by Dennis Beaver | consumer, education, financial, parenting
December 22, 2020 • By Dennis Beaver
There is an old saying: “The more you give your children, the more you take away.” Today’s story began with an email from stay-at-home mom “Cindy” and her hard-charging, financially very successful, real estate broker husband,...
by Dennis Beaver | business, consumer, false advertising, homeowner's insurance, insurance
December 18, 2020 • By Dennis Beaver
“Mr. Beaver, I live in a home that is over 100 years old and has beautiful wood beams, paneling, floors, built-in bookshelves, counter tops, a dining table – beautiful, old wood everywhere. “I hired a company that claimed to...
by Dennis Beaver | attorney fees, ethics, lawyers
December 11, 2020 • By Dennis Beaver Today’s story looks at billing practices that may violate ethical rules that apply to lawyers across the country. Before reading further, if you have hired an attorney recently or in the past few years and still have the paperwork,...
by Dennis Beaver | lawyers
November 8, 2020 • By Dennis Beaver Trial lawyers are known for trying cases before juries. But here’s a question for you: “What is the last thing a trial lawyer wants to do?” If you thought, “Lose a case,” that’s one answer, but even before that, what? It is having...
by Dennis Beaver | employment, insurance
November 13, 2020 • By Dennis Beaver “After I graduated college with a degree in media and marketing, I was hired as a claims adjuster trainee by a mid-west-based property insurance company. The training was great and I just knew that I was working for a company that...
by Dennis Beaver | advertising, consumer, medicine, television, TV
November 6, 2020 • By Dennis Beaver “Recently, some of the largest manufacturers of opiates have entered into multi-million dollar settlements for their role in facilitating America’s opiate epidemic,” began an email from “Pete.” “Shouldn’t the same reasoning be...
by Dennis Beaver | business, lawsuit, lawyers
October 30, 2020 • By Dennis Beaver “Our local newspaper wrote a nice article about me obtaining my license as an architect. This led to being contacted by ‘Diane,’who wanted to do a re-model and expansion of her law office. She was my first client,”...
by Dennis Beaver | conservatorship, lawyers, medicine, settlement
October 23, 2020 • By Dennis Beaver It was a beautiful day at Malibu, and Sara was having the time of her life, surfing. Only she has no memory of being there after the auto accident, having sustained a TBI – a traumatic brain injury which put her into a coma....
by Dennis Beaver | business, insurance
October 16, 2020 • By Dennis Beaver “Fires in the West and floods in the South Eastern United States are already having a significant impact on the availability and cost of business insurance,” says Los Angeles-based insurance broker, Karl Susman. An insurance broker...
by Dennis Beaver | business, employment, insurance, psychology
October 9, 2020 • By Dennis Beaver “I recently hired Amy, a 45 year old, knowledgeable insurance broker who brought her clients to us. While competent, we discovered one major flaw; she is horribly sarcastic to everyone on her team, and it isn’t funny, it is hurtful....
