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  1. Nearly Three Years Later, Sedgwick Finally Pays Walgreens’ Pharmacist’s STD and LTD Claim
  2. 67 Year Old Circuits Designer Reaches Settlement With Prudential After Filing Suit to Recover LTD Benefits Under ERISA LTD Insurance Plan
  3. $79,000 in long term disability insurance benefits is recovered for disabled teacher
  4. $800,000 lump-sum disability settlement for attorney with depression
  5. A former podiatrist and current national judo champion and marathon runner collects long-term disability benefits
  6. A general surgeon and his legal team at Dell & Schaefer win disability insurance jury trial against Unum
  7. A Liberty Life Disability Benefit Denial is Reversed after ERISA Appeal filed by Attorney Alex Palamara of Dell & Schaefer
  8. Accountant who was previously on claim for 7 years gets LTD Re-Approved after Appeal to Lincoln Financial Group
  9. Administrative Appeal by Dell & Schaefer forces Principal Life Insurance Company to Reinstate ERISA Long Term Disability Claim of Former Healthways, Inc. Employee
  10. Administrative Appeal by Dell & Schaefer Helps Disabled Man with Eye Disorders Get Approved for Short Term Disability Benefits with Hartford; Long Term Benefits Next
  11. Aetna approves disability benefits for dentist following brain surgery to remove a tumor
  12. Aetna Denies Disability Benefits after 18 Months of Payment, but Dell & Schaefer wins ERISA Appeal
  13. Aetna Life Insurance Company overturned previous denial of long term disability benefits for Georgia Assistant
  14. Aetna overturns decision to deny LTD benefits for claimant suffering from post-concussion syndrome and neurocognitive disorder
  15. Aetna Overturns Denial of Long Term Disability Benefits to Bank Manager with Multiple Sclerosis Following ERISA Appeal
  16. Aetna Overturns Denial of LTD for Former Employee of The Home Depot
  17. Aetna Reinstates Benefits for Former SAP America Employee Suffering the Effects of a Head Injury
  18. Aetna Reinstates Disability Insurance Benefits to Home Depot Manager
  19. Aetna Reinstates Short and Long Term Disability Benefits on Appeal to Warehouse Manager Suffering from Major Depression
  20. Aetna’s denial of disability benefits to an OBGYN physician is reversed following an appeal submitted by attorneys Dell & Schaefer
  21. After Aetna denied Ms. Garner’s long-term disability claim, Ms. Garner filed suit against Aetna, and the Court overturned Aetna’s decision and ordered it to pay Ms. Garner’s disability benefits
  22. After an appeal, a former Director of Information Security, gets disability benefits approved for mental health disorder. The fight for long term disability benefits for client’s physical limitations continues
  23. After Appeal Filed by Attorney Alexander Palamara, Cigna Overturns its Previous Denial of Long Term Disability Benefits for Retail Clerk Suffering from Bipolar Disorder and Chronic Pain
  24. After appeal filed by Attorney Jay Symonds, CIGNA overturned its previous denial of short term disability benefits for New Jersey Project Manager
  25. After appeal filed by Attorney Jay Symonds, Hartford overturned its previous denial of long term disability benefits for Alabama CEO
  26. After appeal filed by Attorney Jay Symonds, Hartford overturned its previous denial of long term disability benefits for Kentucky District Sales Manager
  27. After appeal filed by Attorney Jay Symonds, Lincoln National overturned its previous denial of long term disability benefits for Washington Sales Representative
  28. After appeal filed by Attorney Jay Symonds, Mutual of Omaha overturned its previous denial of short term disability benefits for Colorado Senior Manager
  29. After appeal filed by Attorney Jay Symonds, NWM overturned its previous denial of long term disability benefits for California Customer Relations Supervisor
  30. After appeal filed by Attorney Jay Symonds, Prudential overturned its previous denial of long term disability benefits for New York Financial Control Officer
  31. After appeal filed by Attorney Jay Symonds, Prudential overturned its previous denial of long term disability benefits for Pennsylvania Corporate Training Coordinator
  32. After appeal filed by Attorney Jay Symonds, Sun Life overturned its previous denial of long term disability benefits for Florida ICU Nurse
  33. After appeal filed by Attorney Jay Symonds, UNUM overturned its previous denial of long term disability benefits for Colorado Plumber
  34. After appeal filed by Attorney Jay Symonds, Hartford overturned its previous denial of long term disability benefits for Tennessee Claims Supervisor
  35. After Appeal Sun Life Finally Approves Disability Benefits for Data Engineer
  36. After Being Offered $20,908.56 in Back Benefits and Interest, Attorney Alex Palamara Helps Disabled Nurse Receive $450,213.86 plus $5,000/mo going forward Due to Regulatory Settlement Agreement
  37. After Initially Being Denied Long Term Disability Benefits, Dell & Schaefer Gets Former Wal-Mart Employee on Claim with Liberty Mutual
  38. After it had previously overturned a denial after an initial Dell & Schaefer Appeal, Liberty denied our client’s claim again. After a new appeal, Liberty has now agreed to reinstate our client yet again.
  39. After Long Fight for Short Term Disability Benefits, MetLife Has Now Approved Dell & Schaefer Client for Long Term Disability Benefits
  40. After sending claimant to a psychiatric IME, Reliance Standard realizes its decision to deny benefits was incorrect
  41. Cigna Finally Approves Claim for LTD Benefits for Former Nurse Employed at Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center
  42. After Two Appeals, Cigna Finally Sees the Light and Pays Disability Benefits
  43. Alex Palamara Wins Another Hartford Disability Appeal
  44. Alex Palamara’s ERISA Disability Appeal Against Prudential Leads To Reinstatement of Benefits for Woman With Cerebral Aneurysm
  45. Another Long Term Disability Claim is Reinstated after Disability Attorney Alexander Palamara successfully argues The Standard Insurance Company Mishandled Preexisting Condition Investigation
  46. Another Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Deputy’s Long Term Disability Claim is Reinstated Following Appeal by Disability Attorney Alexander Palamara
  47. Appeal filed by Dell & Schaefer proves to MetLife that former Morgan Stanley Employee Should Continue to Receive ERISA Long Term Disability Benefits
  48. Assurant overturned its previous denial of long term disability benefits for Maine Sales Consultant
  49. AT&T Employee Dealing With Sedgwick Has Horrible Disability Benefit Claim Experience
  50. Attorney Alex Palamara Helps Correction officer to Win Cigna Disability Appeal
  51. Attorney Alex Palamara Wins Disability Appeal Against Cigna for Lockheed Martin Employee
  52. Attorney Cesar Gavidia and Appeal Team at Dell & Schaefer Win Appeal Battle Against Unum to Reinstate Long-Term Disability Insurance Benefits to Disabled Software Engineer
  53. Attorney Cesar Gavidia successfully appeals Cigna claim denial after Cigna and its medical consultant deny claim alleging that restrictions were not medically supported by the medical records
  54. Attorney Cesar Gavidia Successfully Reinstates CIGNA Benefits to a Senior Systems Engineer Suffering from Migraines
  55. Attorneys Dell & Schaefer prove dentist is totally disabled and not residually disabled
  56. Attorneys Dell And Schaefer obtain lump sum buy-out of an Unum long term disability insurance policy for a drywall contractor
  57. Attorneys Dell & Schaefer Appeal Team Lead by Attorney Cesar Gavidia Successfully Appeal CIGNA’s Denial of Benefits to Disabled Lockheed Martin Tech Manager With Traumatic Brain Injury
  58. Attorneys Dell & Schaefer File Lawsuit in Federal Court Against Aetna Life Insurance Company After it Denied Long-term Disability Benefits to Former Software Developer
  59. Attorneys Dell & Schaefer win long term disability insurance appeal against MetLife on behalf of engineer suffering from Parkinson’s
  60. Attorneys Dell & Schaefer win long-term disability trial against Prudential Insurance Company Of America on behalf of time-share salesperson suffering from cervical disc disease
