If you have been following the news, you may have seen that there is a dispute regarding Aretha Franklin’s estate plan. Her sons are in court fighting over her estate and multiple wills.
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Aretha Franklin died in 2018, and because she did not have a trust, she wills went through probate court where they are being disputed by her sons.
A Will from 2014 and two Wills from 2010 were found…
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Johnny Knoxville says the Jackass cast was once ‘uninsurable’
Johnny Knoxville knows that he’s lucky to be alive — and so does his insurance company.
Asked if he is an insurance agent’s worst nightmare during a Vanity Fair lie detector interview, the fifty-two year old stunt performer and Jackass star attempted a lie: “No,” he said, before looking towards the lie detector operator. “Does that sound true?”
After receiving a firm headshake, Knoxville fessed up. “Okay,” he admits. “You got me, I am.”
Knoxville has sprained, torn and broken many body parts over the course of his career. Alongside the rest of the Jackass cast members, he spent years…
EverQuote Announces Decision To Exit Health Insurance
Health Exit Will Drive Greater Strategic Focus and Improved Capital Utilization
Company Announces Second Quarter 2023 Earnings Call
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., July 06, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — EverQuote, Inc. (Nasdaq: EVER), a leading online insurance marketplace, today announced that it will exit its health insurance vertical, beginning June 30, 2023. The health insurance vertical includes EverQuote’s marketplace and direct to consumer agency (DTCA) serving the Medicare and “Under 65” health insurance market, and represented approximately 10% of the Company’s revenue in fiscal year 2022.
“We are making the strategic decision to exit an area that requires significant capital investment and scale…
Pickleball is bad news for health insurance stocks, UBS says
A sport that is making many older Americans more active could be backfiring for health insurance companies, according to UBS. Pickleball is a tennis-adjacent sport that has exploded in popularity since the Covid-19 pandemic, attracting millions of new players and celebrity investors. But UBS analyst Andrew Mok said in a note to clients Monday that the sport’s growth and popularity among seniors could contribute to rising health-care spending. “After analyzing the growth in pickleball as well as the nature and frequency of related injuries, we conducted a bottom-up analysis of medical costs. In total, we estimate $250-500 mn of medical…
New Reporting on Insurance Claim Denials Highlights ‘Scam’ of For-Profit Healthcare
A pair of new stories examining the increasingly common but shadowy US insurance industry practice of refusing to pay for certain treatments drew outrage Wednesday from patient advocates and Medicare for All proponents, who said the reporting further revealed the harms of for-profit healthcare.
The investigative outlet ProPublicafocused its attention on the “galling” secrecy around insurance companies’ claim denials, which frequently leave patients with massive medical bills and little clarity as to why their claims were rejected.
“How often insurance companies say no is a closely held secret,” ProPublica‘s Robin Fields reported. “There’s nowhere that a consumer or an employer…
Here’s why insurance experts suggest travel health insurance
When planning your summer vacation, insurance experts suggest you make your health coverage part of all that prep.
PORTLAND, Ore. — Summer vacation has arrived and while you’re planning where to go, what to do and how much it will cost, insurance experts encourage you to also plan ahead when it comes to health insurance.
Traveling in-state versus out of the country makes a difference, but there are some important basics to know no matter where you’re going to ensure an unexpected health event while on vacation doesn’t turn into a bigger financial problem.
“It’s important to know before you…
Estate Planning: 5 Things to Consider
If you are preparing to draft your estate plan with your estate planning attorney, there are a variety of issues that you will need to think about before your documents can be finalized.
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Prior to drafting your estate plan, we recommend that you give some thought to the following items:
How do you want your money and assets handled if you die? Do you want any restrictions? If you are married,…
Those in poorer health give lower ratings for their health insurance
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Most people generally give their health insurance a positive grade, but according to a new KFF survey, those who are in poorer health tend to give lower ratings. The sicker they are, the less positively they feel about their coverage.
About 81% of those polled said their health insurance was “excellent” or “good,” but there were discrepancies. Eighty-four percent of people who describe their physical health status as at least “good” rate insurance positively, compared to 68% of people in “fair” or “poor” health.
People on Medicare also tend to rate their insurance more positively (at a…