmouth Virginia earlier this week, as Judge Charles Maxfield ruled that Terrence Taylor was a Virginia resident. Taylor had contended he was a resident of West Virginia.
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Work with a credentialed and experienced settlement planner to explore your options before signing any settlement agreement and release.