  61. Attorneys Dell & Schaefer win benefits for client under a catastrophic illness policy
  62. AXA Equitable and Disability Management Services approves benefits for a chiropractor suffering from lumbar and cervical disc disease
  63. AXA Equitable and DMS Approve LTD Benefits for Litigation Attorney with ADHD & Bi-Polar
  64. Benefits Reinstated: Dell & Schaefer Successfully Appeals Cigna’s Decision to Deny Benefits for MetroPCS Wireless Employee with HIV
  65. Berkshire Approves Application for Disability Benefits to Sales Manager
  66. Berkshire approves total disability benefits for litigation attorney following surgery to remove a cancerous tumor and multi-level fusion of cervical spine
  67. Berkshire and Liberty Mutual approve benefits to OB/GYN suffering from essential tremor
  68. Berkshire Life Insurance Company approves long-term disability benefits for a dentist suffering from lumbar disc disease
  69. Cameraman suffering from chronic knee problems receives long-term disability benefits from the Mutual of New York Life Insurance Company
  70. Disability Attorney Cesar Gavidia Wins Hartford Disability Appeal For Target Employee With Rheumatoid Arthritis and Chronic Neck Pain
  71. Chiropractor Obtains Lump-Sum Disability Insurance Settlement Despite Wrong Date of Disability
  72. Chiropractor placed on claim despite an “any occupation” provision
  73. Chiropractor receives total disability benefits despite neck exclusion language in a Trustmark Insurance Company disability policy
  74. Cigna Again Reinstates Claim of Archdiocese of Baltimore Registered Nurse Thanks to Appeal by Dell & Schaefer
  75. Cigna Approves Any Occupation Disability Benefits After Two Appeals
  76. Cigna Approves Disability Benefits After Two Years of Fighting
  77. Cigna Approves Disability Benefits to Doctor with Ehlers-Danlos
  78. Cigna Approves Disability Benefits to International Sales Manager
  79. Cigna Approves Disability Claim Following Multiple Denials
  80. Cigna approves internal medicine doctor for long-term total disability benefits
  81. CIGNA Denies Long-term Disability Benefits to Customer Service Representative with Fibromyalgia
  82. CIGNA overturned its previous denial of both short term and long term disability benefits for Michigan Senior Personal banker
  83. Life Insurance Company of North America (CIGNA) overturned previous denial of long term disability benefits for New Jersey Account Manager
  84. CIGNA overturned previous denial of both long term disability benefits for Massachusetts IT Procurement Specialist
  85. CIGNA overturned previous denial of waiver of life insurance premiums
  86. CIGNA Overturns Its Decision to Deny Continued Disability Benefits for Former Employee of Science Applications International Corporation
  87. Cigna Overturns Decision to Deny Short Term Disability Benefits to Independent Living Coordinator Suffering from Chronic Pain, Lupus, Fibromyalgia and Connective Tissue Disorder
  88. Cigna overturns decision to terminate benefits of Claimant suffering from Multiple Sclerosis
  89. CIGNA overturns decision to terminate benefits of telephone sales representative with severe degenerative disc disease
  90. Cigna Overturns Denial Following Dell & Schaefer Appeal
  91. Cigna Overturns Denial of Long Term Disability Benefits
  92. Cigna Overturns Denial of Long Term Disability Benefits On Appeal
  93. Cigna Overturns Denial of LTD Disability Benefits to Off Shore Oil Rigger Suffering From Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
  94. Cigna Overturns Denial of Benefits to Data Center Manager
  95. Cigna Overturns Denial of Disability Insurance Benefits for IT Consultant Suffering from Physical and Mental Conditions
  96. Cigna Overturns Denial of LTD Benefits to Computer Systems Engineer after Appeal and Independent Medical Examination
  97. Cigna Overturns Denial of LTD Benefits for Maintenance Supervisor Suffering from Serious Back Issues
  98. Cigna overturns Short Term Disability Denial and awards Long Term Disability Benefits
  99. CIGNA Reinstates Benefits for Freight Company Truck Driver Following Successful Second Level Appeal
  100. Cigna Reinstates Benefits to Software Engineer Suffering From Chronic Back Pain
  101. Cigna reinstates disability benefits for an accounting manager
  102. Cigna Reinstates Disability Benefits to Project Manager on Appeal
  103. Cigna Reinstates Long Disability Benefits to a Tugboat Captain
  104. Cigna Reinstates Long Term Disability Benefits to Medical Coder
  105. Cigna reinstates Long Term Disability claim after reviewing Dell & Schaefer appeal
  106. Cigna reinstates LTD claim after reviewing Dell & Schaefer appeal
  107. Cigna reverses its decision to terminate benefits of a claimant with Fibromyalgia, Cervical Spine Spondylosis and Depression
  108. Cigna reverses decision to terminate benefits of claimant suffering from end-stage Myasthenia Gravis
  109. Cigna Reverses Disability Denial And Admits Its Decision To Deny Benefits To Attorney Stricken With Parkinson’s Was Wrong
  110. Cigna Reverses Long Term Disability Denial And Admits Denying Benefits To Attorney Stricken With Parkinson’s Was Wrong
  111. Computer Programmer is Back on Claim Receiving LTD Benefits after Attorney Proves to Lincoln it Acted Wrongly
  112. Confidential Disability Settlement for a Dentist After Insurance Companies Bad Faith is Exposed
  113. Dell & Schaefer Administrative Appeal for Cafeteria Manager Forces Lincoln to Re-Approve Disability Claim
  114. Dell & Schaefer Appeal Successful, Cigna reinstates Long Term Disability Benefits for Lockheed Martin Employee
  115. Dell & Schaefer convinces Sun Life to Overturn Denial of Long Term Disability Benefits for a Person Suffering from Severe Cervical Disorders
  116. Dell & Schaefer ERISA Administrative Appeal Proves to MetLife that Client is Still Disabled and Claim Not Subject to Certain Policy Limitations
  117. Dell & Schaefer gets Cigna to Reinstate Long Term Disability Benefits for Former Maryland Teacher Suffering from Crohn’s Disease
  118. Dell & Schaefer obtains settlement award for OB/GYN with Unum individual disability policy
  119. Dell & Schaefer Refuses to Allow Prudential to Force Claimant Into Submission
  120. Dell & Schaefer successfully appeal denial by Liberty Life
  121. Dell & Schaefer Successfully Appeals Denial Of Benefits To Claimant With Trigeminal Neuralgia
  122. Dell & Schaefer Successfully Appeals Denial of Benefits to Fedex Employee
  123. Dell & Schaefer Successfully Appeals Denial of Benefits to Former Director of a Multinational IT Consulting Company
  124. Dell & Schaefer Successfully Appeals Denial Of Benefits To Former Excel Energy Employee
  125. Dell & Schaefer Successfully Appeals Denial of Benefits to Former Inventory Control Specialist
  126. Dell & Schaefer Successfully Appeals Denial Of Benefits To Former Trial Attorney
  127. Dell & Schaefer Successfully Appeals Denial of Benefits to IT Support Specialist
  128. Dell & Schaefer Successfully Appeals Denial Of Benefits To Pre-School Teacher
  129. Dell & Schaefer Successfully Appeals Denial of Benefits to Quality Control Inspector
  130. Dell & Schaefer successfully appeals denial of benefits to maintenance technician
  131. Dell & Schaefer Successfully Appeals Metlife Denial of Benefits to Veteran
  132. Dell & Schaefer Wins Disability Appeal against Cigna for Mortgage Banker
  133. Dell & Schaefer Wins Short Term Disability Appeal Against Lincoln
  134. Dell & Schaefer’s Appeal Leads Prudential to Reinstate ERISA Long Term Disability Benefits
  135. Dell & Schaefer’s Client Awarded ERISA Long Term Disability Benefits After ERISA Appeal Filed
  136. Dentist wins appeal and UNUM Provident pays disability benefits
  137. Dentist with hand tremor files suit and receives confidential settlement for past due and future long-term disability benefits
  138. Disability insurance carrier cuts veterinarian’s benefits after paying for 9 years
  139. Disability Attorney Alex Palamara wins LTD Benefits for Police Office Denied by Standard
  140. Disability Attorney Alexander Palamara Proves to Unum that Its Decision to Deny Benefits Was Wrong for Claimant Suffering from Heart Conditions
