Category: Annuities

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Beware the Sales Push on Indexed Universal Life Insurance Life Insurance and Retirement Savings Indexed universal life insurance policies (IULs) have been around for years. The sales pitch is always better, tax-deferred, returns on investment.  Some insurance carriers are shifting focus entirely from indexed annuities to IULs as […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER What Duty Does An Agent Owe You? Putting You First We at Evans Law Firm litigate the question of an insurance agent’s duty to his clients, particularly when it comes to life insurance and/or annuities. We have written on the subject in this column.  As life insurance and […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Jackson National Life Insurance Company Deferred Annuities The annuity attorneys at Evans Law Firm Inc. represent clients over age 60 in California who have suffered losses on all types of annuity contracts, including fixed, indexed, and variable deferred annuities. Often, the policyholder suffers loss on surrender of their […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Understanding Income Riders Income Riders Flood Annuities Market A flood of new income riders on annuities partially explains a recent boom in sales. Annuity sales hit a record $203 billion last year.  Before you climb abroad this fast-moving train, make sure you understand what annuities are, what income […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Guggenheim Partners/Security Benefit 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. Indexed annuities are hybrid annuities that offer both a minimum fixed rate […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER FINRA Concerns With L Share Annuities L Share Variable Annuities are a type of variable annuity where the surrender charge period under the contract is shortened to three or four years, as opposed to seven to ten years under standard variable annuities. L Share annuities have higher administrative […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER What Duty Does An Agent or Advisor Owe You? The “Best Interest” Standard We at Evans Law Firm litigate the question of an insurance agent’s duty to consumers, especially when it comes to whole, universal and indexed universal life insurance and/or annuities. As life insurance and annuity lawyers, […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Surrender Charges on Whole and Universal Life Insurance If you are over age 60, live in California, and have surrendered a whole or universal life insurance policy, you may have paid a surrender penalty. You may also have suffered a tax loss on the surrender.  The California Insurance […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Tax Consequences of Surrenders Every year a sizeable percentage of cash value life insurance policies are surrendered by policyholders. Those surrenders may have tax consequences.  We represent policyholders who suffer tax losses as a result of surrenders and/or replacements they are talked into by agents and advisors.[1]  If […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Fixed Indexed Annuities Sales Hit Records Fixed indexed annuities sold in record numbers in 2016 and are on track to have another big year in 2017. Agents push fixed indexed products as safe bets in volatile markets.  The San Francisco and California annuity attorneys at Evans Law Firm […]