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4structures Is Fully Committed to Clients During Covid-19

John Darer • Mar 23, 2020

Fully Operational Home Office for Over 21 Years

4structures.com LLC Today
Dear Clients and Friends,

We trust that this finds you safe and healthy. We are living in extraordinary and unsettling times. With the coronavirus (COVID-19) global pandemic, our friends here in the USA and in the London Market, Europe, Asia, South and Central America, the Caribbean and throughout the world,  have experienced dramatic changes to their daily lives. We want to let you know that John Darer and 4structures.com LLC are thinking of you and hope that your loved ones are also safe and well.

Fully functional remote capability

We've had a fully functional remote capability for over 21 years.  All of our services and systems are functional at this time. 
Some structured settlement annuity issuing life insurers initially switched to daily rate pricing for all quotes in early March, to be more responsive to daily interest rate volatility. Investment grade corporate bond rates are generally stronger drivers of structure rates rather than Treasuries.

My focus today is the same as it’s always been — supporting you and your clients by:
  • Providing a comprehensive menu of settlement planning services
  • Helping clients achieve optimal settlements
  • Providing you and your clients with a balanced,  safe and stable financial future
  • Being one of only two Certified Financial Transitionists (CeFT) in the settlement industry. In these unprecedented times, such skills and unique protocols and process will be needed more than ever.
  • Helping counsel with necessary documentation to successfully conclude your settlement
  • Performing New York CPLR 50-A and 50B calculations and projections to help parties clearly understand the exposures
Video conferencing
We use tools such as Zoom for virtual client meetings, mediation and webinars which permit real-time, face-to-face interaction. You are able to see and speak to us and to follow you will also follow along and exchange materials.   We plan to continue serving the legal community, supporting one another as we navigate this together.ensuring you have the most valuable settlement expertise and settlement planning advice possible, whenever and wherever you need.   

As always, we are here for you and in this for the long haul.

Sincerely yours,

John Darer, President
4structures.com, LLC

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