  141. CIGNA denies benefits after paying for 10 years, but Disability Attorney Stephen Jessup wins benefits for 60 year old client with fibromyalgia
  142. Disability Attorneys Dell and Schaefer Prove to Prudential that Its Decision to Deny Benefits Was Wrong
  143. Disability Benefits Reinstated: Dell & Schaefer Appeal Gets CIGNA to Admit its Decision to Deny was Wrong
  144. Disability carrier denies disability benefits to chiropractor after paying for 8 years, yet Attorneys Dell & Schaefer file lawsuit and obtain lump-sum buyout
  145. Disability insurance Attorneys Dell & Schaefer resolve lawsuit against Unum on behalf of ophthalmologist suffering from bi-lateral carpal tunnel syndrome
  146. Disability lawyers win ERISA long term disability appeal against Hartford
  147. Disabled Vessel Captain for Marine Services Corporation Wins Long-term Disability Appeal With CIGNA
  148. ENT doctor receives $225,000 and continues to work in his same occupation while collecting disability
  149. AXA Equitable pays total disability benefits to an attorney
  150. Dell & Schaefer ERISA Administrative Appeal Successful: Claimant suffering from Sleep Disorders, Depression and Fibromyalgia Now Receiving Long Term Disability Benefits
  151. ERISA disablity insurance claim: pre-existing condition denial overturned for executive
  152. Executive assistant recieves confidential settlement from USAA Life for long-term disability policy
  153. Federal Court Overturns Aetna Denial Of Disability Benefits
  154. Federal Express (“FEDEX”) thought their disability insurance plan was governed by ERISA, but attorneys Dell & Schaefer and the US Southern District Court of Florida disagree
  155. Federal Insurance Company and former postal worker reach confidential settlement regarding lump-sum disability policy
  156. Florida Nurse wins long term disability benefits from UNUM after Disability Attorney Alex Palamara wins ERISA Appeal
  157. Former government bond trader and 9-11 survivor receives more than one million dollars in long-term disability benefits
  158. Former options trader receives confidential long-term disability settlement 10 years after his original claim was denied
  159. Fresenius Medical Care North America Employee Wins Disability Appeal With CIGNA
  160. General Surgeon wins Long Term Disability Insurance Trial Against Unum
  161. Hartford Admits Decision to Deny LTD Benefits to Claimant with Chronic Lyme Disease Was Wrong
  162. Hartford agrees to lump-sum buyout of long-term disability policy for account executive
  163. Hartford Agrees to Overturn its Previous Denial of Long Term Disability Benefits for an Employee of Adventist HealthCare who suffers from RSD/Complex Regional Pain Syndrome
  164. Hartford and Unum approve long-term disability benefits for disabled radiologist
  165. Hartford approves long-term disability benefits for teaching assistant with multiple sclerosis
  166. Hartford Buys Out Disability Policy Following Appeal
  167. Hartford ERISA Disability Appeal Victory for a Jet Operator Suffering with Chronic Back Pain
  168. Hartford has a Pattern of Conducting Surveillance on a Claimant’s Birthday
  169. Hartford overturned its previous denial of LTD benefits for Illinois Account Representative
  170. Hartford overturned previous denial of long term disability benefits for New York Consultant
  171. After appeal filed by Attorney Jay Symonds, Hartford overturned its second denial of long term disability benefits for Alabama CEO
  172. Hartford Overturns Denial of Long-term Disability Benefits For Disabled JP Morgan Chase Banker
  173. Hartford Reinstates Disability Benefits to HR Manager
  174. Hartford Reinstates Long Term Disability Benefits on Appeal to Computer Systems Administrator Suffering with Chronic Back Pain
  175. Hartford Reversed Decision To Terminate Claimant’s LTD Benefits After Submitting an Appeal
  176. Hartford reverses disability benefit denial after previously paying 62 year old sales rep for 6 years
  177. Hartford Settles Disability Claim of 60 Year-Old Account Executive After Terminating LTD Benefits
  178. Hartford Settles Disability Claim of 60 Year-Old Account Executive After Terminating LTD Benefits
  179. Jefferson Pilot’s denial of long-term disability benefits to a quality control manager is reversed
  180. Liberty Mutual Approves Disability Benefits to Senior Vice President
  181. Liberty Mutual of NY Disability Benefit Denial Reversed After Two Denials In One Year
  182. Liberty Mutual Overturns Denial of Disability Benefits Following Submission of an ERISA Appeal
  183. Liberty Mutual Overturns Disability Denial to Truck Driver With Chronic Low Back Pain
  184. Liberty Mutual Overturns Disability Insurance Denial in Ten Days
  185. Liberty Mutual reverses decision to terminate disability benefits
  186. Liberty Mutual reverses denial of short-term disability benefits and approves long-term disability benefits for advertising account manager
  187. Liberty Mutual Twice Denies and Approves Long-term Disability Benefits to IT Systems Analyst with Rheumatoid Arthritis
  188. Liberty Reinstates Long Term Disability Benefits for the Second Time
  189. Liberty’s Decides to Terminate Benefits to a Claimant with Multiple Sclerosis Based on 40 Minutes of Surveillance Video
  190. Life Insurance Company of North America (CIGNA) lump sum settlement buyout offer obtained for former salesman
  191. Life Insurance Company of North America (CIGNA) overturned previous denial of long term disability benefits for Massachusetts Senior Advisor
  192. LINA overturned its previous LTD denial for Medical Technologist
  193. Life Insurance Company of North America overturned previous denial of long term disability benefits for Washington Crime Scene Photographer
  194. Lincoln Admits It Was Wrong To Deny Disability Insurance Claim
  195. Lincoln Approves Disability Benefits Following Second Appeal
  196. Lincoln Approves Disability Claim After Multiple Appeals
  197. Lincoln Financial Overturns Denial of ERISA Long Term Disability Claim for Dell & Schaefer Client, But There Is A Catch
  198. Lincoln Financial Reinstates Disability Benefits Following the Submission of an Appeal for an Attorney With Wrist Injuries
  199. Lincoln Financial Reinstates Disability Benefits To School Teacher
  200. Lincoln Financial approves long-term disability benefits for financial advisor injured in car accident
  201. Lincoln National Life Insurance Company overturned previous denial of long term disability benefits for Wyoming Professor
  202. Lincoln Financial’s denial of long-term disability benefits is reversed following appeal submitted by attorneys Dell & Schaefer
  203. Lincoln Overturns Denial of LTD Benefits After Two Appeals
  204. Lincoln Reversed Decision to Deny Benefits of Project Manager Suffering from Chronic Paroxysmal Hemicranial Cluster Headaches
  205. Long Term Disability Attorneys Win an ERISA Appeal Following Lincoln Financial Disability Denial
  206. Long Term Disability Benefits Reinstated: After Administrative Appeal filed by Dell & Schaefer, The Standard Overturns Decision To Deny Former Employee of T-Mobile USA
  207. LTD Claim Approved by Lincoln for Former Biomet, Inc. Employee suffering from Meniere’s Disease
  208. LTD Claim Approved for a Second Time for an Insurance Sales Agent after Prudential Denies Claim Based on Self-Reported Physical Capabilities
  209. Mass Mutual approves long-term disability benefits of $12,000 a month for a financial advisor suffering from musclar dystrohpy (FSHD)
  210. Mass Mutual Approves Long Term Disability Benefits For an Oncologist That Suffered Stroke
  211. Mass Mutual attempts to deny disability benefits to OBGYN after ten years on claim
  212. Metlife Admits Decision to Deny LTD Benefits Based on Fibromyalgia Limitation Was Incorrect When Claimant’s Primary Diagnosis Was Meniere’s Disease
  213. Metlife Admits Decision To Deny Ltd Benefits To Claimant With Chronic Fatigue Due To Congestive Heart Failure Was Wrong
  214. MetLife agrees to overturn its denial of long term disability benefits for Florida Doctor after an ERISA appeal filed by Alex Palamara
