I thought I would share a story with you about a case I handled. I have a client who sold a car. (I am not naming her, but she has given me persmission to write about this.) A couple of…
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Health insurance to be reinstated
The California Department of Managed Health Care did a good thing. It brokered a deal with Health Net and Kaiser to reinstate health insurance policies to 1,200 people whose policies were rescinded by the insurance companies. The State is trying…
Disability Insurance Disaster
Suffer through a 15 second commercial and then watch this 6 minute piece from Good Morning America. As I was told by Chris Cole, a San Francisco attorney, this succintly sums up the problem with disability insurance. This is especially…
Co-Payments Rise for Health Insurance
From the New York Times: A new insurance company practice is putting the squeeze on insured consumers who must take medications to treat serious illnesses. Instead of charging policyholders a fixed co-payment amount, insurers are starting to charge from 20…
Copies of Insurance Policies
This is a fascinating topic for me. It came up in the course of an interview I gave to a reporter on a topic. (I will leave that for another time, after the article is published.) We discussed how you…
Good news for Allstate customers?
No, they haven’t decided to start paying claims quickly and for a fair amount. That would be like a Lewis Carroll fairytale. Rather, the Dept. of Insurance has ordered Allstate to cut rates by 15%. Allstate had requested permission for…
Telemarketers and Collisions: YUCK!
Well, I was going to use a stronger word, but decided against it since this is a family blog. WOAI in San Antonio has a story on its website about telemarketers who call people who have been in collisions and…
New Drivers Education Bill in California Senate
The Sacramento Bee reported on a new bill from Sen. Tom Torlakson of Antioch. (The bill is here.)Sen. Torlakson has decided, correctly, that we are not doing enough to teach teens how to drive. So, he has proposed a bill…
Driving Don’ts
While driving around over the last few days, I have seen some really bad driving. And by bad, I mean really, really bad driving that should have people’s licenses taken away. So, with that in mind, I am going to…
Health Insurance Reimbursement
There is always a question of whether you need to reimburse your health insurer after a collision. The basic scenario: you are struck by another driver. You go to the doctor. Your health insurer pays for your treatment. They then…