Structured Settlements 4Real

Information, news and commentary about structured settlements and settlement planning.

Author: John D. Darer is a structured settlement broker, settlement consultant and settlement planner, with experience in personal injury and employment claims settlements, innovative technological applications, and cost-saving solutions for complex claims.

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Recent Posts from Structured Settlements 4Real

The "Shrinkage" Problem Plaguing Settlement Planners
A number of settlement planners continue to suffer from "shrinkage". No, not THAT kind of "shrinkage". I'm talking about the kind of "shrinkage" that mischaracterizes a useful settlement planning tool for "solid waste". What I'm…
SPI Would Have You Believe AIG "Smoking Gun" Memo" is Still Smoking!
Settlement Professionals Inc. (SPI) continues to use outdated "props" to support solicitation to hire the company for lucrative insurance business from plaintiff lawyers. It has dedicated an entire web page to what it calls the…
SPI's "Protection" Racket To Plaintiff Lawyers Based on "Jaundiced" Facts
In an effort to solicit attorneys to retain it to protect them from legal malpractice liability Settlement Professionals (SPI) makes quite the racket with the following inaccurate statements: "In Macomber v Travelers Property & Casualty…
Weathering Tough Financial Times-The Long Term Costs of Quick Cash
“Rising fuel and food prices, declines in the housing market, volatility in the financial markets, an ever-tightening credit crunch... they’re all creating unexpected financial challenges for many Americans, But tough financial times don’t necessarily justify…
S2KM's "New Business Opportunities Created by IRC 5891 for Structured Settlements Companies"
The structured settlement industry's Patrick Hindert has let 52 days go by without supporting his postulate that factoring is route one to growth of the structured settlement industry. This author has discovered a concept map…
New York Defense Structured Settlement Broker Advises Plaintiff Not To Use Own Broker In Spite of G.O.L 5-1702
Call it a show of arrogance , ignorance, or whatever, a well known defense oriented structured settlement broker over enthusiastically told a plaintiff that they did not need their own broker. When I learned of…
Patriot Settlement Virus Hits 2 Day Mark.
The virus plaguing the Patriot Settlement Resources, LLC web site has hit the second day. Google is still posting warnings on the search engine results that the (Patriot Settlement Resources, LLC web) site might harm…
Factoring Company Patriot Hacked? Were Annuitants Affected?
A chilling report coming from Settlement Quotes, LLC suggests that the website of Patriot Settlement Resources "appears to have been hacked over the weekend and is now spreading a series of malicious software from their…
Structured Attorney Fees... Is What Website Is Saying Constructive Receipt?
A treatise on Attorney Fee Structures by attorney Richard B. Risk, JD, CSSC is posted on the Structured Settlement Services website by his son Robert Risk, CSSC a settlement planner out of Tulsa. Richard B.…
Structured Settlement Quotes...If It's Pay Per Click It's Probably NOT RELEVANT!
The companies in the sponsored search listings that embroider most search engine results on the Internet are NOT RELEVANT to tort victims who are at or approaching the end of settlement negotiations. Virtually all such…