  215. MetLife Approves Disability Benefits to Dentist With De Quervain’s
  216. MetLife approves disability insurance benefits for OB/GYN suffering from multiple orthopedic conditions
  217. MetLife approves long term disability benefits for senior sales manager in the medical supply industry
  218. MetLife Long-Term Disability Denial Of Disabled Yamaha Motors Corporation Manager With Genetic Disorder Is Reversed Following ERISA Appeal
  219. Metlife Overturns Denial on Appeal by Dell & Schaefer
  220. MetLife Overturns its Decision to Deny Long Term Disability Benefits After Receiving an ERISA Appeal from Disability Attorneys Dell & Schaefer
  221. MetLife Reinstates Benefits to Financial Advisor Suffering From Restless Leg Syndrome & Insomnia
  222. MetLife Reinstates Disability Benefits to Attorney on Appeal
  223. MetLife Removes 24 Month Limitation for Mental Health Condition for Financial Advisor
  224. MetLife reverses decision to terminate LTD benefits after Dell & Schaefer files an appeal showing Metlife completely ignored physical conditions of claimant
  225. Mutual of Omaha Approves Dell & Schaefer Client for Short Term Disability Benefits After Administrative Appeal
  226. After appeal filed by Attorney Jay Symonds, Mutual of Omaha overturned previous denial of short term disability benefits for Maine Senior Software Engineer
  227. Mutual Of Omaha Overturns Denial of Short Term Disability Benefits for Software Developer
  228. Mutual Of Omaha Overturns Denial of Short Term Disability Benefits for Software Developer With Chronic Back Pain
  229. Mutual of Omaha Reinstates Benefits of Business Development Manager after Appealing the Termination of Her LTD Benefits
  230. Neurosurgeon awarded partial disability benefits
  231. Northwestern Mutual Approves Claim For Disability Benefits
  232. Northwestern Mutual Approves Long Term Disability Insurance Benefits for Veterinarian
  233. Northwestern Mutual Reinstates Disability Benefits to Attorney Suffering From Gastrointestinal Problems
  234. Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Deputy’s Long Term Disability Claim Reinstated Following Appeal by Disability Attorney Alexander Palamara
  235. Podiatrist receives lump-sum buyout at pre-suit mediation with long-term disability insurer
  236. Podiatrist with median nerve injury files lawsuit and obtains lump-sum buyout of disability policy
  237. Principal Approves Long Term Disability Benefits for Surgeon
  238. Principal Reinstates Benefits of Orthopedic Surgeon Unable to Work Full-Time After Attorney Rachel Alters submits Appeal
  239. Prudential Approves Disability Claim on Appeal
  240. Prudential Approves LTD Claim on Voluntary Appeal
  241. Prudential Awards Long Term Disability Benefits to Doctor Suffering From Parkinson’s Disease
  242. Prudential Denial Overturned on Appeal After Attorneys Dell & Schaefer Established that Medical Device Representative Could Not Perform Duties of Any Gainful Occupation
  243. Prudential denies and settles long-term disability claim with CPA after CPA becomes totally disabled from chronic cervical neck pain and radiculopathy
  244. Prudential Insurance Company Settles Breach of Contract Lawsuit Arising From Allegations That It Terminated the Claim of CPA Disabled Under AICPA Long-term Disability Insurance Policy
  245. Prudential overturned previous denial of long term disability benefits for Mississippi Nuclear Medicine Tech
  246. Prudential Insurance Company of America overturned previous denial of long term disability benefits for Oregon Software Engineer
  247. Prudential overturned previous denial of long term disability benefits for Connecticut Audit Manager
  248. Prudential Overturns Decision to Deny Long-term Disability Benefits to Former JP Morgan Chase Financial Advisor With Mandibular Cancer
  249. Prudential Overturns Denial for Dell & Schaefer Client Suffering With Serious Back Conditions
  250. Prudential Overturns Denial of Benefits on Appeal After Denying Claim On Basis That Insured Failed To Show Medically Supported Restrictions and Limitations
  251. Prudential Overturns Denial of Disabled Welding Foreman Suffering From a Blood Disorder to Only Claim His Disability is Psychosomatic and Limited to 24 Months of Payments
  252. Prudential Overturns Denial of Long Term Disability Benefits to College Professor
  253. Prudential Overturns Disability Denial to Chiropractor
  254. Prudential Overturns Disability Denial for Third Time to Insured with Cluster Headaches
  255. Prudential overturns denial of Long Term Disability Benefits for Vietnam War Veteran after Lawyers from Dell & Schaefer file appeal
  256. Prudential Overturns Another Long Term Disability Denial After Dell & Schaefer Appeal
  257. Prudential pays computer system engineer’s ERISA disability benefits after 3 unsuccessful appeals by the insured and his previous attorney
  258. Prudential Agrees to Reinstate Long Term Disability Benefits for an Employee of DRS Technologies who suffers from very severe back issues
  259. Prudential Reinstates Disability Benefits To School Teacher
  260. Prudential Reinstates Long Term Disability Benefits on Appeal to Sales Manager Who Suffered Multiple Strokes
  261. Prudential reinstates long-term disability benefits to sales specialist following appeal filed by attorneys Dell & Schaefer
  262. Prudential reverses denial of long term disability benefits to engineering manager suffering from coronary artery disease
  263. Prudential reverses denial on second appeal & pays $175,000 in past due disability benefits to OBGYN
  264. Prudential Decides to Terminate Long-term Disability Claim of Disabled Chevy Chase Bank Manager That It Had Paid for 11 Years, But It Overturns Decision After Attorney Dell & Schaefer’s Appeal
  265. Psychiatrist receives $340,000 long-term disability insurance buyout
  266. Real estate agent recieves lump sum settlement from Unum Provident after appeal is filed
  267. Reed group overturns its decision to terminate short term disability benefits to medical device sales representative and retired marine corp. officer suffering from post traumatic stress disorder
  268. Reliance Standard overturned LTD denial for Tennessee Technology Sales Consultant
  269. Reliance Standard Admits They Were Wrong in Denying Long Term Disability Benefits
  270. Reliance Standard Insurance Company Overturns Decision to Deny Long-term Disability Benefits to Pediatrician With Ovarian Cancer
  271. Reliance Standard Overturns Denial of Benefits on Appeal After Claiming It Failed to Receive Medical Records
  272. Reliance Standard Overturns Denial of LTD Disability Benefits to Timeshare Salesman
  273. Reliance Standard Overturns Its Decision to Deny; Dell & Schaefer Client Will Again Receive Long Term Disability Benefits
  274. Reliance Standard Reinstates Benefits for Former Employee of Parent Company, Delphi Financial, Following Successful Appeal
  275. Reliance Standard Reinstates Disability Benefits to Project Manager
  276. Reliance Standard reverses long term disability denial following appeal submitted by Attorneys Dell & Schaefer
  277. Respiratory Therapist whose claim was denied without a proper review gets LTD Claim Approved after Appeal to CIGNA
  278. Sedgwick Reinstates Long Term Disability Claim Following Appeal
  279. Senior Global Tax Director for Billion Dollar Worldwide Industrial Company is Again Receiving Disability Benefits from MetLife After Appeal by Attorney Alexander Palamara
  280. Standard Approves Disability Benefits to Attorney with Fibromyalgia
  281. Standard Insurance Company reverses disability insurance denial for a disabled lawyer
  282. Standard Overturns Decision to Deny Disabled Project Manager Long-term Disability Insurance Benefits After First Appeal
  283. Standard Overturns Denial of Benefits to Shareholder of Major Law Firm
  284. Standard Overturns Denial of Disability Benefits to Chiropractor
  285. Standard Overturns Denial of Disability Insurance Benefits
  286. Successful Appeal Against Prudential Gets Breast Cancer Survivor Back on Claim for LTD Benefits
  287. Dell & Schaefer Successfully Appeals Denial of Benefits to Former Clinical Therapist
  288. Sun Life Approves Claim for Long Term Disability Benefits
