Category: Insurance Fraud

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Why We Can Hate Annuities We can hate annuities because the broke-dealers sale these financial products even though these investments could be harmful for the customers. Indeed, the broke-dealers do not have any legal obligation to give the best advice in the interest of their customers. Furthermore, they […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Why do Annuities Have a Bad Reputation? If you’ve been looking into an annuity, it’s almost certain you’ve come across a lot of sources warning you away. Why is that? On the surface, an annuity can make sense: purchasing an annuity now can save money on taxes, provide […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER The Indexed Universal Life Insurance policy is a recent invention, only coming into existence in the last decade or so. Traditional life insurance can be traced back for centuries, and is among the most regulated and carefully monitored financial product in existence. Considering that, what’s the advantage of […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER The SEC wants to alert the individuals receiving compensation from insurance companies after natural disasters like hurricanes, floods, oil spills, and fires that they may be targets of investment fraud. This compensation gives rise to investment scams and takes many forms. There are the classic Ponzi schemes where […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER It’s tempting to see retirement saving as a viable way to get big returns off Wall St. investment, to provide a hefty sum for potential medical costs, caretaking, and passing on to the next generation of your family. But the cost of big returns is big risks, and […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER An increasing number of seniors have been adding risky financial products to their retirement finances, guided by so-called “elder financial planners” and other shysters looking to make some money out of seniors’ life savings. One of their methods is to sell retirees a deferred annuity. The idea is […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Finra, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, has decided to give financial advisers the authority to circumvent rules on trade execution when they believe that an elderly client is being manipulated or financially abused. Till now, there was no way of stopping a transaction carried out by unscrupulous relatives […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER If you’ve ever seen an advertisement for free lunch seminars on living trusts, or for the astoundingly low cost to set one up, you may be thinking it’s too good to be true. Well, you’re right. It’s probably a lure for a living trust mill. It has long […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Unbeknownst to many, September is Life Insurance Awareness month, as well as National Yoga Month, National Bourbon Heritage Month, National Papaya Month, and National Prostate Health Month. While the last four are all nationally recognized, the first is a marketing event put on by Life Happens, a non-profit […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER At first glance, Indexed Universal Life Insurance sounds like a dream come true: guaranteed market returns on your life insurance and a solid floor to prevent you from losing your primary. But there’s a reason some Insurers are pushing Indexed Universal Life policies: they don’t perform the way […]