Category: Insurance Fraud

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Allianz Life Insurance reports record profits in 2015 The Background The years since the Great Recession have been hard for a lot of people. Stagnant wages, lost jobs, and loss of benefits and insurance. People have had to cut unnecessary expenses out of their budgets and focus on […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Whole Life vs. Term Life Policies One major decision to make when you’re planning on buying life insurance is the decision to get whole or term life. The names are pretty self-explanatory: whole life covers you for your entire life, term life only does so for a pre-determined […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER How to Prepare for Changing Rates Planning Ahead Many people see life insurance as a solid way of planning for the future. If you purchase a whole life insurance policy while you’re young, and start making payment early, you can keep your monthly payment down while accruing cash […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER The Risky Business of Buying Insurance 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 […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER The Market and Your Life Insurance For most life insurance policyholders, there’s no particular reason to be concerned about what effect the market will have on your policy. Why should you? Life insurance is traditionally rock solid, and a temporary upset in the market has no bearing whatsoever […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER A $125 Million Settlement Put Skilled Nursing Facilities on Notice A Qui Tam Lawsuit against the Kindred/RehabCare Nursing home company has just settled for $125 million, according to the law firm that handled the case. The claims, levied under the False Claims Act, were that nursing homes owned […]

What to know before considering whole life Insurance If you’re like most people, you’ve considered buying whole life insurance. By and large, it’s a responsible way to provide for your family, and most policies allow you to withdraw money in case of an emergency. But many people don’t realize that […]

Whole Life Insurance So You Want to Know About Life Insurance It’s likely that at some point, you’ve either purchased or considered purchasing life insurance. Family, friends, and most financial advisors will advise you to consider it, particularly as you approach retirement. Some companies buy it for their employees, or […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Whole Life Insurance and How to Escape It Somewhere in the vicinity of 60 percent of people living in the United States have some sort of life insurance. Insurance companies collect millions in revenue off the policies, and most people agree that it’s important to own. Getting one […]

Hospital in California Allegedly Involved in a Healthcare Fraud Including Kickbacks, Justice Claims $600 Million in Return ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER In California, the Pacific Hospital is involved in a healthcare fraud case with an alleged $600 million in falsified billing in an eight-year period. The scheme was allegedly created by the […]