  289. Sun Life Approves Disability Benefits to Surgical Services Director
  290. Sun Life Disability Claim Denial Reversed on Appeal for Funeral Home Director with Chronic Pain and Migraines
  291. Sun Life ignored its own medical expert’s opinions supporting registered nurse’s inability to work in a sedentary occupation due to severe rheumatoid arthritis
  292. Sun Life overturned previous denial of LTD for California Diagnostics Manager
  293. Surveillance Video and Independent Medical Examination (IME) Leads to Disability Insurer Terminating Disability Claim After Paying Partially Disabled Insurance Agents Claim For 21 Years
  294. Symetra Reinstates LTD Benefits for Former Vice President of Grady Management, Inc. who suffered from multiple Strokes
  295. Teacher suffering from Sjorgen’s syndrome, fibromyalgia and other conditions receives lump-sum buyout following denial of long-term disability benefits
  296. Team lead by Attorney Cesar Gavidia Forces Prudential to Overturn Long-term Disability Denial on Appeal for IT Support Technician Diagnosed with Cancer
  297. The Standard Insurance Company’s denial of disability benefits is reversed on appeal
  298. Trinity Health Care Registered Nurse Wins Cigna Long Term Disability Appeal
  299. Two Stroke Victims Win ERISA Appeals Against Prudential and Liberty Life
  300. United of Omaha Overturns Decision to Deny Benefits to Disabled Quality Assurance Manager After Appeal Discredits Its Medical Review and Vocational Assessment
  301. Unum approves dentist for residual/partial long-term disability benefits
  302. Unum Approves Disability Benefits Beyond 24 Month Mental Health Limitation
  303. Unum Approves Long Term Disability Application to a Program Manager
  304. Unum approves long-term disability benefits for a general surgeon diagnosed with cervical degenerative disc disease
  305. Unum approves long-term disability benefits for a trial attorney suffering from diabetic neuropathy
  306. Unum approves opthamologist for long-term total disabilty benefits
  307. Unum challenges the long term disability claim of a blind salesman
  308. Unum disability appeal results in settlement of Unum long term disability claim
  309. UNUM Insurance Company reverses disability insurance denial for CFO/VP of Finance
  310. Unum issues disability insurance benefits to currency trader suffering from depression and chronic fatigue
  311. After appeal filed by Attorney Jay Symonds, UNUM overturned previous denial of long term disability benefits for South Carolina Nurse
  312. Unum Overturns Original Decision to Deny Benefits to Disabled Account Manager Following Appeal Submitted by Dell & Schaefer Appeals Team
  313. Unum Pays One Million Dollars in Disability Benefits to Disabled Lawyer After Reviewing Disability Appeal Submitted By Attorneys Dell & Schaefer
  314. Unum Provident and Monarch Life Insurance Company pay total disability to dentist
  315. Unum Provident approves physiologist’s claim for disability benefits
  316. Unum Provident pays advertising executive total disability benefits
  317. Unum Provident pays total disability benefits to a chiropractor with breast cancer
  318. Unum Settles Lawsuit with Florida Chiropractor After Initially Denying Long-term Disability Claim
  319. Unum and Sun Life Approve Disability Benefits to OB.GYN
  320. Attorneys Dell & Schaefer successfully appeal denial of benefits to claimant with CRPS/RSD
  321. Long Term Disability Appeal Victory Against Cigna for Cardiac Cath Technician
  322. Woman with multiple sclerosis files long term disability benefit denial lawsuit against Prudential Insurance Company

Your Disability Insurance Company

  1. Aetna
  2. AIG
  3. American United
  4. Ameritas
  5. Anthem
  6. Assurant / Union Security
  7. Assurity Life Insurance
  8. AXA Equitable / DMS
  9. Berkshire
  10. Boston Mutual
  11. Broadspire
  12. Cigna
  13. Colonial Life
  14. Companion Life
  15. Dearborn National/Dearborn Group
  16. Great-West Life Assurance
  17. Guardian Life
  18. Hartford
  19. HM Life Insurance
  20. Illinois Mutual
  21. ING / Reliastar
  22. Jefferson Pilot
  23. Liberty Mutual
  24. Lincoln Financial
  25. Lloyds of London
  26. Disability Management Services (DMS)
  27. Mass Mutual Disability Insurance Lawyers
  28. MetLife
  29. Monarch Life Insurance
  30. Mutual of Omaha
  31. New York Life Insurance
  32. Northwestern Mutual
  33. Ohio National
  34. Paul Revere
  35. Principal Financial Group
  36. Provident
  37. Prudential
  38. Reassure / Jackson
  39. Reliance Standard
  40. Sedgwick
  41. Standard
  42. Sun Life
  43. Trustmark
  44. Union Central
  45. Unum

Disabling Conditions

  1. Ataxia Disability Insurance Benefits Claim
  2. Back Disorders Disability Insurance Benefits Claim
  3. Bipolar Disorder Disability Insurance Benefits Claim
  4. Cancer Disability Insurance Benefits Claim
  5. Carpal Tunnel Syndrome and Disability Insurance Claim Assistance
  6. Cerebral Atrophy Short Term and Long Term Disability Insurance Claim Help
  7. A Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Disability Claim Will Be Challenged
  8. COPD Disability Insurance Claim Information and Legal Help
  9. Chronic Pain Disability Insurance Benefits Claim
  10. Cognitive Limitations and Long Term Disability Insurance Claims
  11. Crohn’s Disease Short And Long Term Disability Insurance Claim Help
  12. Depression and Anxiety Disability Insurance Claim Information and Help
  13. Diabetes Disability Insurance Claim Help and Information
  14. Ehlers Danlos Syndrome Long Term Disability Claims
  15. Disabled Due to Epilepsy Or Other Seizure Disorders Requiring Disability Benefit Claim Help?
  16. Epstein-Barr Virus Can Result in A Disability Insurance Claim?
  17. Eye Problems Resulting in Disability Insurance Claim
  18. Fibromyalgia Disability Insurance Benefits Claim
  19. Gastrointestinal Disorders Resulting In Disability Insurance Claim Assistance
  20. Headache Disability Insurance Benefit Claim Help From Attorneys
  21. Does Hearing Loss Require You To Seek Long or Short Term Disability Benefit?
  22. Long Term Disability Insurance Benefits for Heart Disease or Cardiac Issues
  23. Hepatitis C Disability Insurance Benefit Claim Help
  24. Disability Insurance Claim Due to HIV/AIDS Lawyer Assistance
  25. Disability Insurance Claim for Insomnia or Other Sleep Disorders
  26. Our Disability Insurance Attorneys Discuss Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) Disability Claims
  27. Disabled by Kidney Disease or Renal Failure and Need Disability Insurance Claim Help?
  28. Seeking Disability Insurance Benefits for a Knee Disorder and Need Claim Help?
  29. Does Lupus Require You to File a Disability Insurance Claim with Lawyer Help?
  30. Lyme Disease Disability Insurance Claim Help From Lawyers
  31. Our Disability Insurance Attorneys Can Handle Your Macular Degeneration Claim
  32. Does Macular Edema Require you To Speak with a Disability Lawyer About Benefits?
  33. Meniere’s Disease Disability Claim Help and Tips
  34. Our Disability Lawyers Discuss Multiple Sclerosis and Disability Insurance Benefits
  35. Attorney Disability Claim Help for Neck Pain or Cervical Spine Problems
  36. Osteoarthritis Disability Insurance Claim Help From Disability Lawyers
  37. Parkinson’s Disability Insurance Claim and Benefits Lawyer Help
  38. Peripheral Neuropathy and Hiring A Lawyer for A Disability Claim
  39. Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Disability Insurance Benefits Claim
  40. Psychosis Disability Insurance Benefits Claim
  41. Rheumatoid Arthritis Disability Insurance Benefits Claim
  42. RSD / Complex Regional Pain Syndrome Disability Insurance Benefits Claim
  43. Seizures (non-epileptic) Disability Insurance Benefits Claim
  44. Shoulder Disorders Disability Insurance Benefits Claim
  45. Sleep Apnea Disability Insurance Benefits Claim
  46. Speech Disorders Disability Insurance Benefits Claim
  47. Stroke Disability Claim Help from Disability Insurance Lawyers
  48. Substance Abuse Disorder Disability Insurance Benefits Claim
  49. Syncope Disability Insurance Benefits Claim
  50. Vestibular Dysfunction Disability Insurance Benefits Claim

Q&A — Ask A Disability Lawyer

