Category: Evans Law Firm

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 Large Cancer Treatment Chain Settles Whistleblower Case for $26 Million Stark Law and False Claims Act Suit Whistleblower/qui tam cases brought under the federal False Claims Act (FCA) often involve false claims for reimbursement under Medicare and Medicaid. In addition to the FCA, the federal Stark Law prohibits […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Elder Abuse in Nursing Homes Resident Evictions Complaints about allegedly improper evictions and discharges from nursing homes are on the rise in California according to government data. Such complaints have risen 70% in the last five years reaching 1,504 complaints during the past year alone. These complaints are […]

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 Physician Groups Settle Whistleblower Case for $33 Million False Claims Act Suit Whistleblower/qui tam cases brought under the federal False Claims Act (FCA) often involve false claims for payment under government programs like Medicare and Medicaid. In a recent $33 million settlement announced by the Department of Justice, […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Nurse Receives Award For Reporting Nursing Home Abuse The San Mateo County and California nursing home abuse attorneys at Evans Law Firm Inc. often share in this column stories of nursing home abuse, including incidences of overmedication or improper medication of patients as a form of abuse. A […]

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 Financial Elder Abuse Protections Expanding Over the past several years, financial elder abuse protections have expanded in the legislature, through industry regulation, and in the courts, particularly in California. The San Mateo County and California financial elder abuse attorneys at Evans Law Firm, Inc. have been in the […]