Category: Evans Law Firm

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER  A Closer Look At Variable Annuities Variable annuities are hybrid investments with securities and insurance features. Unlike fixed annuities, returns on variable annuities fluctuate with the market. The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) and Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) both regulate sales of variable annuities.  The complexity and […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER What is Long Term Care Insurance? Insurance is supposed to protect you from risk. By paying your premiums over the years, you ensure that when something bad finally does happen to you, you’ll have the funds necessary to assist you and remedy the situation.  Some people build strong […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER  Security Benefit Total Value Annuities (TVAs) The annuity attorneys at Evans Law Firm Inc. have experience representing clients who have suffered losses on all types of annuity contracts, including indexed annuities. Indexed annuities are hybrid annuities that offer both a minimum fixed rate of interest and an interest […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER The High Cost of Surrender Charges If you are over age 60, live in California, and have fully or partially surrendered a deferred annuity, you may have paid a surrender charge also called a surrender penalty or withdrawal charge. California law has very specific rules about surrender charges […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Financial Exploitation of Elders: A Crime on the Rise Financial Elder Abuse The elderly population in America is steadily growing, as our baby boomers become senior citizens. In fact, about 10,000 individuals turn 65 every single day, which is making “elderly” a very steadily-increasing sector of our population. […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Lincoln Financial Deferred Annuities The annuity attorneys at Evans Law Firm Inc. have experience representing clients who have suffered losses on all types of annuity contracts, including fixed, indexed, and variable deferred annuities. All of these contracts charge penalties on full or partial surrenders. Lincoln Financial issues fixed, […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Understanding Income Riders What Are Income Riders? Deferred annuities are insurance policies where the policyholder pays a premium today to receive a series of payments back at some future date. Growth on the dollars paid, if any, is tax deferred.  Income riders are attachments to deferred annuities that […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Elder Evictions in San Francisco Evictions of the elderly here in San Francisco are receiving greater attention as elder evictions mount in our city. In several reported cases, evictions resulted in the untimely deaths of the evicted seniors.  Recently, Ingrid Evans, a San Francisco elder abuse attorney with […]

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. California law has very specific rules about surrender penalties for seniors.  The insurance and […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Surrender Charges and Taxes Full or Partial Surrenders Whenever an insurance agent pitches a replacement of your existing annuity, think surrender charges and tax consequences. Surrender charges may be imposed on partial or full surrenders for up to ten years and beyond during the life of a policy. […]