  1. Are all LTD claimants considered for alternative professions as part of the “any occupation” investigation?
  2. Are All Medical File Reviews By Disability Insurance Companies a Sham?
  3. Are Disability Business Overhead Expense Policies Worthless if You Close Your Business?
  4. Are disability insurance benefits taxable?
  5. Are independent medical examiners hired by a disability insurance company truly independent?
  6. Are the outside companies hired by disability insurance companies to locate IME doctors independent?
  7. Are there any penalties if a disability insurance company violates ERISA?
  8. Are There Exceptions to the Mental Illness Limitation in a Disability Insurance Policy?
  9. What is an Attending Physician Statement and how should it be completed?
  10. If I File For Bankruptcy Can I Still Pursue a Claim for ERISA Long Term Disability Benefits?
  11. Can a disability attorney manage all aspects of my long-term disability insurance claim?
  12. Can a Disability Claimant Refuse to Attend an IME During an Appeal?
  13. Can a disability insurance carrier claim an overpayment if a claimant receives worker compensation benefits?
  14. Can a disability insurance company conduct video surveillance of me without my permission?
  15. Can a disability insurance company rely upon a nurse to review my disability claim?
  16. Can a LTD insurance company claim overpayment if claimant is approved for SSDI?
  17. Can I add more information to my claim file in anticipation of filing a lawsuit after an insurance company enters a final denial of benefits?
  18. Can the disability company limit my disability benefits to 24 months if I have been diagnosed with depression as a result of my physical disability?
  19. Can a disability company sue me to recover an SSDI overpayment?
  20. Can a disability insurance company claim overpayment for SSDI payable to a child as result of the parent’s disability?
  21. Can a disability insurance company conduct video surveillance of a claimant whenever and wherever they want?
  22. Can Hartford be punished for wrongful denial of a disability insurance claim?
  23. Can I collect disability insurance benefits if I am collecting unemployment benefits?
  24. Can I do volunteer work while I am collecting long term disability benefits?
  25. Can I earn money while I collect long term disability benefits?
  26. Can I file for disability insurance benefits if I was fired before I stopped working?
  27. Can I Hire A Disability Lawyer to Help with my ERISA Appeal?
  28. Can I recover attorney fees if my long-term disability claim is governed by ERISA?
  29. Can I submit a long-term disability claim if my employment has been terminated?
  30. Can I Sue My Disability Insurance Company For Video Taping Me Without My Permission?
  31. Can I sue my long term disabilty insurance company for bad faith or punitive damages?
  32. Can I Volunteer and Still Receive Long Term Disability Insurance Payments?
  33. Can my disability claim be denied if my disability company never conducted an IME exam?
  34. Can my disability insurance benefits be denied if I am approved for Social Security Disability Benefits?
  35. Can my disability insurance policy be exempt from ERISA?
  36. Can my disability insurer offset pension or retirement benefits that I’m drawing from a previous employer?
  37. Can my insurance carrier deny my benefits even if there is no change in my medical condition?
  38. Can My Insurance Company Selectively Review Certain Medical Records While Ignoring Others In Considering My LTD Benefits?
  39. Can My Insurance Company Terminate My Disability Benefits After 24 Months if My Mental Nervous Disorder Contributes to But is Not The Sole Cause of My Disability?
  40. Can my long term disability claim be denied for a pre-existing condition?
  41. Can my severance agreement eliminate my right to claim disability insurance benefits?
  42. Can one application be submitted if the same insurance company administers both my Group Long-term Disability Plan and my Individual Disability Policy?
  43. Can a stress-induced heart attack be considered an “injury” under a disability insurance policy?
  44. Can the Disability Insurance Company Call My Doctors Without Telling Me?
  45. Can the disability insurance company require me to have surgery in order to collect disability insurance benefits?
  46. Can The Hartford Characterize Cognitive Impairment Due to Chronic Pain a Mental Condition?
  47. Can Veteran Disability Benefits be deducted from my monthly long term disability insurance check?
  48. Can you work in a different occupation while collecting disability income payments?
  49. Can your ERISA disability benefits be garnished?
  50. If I Convert my Former Employee Disability Policy to a Private Policy Does ERISA Govern?
  51. If I have Coronavirus can I collect disability insurance benefits?
  52. What are the differences between an individual disability insurance policy and an ERISA / Group disability policy?
  53. Can my Disability Company Rely on Its Own Nurse to Deny Disability Benefits?
  54. Disability Insurance Challenges for Doctors
  55. Can a disability insurance company rely on a Functional Capacity Exam (“FCE”) to deny long-term disability benefits?
  56. Is my disability insurance company required to offer me a lump sum buyout of my disability policy?
  57. Does my disability insurance lawsuit need to be filed in State or Federal Court?
  58. Disability Law and Video Surveillance
  59. What is the discretionary clause in a disability insurance policy?
  60. Do Disability Insurance Companies Continue to Challenge a LTD Claim After an “Any Occupation Definition of Disability Investigation” Is Completed and Benefits Have Been Extended?
  61. Do disability insurance companies deny all claims for disability benefits?
  62. Do disability insurance companies handle a claim differently when a lawyer is involved?
  63. Do Disability Insurance Companies Pay Bonuses or Commissions to Case Managers if They Deny a Short Term or Long Term Disability Benefit Claim?
  64. Do Federal Courts Nationwide Differ on the Meaning of Regular Occupation in ERISA Long Term Disability Plans?
  65. Do I always have to repay Social Security disability benefits to my disability insurance company? Maybe not!
  66. Do I Have a Bad Faith Disability Claim Against My Disability Insurance Company?
  67. Do I Have To Allow My Disability Insurance Company To Contact My Employer?
  68. Do I have to attend an IME exam requested by my disability insurance company?
  69. Do I Have to cooperate during a neuropsychological IME Exam requested by the disability insurance company?
  70. Do I Have to File an ERISA Appeal of a Disability Insurance Denial Before I Can File a Lawsuit?
  71. Do I have to sign the Social Security reimbursement agreement requested by disability company?
  72. Do I have to sit home all day in fear that my disability insurance company will videotape me and then deny my disability benefits?
  73. Do I Need to Consult an Attorney Before I File an Application for Long Term Disability Benefits?
  74. Do I need to disclose my disability insurance claim if I filed for bankruptcy?
  75. Do I need to send the “medical authorization release” form to the disability insurance company?
  76. Do the rules of evidence apply to ERISA disability insurance cases?
  77. Do you need to suffer a loss of income to collect disability income payments?
  78. Does a disability carrier need to consider my Social Security Disability approval after they have made a final decision on my final ERISA appeal?
  79. Does a disability insurance company need to consider the side effects of my medications?
  80. Does ERISA require Plan Administrators to have my claim reviewed by an independent vocational expert?
  81. Does having a disability insurance attorney raise a red flag?
  82. Does It Matter Who Pays My Disability Insurance Premiums?
  83. Does A Letter From A Disability Insurance Company Misstating Policy Language Modify The Terms Of A Disability Insurance Policy?
  84. Does my insurance company have to consider my SSDI award if I received the award after my ERISA appeal was denied?
  85. Does Social Security always deny disability claimants the first time they submit a claim?
  86. Does Social Security Approval Mean Disability Insurance Benefits Will Be Paid?
  87. Does social security disability approve claims that are based on subjective medical conditions?
  88. Does the 2013 Cigna Long Term Disability Regulatory Settlement Agreement Require My Disability Benefit Denial to Be Reconsidered?
