Yearly Archives: 2019

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Surviving Spouses Prey to Caregivers and Others How to Protect Your Children and Ensure They Inherit the Family House Consider Life Estates Sadly, there’s a repeating pattern of caregivers and others getting their hands on a senior’s property after a spouse of many years passes away. Isolated seniors […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER The Risks of Abuse and Neglect of Elderly Growing Spotting and Guarding Against Elder Abuse Each year, over half a million cases of elder abuse are reported nationally and it is expected that millions more go unreported. Often, a senior is unable to report such abuse, and others […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Voya Annuity and Universal Life Insurance Products The life insurance and annuity attorneys at Evans Law Firm, Inc. represent California consumers, especially seniors, who have suffered losses on all types of life insurance and annuity contracts, including variable and fixed annuities, indexed annuities, and equity indexed universal life […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Abusers May Work Together to Abuse Elderly Seniors here in Marin County and throughout California are vulnerable to financial elder abuse. Sometimes the abusers strike in crews.  Just last week, a local California police department arrested five individuals accused of stealing over $24,000 from a 73-year-old victim over […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Annuities Are Complex and Expensive Your Money Is Tied Up For Years Our lawyers recommend you always beware when an insurance agent tries to sell you annuities or life insurance, particularly if you’re a senior. Annuities are complicated insurance products with a lot of red flags for consumers: […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER The Risks of Abuse and Neglect of Elderly Growing Shocking Trends of Increased Abuse Looking for Signs of Elder Abuse As many as 1 in 10 older adults is abused or neglected each year in the United States, and only 1 in 14 cases of elder abuse ever […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Whistleblowers Exposed Pharmaceutical Company’s Wrongdoing Six Whistleblowers To Receive Large Awards Six whistleblowers alerted the government to alleged misleading marketing practices of Reckitt Benckiser Group, manufacturer of Suboxone, an opioid drug.[1]  Last week, Reckitt agreed to settle the whistleblower actions brought against it under the False Claims Act […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Guggenheim Partners/Security Benefit Life Insurance Company Total Value Annuities (TVAs) The life insurance and annuity attorneys at Evans Law Firm, Inc. represent clients who have suffered losses on all types of life insurance and annuity contracts, including indexed annuities and equity indexed universal life insurance. Indexed annuities are […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Fee-Based Annuities Present Tax Issues Taking Out Advisors’ Fees May Result In Tax To Policy Owner Our lawyers recommend you always beware when an insurance agent tries to sell you commission-based annuities or life insurance, particularly if you’re a senior. But fee-based annuities present disadvantages as well.  Advisors […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Financial Exploitation of Seniors Can Be Devastating Isolation Is The Biggest Danger Keep Senior Loved Ones Connected Seniors here in Marin County and throughout California are vulnerable to financial elder abuse. Financial elder abuse is a real danger for seniors across the board but most especially for isolated […]