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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 Code has very specific rules about the information your insurance carrier must disclose regarding surrenders. The insurance and financial elder abuse attorneys at Evans Law Firm Inc. represent seniors who have suffered losses on policy surrenders. If you or a loved one has sustained a loss from surrender penalties, rider fees, or other charges under life insurance and/or annuity policies, or a tax loss, call the San Mateo County and California insurance attorneys at Evans Law Firm today at (415)441-8669 and we can review your policy for free. We handle life insurance, annuity, and financial elder abuse cases in San Mateo County and throughout California. A list of major life insurance carriers in California appears below.
We at Evans Law Firm Inc. have represented policyholders who suffered surrender charge losses on universal and whole life policies. Sales commissions, surrender charges, rider fees, administrative fees, and subaccount fees all erode returns on investment in any form of whole or universal life coverage. Be wary when an agent recommends these products as retirement savings instruments. While growth in policy value is tax deferred prior to withdrawal, other retirement savings vehicles such as 401(k)s and IRAs also are tax-deferred but do not impose penalties on early withdrawals. You may be hit with an unexpected tax bill on surrenders. We are not tax lawyers and do not provide tax advice but we represent policyholders who suffer such losses as a result of questionable practice by their insurance agent or carrier. Always consult with your tax advisor on any surrender or replacement of a policy.
Contact Us
If you are over 60 and surrendered a whole life or universal life insurance policy in San Mateo County or elsewhere in California, contact the Evans Law Firm San Mateo insurance attorneys for a free review of your policy at (415) 441-8669, or by email at <a href=”mailto:info@evanslaw.com”>info@evanslaw.com</a>. Our attorneys have experience with complex indexed universal and whole life policies and annuity contracts and cases against large insurance companies. We can help guide your case through a jury trial or toward an equitable settlement. We handle cases involving physical and financial elder abuse, nursing home abuse, whole life insurance and universal life insurance, and indexed, variable, and fixed annuities.
Some of the major annuity and life insurance providers in California are:
Allianz Life Insurance Company of North America
Allstate Life Insurance Company
American Equity Life Insurance Company
American National Life Insurance Company
Ameriprise Financial/RiverSource Life Insurance Company
Athene Annuity and Life Company
AXA Equitable Life Insurance Company
Bankers Life Insurance and Casualty Company
EquiTrust Life Insurance Company
Fidelity & Guaranty Life Insurance Company
Forethought Life Insurance Company/Global Atlantic Financial Group
Genworth Life Insurance Company
Global Atlantic Financial Group/Forethought Life Insurance Company
Guardian Life Insurance Company
Guggenheim Partners/Security Benefit Life Insurance Company
ING USA Annuity and Life Insurance Company
Jackson National Life Insurance Company
John Hancock Life Insurance Company
Lincoln Benefit Life Company
Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company
Metlife/Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
New York Life Insurance Company
Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company
Pacific Life Insurance Company
Prudential Life Insurance Company
RiverSource Life Insurance Company/Ameriprise Financial
Security Benefit Life Insurance Company/Guggenheim Partners
Transamerica Life Insurance Company
Unum Life Insurance Company of America
Voya/Reliastar Life Insurance Company
