For those of you who recently bought a Sony-BMG manufactured CD, you should be aware of ongoing litigation against Sony. When you buy a CD from Sony-BMG, and you want to play it in your computer, you are required to…
Posts Categorized In: Current Affairs
More on Teens and Driving
Four teens in Petaluma, CA died in a car accident. That prompted SFGate to run a story about teens and driving. Some more statistics after my post last week: 16 year old drivers are four times more likely to be…
Settling Your Personal Injury Case
When you are done with your personal injury case, what happens? How do you resolve your case? When do you get paid? What happens next? These are questions that have been asked of me lately. Here are some answers. When…
Tips to Avoid Road Rage
I came across an interesting post from my friend, Bob Kraft. For the record, Bob is, in my opinion, one of the best attorneys in Texas and a great guy. Bob provided some tips to avoid road rage. I post…
Your Kids and Driving
What do you do when your 18 year old wants to drive? How do you make sure that his reckless driving does not effect you? I have a solution. Get your 18 year old his/her own car. I know it…
Fees on Insurance Products
When you buy an insurance product, do you know how much of a fee you are paying? On variable annuities, you may be paying a fee more than you thought. The Minneapolis Star-Tribune has an article today about these fees….
Man Charged with Selling Fake Insurance Policies
The California Department of Insurance has arrested a Texas man for selling fake insurance policies. Apparently, this individual had his insurance license expire, but continued to sell policies for almost 4 years. He had offices in Texas, California and New…
Do Not Burn Your Own Car
Apparently, due to high gas prices, some people are burning their own cars. This would be a bad thing to do. Burning your own car is insurance fraud. It is a felony in California. If you cannot afford your car,…
National Catastrophe Insurance?
I have previously posted on the California Insurance Commissioner’s attempts to change the system for covering natural disasters, called catastrophes in the insurance business. On Thursday, insurance industry leaders met to discuss a federal insurance program. Proponents want this to…
Pet Insurance
There really is no category for this, and I am not sure if anyone reading this is too worried, but the nation’s largest pet insurance company has declared November Cancer Awareness Month for our pets. Veterinary Pet Insurance Co. gave…