Disability Insurance Law TV

Disability attorney Gregory Michael Dell is the founder of Disability Insurance Law TV, which is a talk show created to educate the public and disability claimants about the claims handling tactics of specific disability insurance companies. Additionally, Gregory Dell, his legal team, and occasional guest speakers discuss common long term disability issues that could potentially benefit any person that owns a disability insurance policy.

We welcome you to contact Attorneys Dell & Schaefer for a free consultation to discuss your disability insurance claim.

• Episode 23 Beware of hired gun doctors in disability insurance claims

  In this video former Montana Insurance Commissioner John Morrison discusses that the fact that disability insurance companies will use hired gun doctors to wrongfully deny disability insurance claims. Additionally, you will hear a view in...
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• Episode 22 Did UNUM insurance disability claims examiner understand physician’s job duties?

  This video is a small portion of the video-taped trial testimony of a Unum long term disability employee. The deposition was completed on behalf of our client by attorney Gregory Michael Dell. This Unum employee...
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• Episode 21 A Federal Judge’s perspective on ERISA disability insurance claims

  This video features Judge William Acker, Jr. testifying at Senate Finance Committee hearing discussing ERISA and long-term disability insurance claims. Disability insurance attorneys Gregory Dell & Stephen Jessup provide their thoughts on ERISA and the...
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• Episode 20 A Senator’s view of ERISA disability insurance claims

  This video features the testimony of Montana United States Senator Max Baucus at a Senate Finance Committee Meeting. Senator Baucus focuses his testimony on the problems with ERISA disability insurance laws and the unfair claims...
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• Episode 19 UNUM employee deposition in a disability insurance claim denial lawsuit

  This video is a portion of a video-taped testimony from a long term disability insurance claim denial lawsuit. The actual testimony in this video was presented to a jury in federal court. The jury awarded...
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• Episode 18 Deposition of medical consultant hired by MetLife for a disability insurance claim

  Can a person undergo a 5 level surgical fusion procedure and not have any restrictions or limitations? That was the position taken by a medical consultant hired by MetLife. The physician in this video deposition...
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• Episode 17 Who makes the final decison to approve or deny disability insurance benefits?

  Is it the disability insurance claim representative or hired insurance company doctor that makes the decisional to approve or deny benefits? Most disability claims examiners do not have any medical background or training, but they...
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• Episode 16 10 things to expect when your disability insurance company asks for an IME exam

  Almost all disability insurance policies provide a disability insurance company with the right to have the insured examined by a physician of their choice. The disability insurance companies can select any physician and a claimant...
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• Episode 15 20 reasons ERISA is an unfair law for disability insurance claimants

  Nationwide Disability Insurance Attorneys Gregory Dell and Stephen Jessup discuss the numerous reasons that ERISA is an unfair law that can negatively impact the thousands of people that file disability insurance claims each year. If...
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• Episode 14 MetLife disability denial reversed by court for unreasonable claim handling

  In this episode disability insurance attorney Stephen Jessup discusses a recent 7th Circuit Court of Appeals case in which MetLife’s ERISA disability denial was reversed for numerous reasons. This opinion is a great tool for...
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• Episode 13 Unum / Provident / Paul Revere Long & Short Term Disability Claims

  In this episode disability insurance attorneys Gregory Dell, Stephen Jessup and Cesar Gavidia of Attorneys Dell & Schaefer discuss Unum and their handling of long term disability insurance claims. Unum has taken over all disability...
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• Episode 12 Liberty Mutual Long Term Disability Insurance Claims

  In this two part episode disability insurance attorneys Gregory Dell Stephen Jessup and Rachel Alters of Attorneys Dell & Schaefer discuss Liberty Mutual Disability Insurance Company and their handling of long term and short term...
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• Episode 11 Mass Mutual Financial Disability Insurance Claims

  In this episode disability insurance attorneys Gregory Dell and Cesar Gavidia of Attorneys Dell & Schaefer discuss Mass Mutual Disability Insurance Company and their handling of long term disability insurance claims. Unlike many other long...
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• Episode 10 Sun Life Financial Disability Insurance Claims

  Sun Life was founded in 1865 and they are the one of the top five largest disability insurance companies in the world. They are based in Toronto, Canada, but more than 40% of their business...
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• Episode 9 Guardian & Berskhire Life long term disability insurance claims

  It is not often we say positive things about disability insurance companies, but Guardian Insurance Company and Berkshire Life Insurance Company are two companies that usually try to do the right thing for their policy...
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• Episode 8 Prudential Disability Insurance Company

  Prudential Insurance Company has more than 42,000 employees, revenues in excess of $32 billion and is one of the largest group / ERISA disability insurance companies in the world. Our law firm has an extensive...
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• Episode 7 MetLife Disability Insurance Company

  MetLife has more than 50,000 employees, revenues in excess of $40 billion dollars and is one of the top three largest group long term disability insurance companies in the world. Metlife is no stranger when...
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• Episode 6 CIGNA Disability Insurance Company

  Cigna / LINA (Life Insurance Company of North America) is one of the world’s largest Group ERISA long-term disability insurance companies. Through our law firm’s review of hundreds of CIGNA / LINA disability claims we...
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• Episode 5 Hartford Disability Insurance Company

  Of the more than 40 disability insurance companies that sell long-term disability insurance coverage, it is my opinion that Hartford is one of the worst disability insurance companies to deal with. Hartford is a “two...
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• Episode 4 Independent medical exams requested by disability insurance companies can be dangerous

  Disability insurance companies will often rely on either an Independent Medical Exam (IME) or an External Medical File review without examination in order to deny a long term disability claim. I never consider a an...
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• Episode 3 Beware of interview request by disability insurance companies

  Be very cautious if your disability insurance company wants to interview you. In this episode disability insurance attorneys Gregory Dell, Stephen Jessup and Cesar Gavidia of Attorneys Dell & Schaefer discuss issues to be aware...
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• Episode 2 Disability insurance companies love video surveillance

  Your disability insurance company may be watching you at anytime. In this episode Disability insurance attorneys Gregory Dell, Cesar Gavidia and Stephen Jessup discuss the ways in which long term disability insurance companies rely on...
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• Episode 1 SSDI benefits versus long-term disability insurance benefits

  In this episode we invited social security disability attorney Scott Bugay to discuss social security disability income claims. On a weekly basis we receive numerous phone calls from disability insurance claimants around the country that...
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