  89. Does the claimant, after getting a request to a field interview, have to do it?
  90. Does the Mental Nervous Disorder Limitation in an ERISA Long Term Disability Plan Violate ADA Laws?
  91. Why are the duties of my pre-disability occupation important when seeking LTD benefits?
  92. Why is it important to have a disability attorney handle my ERISA disability appeal?
  93. Has Lincoln Contacted You About Your Liberty Disability Claim?
  94. I have both an individual disability insurance policy, which I purchased on my own, and a group disability insurance policy through my employer. Will I be able to recover benefits from both insurance policies if I become disabled?
  95. How can a claimant exclude their disability insurance benefit payments from Federal Income Tax?
  96. How Can I Protect Myself At A Hartford IME Exam?
  97. How can one disability company approve my claim but my other disability company has denied my claim?
  98. How can the disability insurance company deny my claim if my doctor has not released me to return to work?
  99. How do disability insurance companies calculate lump-sum buyouts?
  100. How do I determine my date of disability?
  101. How Do I Know If My Disability Company Is Conducting Video Surveillance of Me?
  102. How do I know if my disability policy is subject to ERISA?
  103. How do I obtain a copy of my long term disability insurance policy or disability plan?
  104. How does a disability insurance company determine my Regular Occupation?
  105. How does an individual disability claim differ from an ERISA group disability claim?
  106. How Does Having A Disability Lawyer Help Me Fight For Metlife Disability Benefits?
  107. How does the Social Security Administration determine if a person is eligible for social security disability benefits?
  108. How Important is Doctor Support in Securing Disability Insurance Benefits?
  109. How important is the support of my treating physician?
  110. How long do I have to be disabled before I can file a claim for social security disability benefits?
  111. How long does the disability insurance company have to make a claim decision once the application for ERISA long term disability benefits is submitted?
  112. How long is the disability insurance company required to pay once my disability claim is approved?
  113. How Much Time Does Prudential Have to Make A Determination On an ERISA Disability Appeal?
  114. How often can my disability insurance company require a Claimant Statement?
  115. How often does the disability insurance company expect a disability claimant to treat with a doctor?
  116. How often does the Social Security Administration evalaute a claimant’s eligibility for SSDI benefits?
  117. How will I know if my Long Term Disability Policy contains a limited pay period for physical or mental disabilities and is there any way to get around these limitations?
  118. If a disability insurance claimant dies can any family members continue to collect the decedent’s long term disability benefits?
  119. If disability benefits are assigned to my ex-spouse following a divorce, are the disability benefits taxable to the ex-spouse?
  120. If I am already receiving long-term disability benefits, what actions can I take to help prevent denial of disability benefits?
  121. If I am approved for Social Security does that mean the disability insurance company must approve my disability claim?
  122. If I am physician claiming long term disability, can I treat myself?
  123. If I can not afford medical treatment can I still collect disability insurance benefits?
  124. If I File A Short Term Disability Claim With My Carrier And My Claim Is Denied, Do I Also Need To File A Separate Long Term Disability Claim?
  125. If I Have Physical and Mental Disabling Conditions Will My Disability Benefit Be Subject to a Limited Pay Period?
  126. If I Sue Unum for a Disability Insurance Denial, What Should I Anticipate?
  127. If my disability insurance claim denial is reversed will I receive interest?
  128. If my disability insurance claim has been denied do I have to file an Appeal before I can file a lawsuit?
  129. If my long term disability benefits are governed by ERISA and I win at trial, does the insurance company have to pay me for the remainder of the policy life, or a lump sum amount?
  130. If my long term disability claim is wrongfully denied will the insurance company pay my attorney’s fee if I win my case?
  131. If My Pre-Disability Job Was Sedentary, Will the Disability Insurance Company Suggest an Alternative Sedentary Job That I Should Be Able to Perform?
  132. If my social security disability claim was denied will my disability insurance claim be denied?
  133. What are the important steps to take when filing an ERISA disability denial appeal?
  134. What can I do when the insurer fails to make a decision on my appeal within the required timeframe?
  135. Is a Claimant’s Complaints of Pain Enough to Qualify for Short or Long Term Disability Insurance Benefits?
  136. Is a Field Interview Request By A Disability Insurance Company a Bad Thing?
  137. Is a Long-Term Disability Policy Buyout A Good Option?
  138. Is an FCE Exam Good or Bad for a Long Term Disability Insurance Claimant?
  139. Why is ERISA an unfair law for disability insurance claimants?
  140. Is It Unusual for a Disability Insurance Company to Request an Attending Physician Statement (APS) Once a Year?
  141. Is Lincoln Relying on MDGuidelines to Review Disability Appeals?
  142. Is my disability insurance policy subject to or governed by ERISA?
  143. Is My Insurance Company Allowed to Take An Offset of My Monthly LTD Benefit for Social Security Benefits My Kids Receive As A Result of My Disability?
  144. Is My “No-Fault” Auto Insurance Settlement an Offset Under My Long Term Disability Insurance Policy?
  145. Is there an advantage to filing an ERISA disability lawsuit after the expiration of the 45 day deadline and before the disability insurance carrier makes a decision on an ERISA Appeal?
  146. Is video surveillance of a disability claimant engaged in non-work related activities sufficient evidence for a disability insurance company to deny disability benefits?
  147. Is Your Disability Insurance Claim a Physical or Mental Disability Condition?
  148. Is it legal to limit disability insurance benefits to 24 months for mental nervous claims?
  149. Can I live outside of the United States and collect long-term disability insurance benefits under my individual or group long-term disability insurance policy?
  150. What medical criteria does a disability company rely upon in order to determine if a claimant qualifies for a specific disabling condition?
  151. What should I expect at a medical examination requested by Unum disability insurance company?
  152. Why should I have a disability insurance attorney participate in an interview requested by the disability insurance company?
  153. What Are My Options Following A Private Disability Insurance Claim Denial?
  154. Do I have to pay tax on my SSDI overpayment if I already paid tax on the disability insurance benefits for the same period of time?
  155. How do I prepare for an IME Exam requested by Disability Insurance Company?
  156. If I am receiving disability insurance benefits, can the disability insurance company use my spouse’s income or retirement benefits to offset my monthly disability benefit payment?
  157. Should bipolar disorder be classified as a mental nervous condition and limited to 24 months of benefits?
  158. Should I allow my disability insurance company to interview me in my home?
  159. Should I speak with an attorney prior to filing my long-term disability insurance claim?
  160. Should I stop paying my disability insurance premiums even though my claim decision is pending?
  161. Should I Let My Doctor Be Interviewed By The Insurance Company?
  162. Since my policy contains a Waiver of Premium While Disabled Provision, should I still pay the premium for my long-term disability insurance policy while my long-term disability claim is under review?
  163. What Happens if I Sue Dearborn Before They Decide on My Long Term Disability Benefit Appeal?
  164. The Long-term Disability Medical Consultant review. What is it? What can be expected?
  165. Do I Have A Time Limit To File An ERISA Disability Lawsuit?
  166. What Are The Top 10 Reasons a Long Term Disability Insurance Claim is Denied?
  167. Total v. Residually Disability Benefits: The Ongoing Battle?
  168. If I have two different disability insurance policies and I am approved for Social Security Disability, can both disability companies deduct my monthly benefit by the amount of the SSDI payment?
