by Dennis Beaver | background checks, dating, employment
June 1, 2013 • By Dennis Beaver Are you just about to click “submit” on an Internet-based “Background Search” website, checking out a possible new employee or maybe the love of your life? We have all seen online ads, which for $20, in just a few hours time, claim to:...
by Dennis Beaver | background checks, dating, online dating
February 20, 2016 • By Dennis Beaver Today’s story will be of special interest to anyone who is or who knows someone in a dating relationship which began online and led to personally meeting. We begin with “Three of the most important questions which must be credibly...
by Dennis Beaver | homeowner's insurance, insurance
September 25, 2020 • By Dennis Beaver Thomas, a reader in Chicago, wrote: “Liberty Mutual Insurance television commercials which state, ‘Only Pay for What You Need’ appear to suggest that other insurance companies will sell you coverages you don’t need. I’ll bet a lot...
by Dennis Beaver | employment, workplace
September 25, 2010 (Original publish date) • By Dennis Beaver “Mr. Beaver, I am writing on behalf of both myself and several co-workers. We have a supervisor, Rob, who thinks that he’s a stand-up comic. But no one except him is laughing,”...
by Dennis Beaver | consumer, warranty
April 21, 2017 • By Dennis Beaver Chances are that if you heard someone say “Bromic” you would think that it was a disease, as in “I had a really bad case of Bromic.” In fact, that’s precisely what Hanford readers Nick and Nanci Groenenberg wound up with, as you will...
by Dennis Beaver | attorney fees, background checks, lawyers
January 12, 2024 • By Dennis Beaver As a great deal of the work lawyers do takes place out of sight. This permits bill padding – charging for work that was never done or at an outrageous and unconscionable rate. Estimates of fraudulent billing run from 21% to over...
by Dennis Beaver | advertising, consumer, language
June 11, 2024 • By Dennis Beaver Our stories that discussed learning a foreign language and DEI led to several phone calls from call center and sales supervisors in the worlds of insurance and financial planning. One pointed out, “The market of people speaking an...
by Dennis Beaver | animal control, business, insurance, parenting
July 8, 2022 • By Dennis Beaver The next time you have trouble falling asleep: (1) Get out of bed and find your homeowners or business owner’s insurance policy. (2) Read that section titled, “Your obligation after a loss,” and specifically the Mitigation of Damages...
by Dennis Beaver | consumer
May 13, 2006 (Original publish date) • By Dennis Beaver As a celebration of my father’s 60th birthday — April 1st — I reserved a table for eight family members at one of the nicest restaurants near Sacramento. It is a small place, and they are known for incredible...
by Dennis Beaver | divorce, family law
July 12, 2014 • By Dennis Beaver “Many years ago I recall one of your columns talked about how nasty parents can be to each other and to the children when going through a divorce, frustrating visitation and contact. That’s what happening right now, to our son and...
