Category: Annuities

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER What Seniors Should Understand About Annuity Fees Fees Versus “Guarantees” How Carriers Protect Themselves Deferred annuities generally carry a variety of fees from initial sales commissions to producing agents, administrative fees, subaccount fees, and fees for enhanced contract features known as “riders.” Seniors consumers need to understand how […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER What Seniors Should Understand About Indexed Annuities Understanding Indexed Annuities SEC Bulletin Updated Insurance agents often approach senior citizens with indexed deferred annuities as a “safe” investment for securing future income. Seniors need to understand how these complicated insurance contracts operate before committing to a sale. The Marin […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Seniors Targeted For Unsuitable Insurance Or Investments Always Get A Second Opinion When it comes to the sale of deferred annuities to seniors, inappropriate sales practices can occur in many ways and come from a variety of sources. “Free lunch” investment seminars may be on hold right now […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER  Agents Target Seniors For Unsuitable Insurance Or Investments Beware The Hype And Get A Second Opinion “Free lunch” investment seminars may be on hold right now during the pandemic but insurance agents still have products to sell, some of which may be unsuitable for seniors. Our financial elder […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Beware the Hype Agents Target Seniors Deferred Annuities Are Expensive, Complicated Insurance Products Based on years of litigation experience, our lawyers recommend senior consumers avoid deferred annuities or certain kinds of misleading life insurance contracts. Insurance carriers, marketing groups and agents tend to reinvent the ways they sell […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Risks, Costs, Complexity, And Downsides Deferred Annuities Are Insurance Policies Not Fund Investments Do Not Be Rushed Into A Sale Dropping interest rates and market volatility may be with us for quite a while in this new, COVID-19 world. There are still insurance agents and financial advisors with […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Understand The Costs And Downsides Deferred Annuities Are Insurance Policies Not Fund Investments Do Not Be Rushed Into A Sale When selling annuities to senior citizens, insurance agents may gloss over the fine print and leave out some important details about how annuities actually work. Our litigators recommend […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Understand The Drawbacks Annuities Are Insurance Policies Not Investments Do Not Be Rushed Into A Sale Insurance agents use market downturns like the one we saw in March to push fixed indexed annuities as a “safe” alternative for retirement savings. Don’t let an agent sell you anything until […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER More And More Employers Selling Off Pension Obligations Insurance Carriers Buy Up Plans Putting Benefits At Risk COVID-19 has shattered the US economy and recovery may take decades according to some economists. For seniors and those approaching retirement the effect of the collapse on retirement savings and pension […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Understand The Drawbacks of Fixed Indexed Annuities Insurance Policies Not Investments Do Not Be Rushed Into A Sale The current bear market and COVID-19 economic downfall have insurance agents out pushing fixed indexed annuities as a blend of safety and upside opportunity should the market turn around. Don’t […]