There is another insurance scam in California. According to recent news reports, a former sales associate with the American Family Life Assurance Company (AFLAC) was arrested this week on mail fraud charges over scamming $4 million in disability benefits from AFLAC by creating a fictitious employer. Patricia Diane Smith Sledge…
California likes to be at the forefront of things, including those in the technology realm. So it was no surprise last week that California became just the third state in the nation to approve of driverless vehicles, according to news reports. Governor Jerry Brown signed SB 1298 on Tuesday, September…
The fight against unfair insurance practices saw another success in California recently. Half Moon Bay, California, has found itself in the enviable position of being flush with cash after the city won a $10 million interim award in an ongoing case against the Insurance Company of the West. Retired California…
Those working in the California insurance industry probably remember a shameful case several years ago involving so-called “living-trust mills”. That was an elaborate scheme that bilked hundreds of millions of dollars from seniors by having “experts” visit their homes, presenting themselves as professionals, to prepare trusts and other estate planning…
Another unlicensed insurance agent has been caught trying to dupe consumers in California, as our San Francisco insurance attorneys recently noticed in the news . We know that consumers must be careful, as a lot of insurance scams do exist. Californians need to be vigilant, checking into anything that seems…
Our San Francisco insurance attorneys always follow legal developments within the insurance industry. A new bill was passed this week in California, Assembly Bill 2138, which will increase funding to prosecute health and disability insurance fraud. In some cases, this law would double the the current annual assessment of ten…
Our San Francisco insurance attorneys have been following a big California insurance story as it continues to unfold. In July, this blog discussed a lawsuit filed by groups of California doctors against Aetna insurance for denying patients access to out-of-network doctors, even when the patient purchased a policy that allows…
Our San Francisco insurance lawyers were excited to see the California Supreme Court’s decision in State of California v. Continental Insurance. The case dealt with the Stringfellow Acid Pits, one of the most contaminated sites in the US, which was created in 1956 from the depths of an old quarry.…
Our California insurance attorneys noticed a story about the problems residents in the mountainous regions of our state are having with homeowner’s insurance. Many consumers are worried because insurance companies, such as Allstate, are not renewing policies for homes located in areas designated as at risk for wildfires and are…
As this blog discussed in a previous post, most Californians do not have earthquake insurance, despite living in the so-called “Ring of Fire” where about 81 percent of the world’s biggest earthquakes occur. Our San Francisco insurance claim attorneys saw some interesting articles on earthquake insurance in recent weeks, and…