  169. What are my options if the disability insurance company does not respond to my ERISA appeal within 45 days?
  170. What are my options if my long term disability insurance claim has been denied?
  171. What are self reported condition limitations in a group long term disability insurance policy?
  172. What are the ERISA disability appeal deadlines and why 180 days?
  173. What are the five most common reasons for a long term disability insurance claim denial?
  174. What are the most common disabling conditions for a long term disability claim?
  175. What can I do if the disability insurance company is delaying disability payments?
  176. What can I do to protect myself during an IME exam requested by my disability insurance company?
  177. What Can I Expect When Seeking Long Term Disability Benefits from Northwestern Mutual?
  178. What does attorneys Dell & Schaefer charge for the representation of disability insurance claimants?
  179. What Does It Mean If My Disability Insurance Company Says I Am Malingering?
  180. What Does it Mean if My Waiver of Life Insurance Premium Has Been Denied?
  181. What does it mean when a disability insurance company pays disability benefits under a “reservation of rights”?
  182. What happens when a long term disability insurance company requests to do a field interview regarding your claim?
  183. What is a Functional Capacity Exam (FCE) and should I go to a FCE?
  184. What is a “Gainful Occupation” under a Disability Insurance Policy?
  185. What is a lump sum buyout?
  186. What Is A Medical Consultant Review Request By A Disability Insurance Company?
  187. What is a REMAND in an ERISA Disability Insurance Lawsuit?
  188. What is a residual disability income claim?
  189. What is an “any occupation” definition of disability?
  190. What is An ERISA Disability Lawsuit and What Should I Expect?
  191. What is an “own occupation” definition of disability?
  192. What is ERISA?
  193. What is the Accident v. Sickness provision in my disability insurance policy?
  194. What is the Administrative Record in an ERISA disability appeal?
  195. What is the appeal process if my Social Security Disability Claim has been denied?
  196. What Must I Do If My ERISA Disability Claim Is Denied?
  197. What Should a Claimant Expect When Suing Cigna or any other disability company for Long Term Disability Benefits?
  198. What Should a Dentist Expect When Filing a Long Term Disability Benefit Claim?
  199. What Should I be Aware of if I Have Cognitive Limitations and I Am Receiving Disability Insurance Benefits?
  200. What should I expect if I apply for residual disability insurance benefits?
  201. What Should I expect if Metlife wants to send someone to Interview me?
  202. What should I expect when I attend an IME exam requested by my disability insurance company?
  203. What Should I Expect When Suing Prudential for a Disability Insurance Benefit Denial?
  204. What should I be aware of if I am buying a disability insurance policy?
  205. What time frames apply to an ERISA disability appeal?
  206. What Can A Claimant Expect With A Lincoln Financial Group Disability Claim?
  207. What type of doctor should I be treating with in order to claim long term disability benefits?
  208. What types of medical conditions are most commonly challenged by disability insurance companies?
  209. When Is The Best Time To File A Long Term Disability Benefit Claim?
  210. When is the Best Time to Submit a Claim for either STD or LTD insurance benefits?
  211. When should a disability claimant suspect that their disability insurance company is doing video surveillance?
  212. Which states have laws or regulations abolishing discretionary clauses in erisa disability insurance policies?
  213. Who are the largest private and group disability insurance companies?
  214. Who Makes The Decision To Deny A Long Term Disability Insurance Claim?
  215. Who may I sue if my long-term disability benefits are denied, my employer, the insurance company, or both?
  216. Why are disability insurance policies difficult to understand?
  217. Why consider a lump-sum buyout of your disability insurance policy?
  218. Why do disability insurance companies challenge disability claims filed by attorneys and business professionals?
  219. Why do disability insurance companies conduct secretive video surveillance?
  220. Why does the disability insurance company request my tax returns?
  221. Why is a different company handling my claim for short or long term disability benefits?
  222. Why is it important to hire a disability attorney experienced in handling ERISA disability claims?
  223. Why is it important to have a disability attorney when applying for disability insurance benefits?
  224. Why is my disability insurance company requesting an IME exam?
  225. Why Must AN ERISA Disability Appeal Be Filed Within 180 Days?
  226. Why Should A Claimant Take Their Time Filing an ERISA Disability Appeal Letter?
  227. Why should I hire a disability insurance attorney to submit my ERISA Appeal?
  228. Why was ERISA created?
  229. Will a disability insurance company watch me on Facebook or other social media sites?
  230. Will my disability insurance company give me a copy of the IME report?
  231. Will the disability insurance company pay my attorney fees and cost if I win my Appeal?
  232. Will the disability insurance company pay my doctor to complete an Attending Physician Statement?
  233. Will the insurance company pay me long term disability benefits while my appeal or lawsuit is pending?

Disability Insurance Law Research

  1. $1,000,000 in Unum Disability Benefits for an Attorney, Blackmail, and Supreme Court Denies Cert!
  2. 10th Circuit Court of Appeals validates MetLife’s accidental death and dismemberment denial
  3. 12 years of disability payments paid, but CIGNA suddenly determines claimant can perform sedentary job
  4. 3 Ways Hartford Wrongfully Denied Long Term Disability Insurance Benefits to Claimant with MS
  5. 4 reasons that make a disability insurer’s denial of benefits arbitrary and capricious
  6. 5 Frequently Asked Questions About Disability Insurance, Answered
  7. Federal Court provides 5 reasons CIGNA wrongfully denied disability benefits to man suffering from chronic fatigue syndrome
  8. 7th Circuit Recognizes Chronic Debilitating Effects Of Fibromyalgia
  9. 8th Circuit Court of Appeal Overturns Award of LTD Benefits for Disabled Walmart Employee
  10. 9th Circuit Clarifies The Definition Of “Sedentary Work”
  11. 9th Circuit Holds That Release In Plaintiff’s Wrongful Termination Lawsuit Bars Subsequent ERISA Benefits Claim
  12. A Claimants View of a Standard Insurance Company Disability Benefit Claim
  13. A classic Unum Provident denial
  14. A Letter to Cigna CEO Following Denial of Disability Benefits to a Wheel Chair Bound Woman
  15. A New Bait and Switch Tactic by Unum Disability Insurance Company
  16. A Successful California Disability Insurance Claim Does Not Require “Absolute Helplessness”
  17. Accidental Death Benefit Denied By National Union Fire Insurance Due To Language of Policy Exclusion
  18. Accidental death & disability dismemberment; AIG reversed by Colorado Court
  19. ACI Recognizes Gregory Dell as a Disability Expert
  20. Former Aegon USA employee suffering with multiple sclerosis sues CIGNA for denial of disability insurance benefits
  21. Aetna and The Rawlings Company LLC Seek to Reduce Your Disability Benefit
  22. 1st Circuit Affirms Holding That Claim Is Not Subject To Pre-Existing Condition Provision
  23. Aetna denial of long-term disability benefits for chronic fatigue syndrome upheld by Court
  24. Aetna Life Insurance Company denies disability benefits and claims physical therapist with back disorder can perform “reasonable occupation”
  25. Aetna Disability Benefit Denial for Former Boeing Employee is Upheld by Appeal Court
  26. Aetna Disability Denial of Marriott Employee Upheld by Louisiana Federal Judge
  27. Aetna fails to review Bank Of America employee’s ERISA disability benefit appeal timely resulting in lawsuit by an Illinois disability lawyer
  28. AETNA Life Insurance Company sued for failure to pay out disability benefits to ex senior nurse suffering from disabling mental conditions
  29. Aetna Gets Thrashed by Judge Thrash For Denial of Long Term Disability Insurance Benefits to an Aetna Employee
  30. Aetna Life Insurance Company Ordered by Federal Court Reconsider the Claim of Amazon Employee Disabled Due to Urinary Incontinence
  31. Aetna Long Term Disability Lump Sum Buyout or Settlement
  32. Court Finds Aetna Had No Credible Argument Whatsoever To Support Its Decision To Deny Benefits To Claimant With MS
  33. Aetna Ordered to Produce Internal Statements of Policies, Procedures and Guideline Relative to Claimant’s Long-Term Disability Claim
  34. Aetna refuses video recording of IME and threatens to deny disability benefits unless claimant agrees to sign IME doctor’s authorization form
  35. Aetna Life Insurance Company sued by Bank of America and Huhtamaki employees for failing to provide ERISA benefits
  36. Aetna Is Sued For Failure To Pay ERISA Benefits To Boeing Employee For Injuries Sustained In A Shooting
  37. Disability attorney sues Aetna Life Insurance for failure to pay short term disability benefits to Huhtamaki Americas employee
  38. AETNA Life Insurance Company ordered by West Virginia Federal Judge to reevaluate denial of disability benefits to Bristol-Myers Squibb Manager
  39. Aetna’s denial of disability benefits for human resource generalist is upheld after claimant’s definition of disability changes from “own occupation” to “any occupation”
  40. Affidavit from former Unum Provident employee
  41. After paying for 13 years Unum Denies Disability Benefits to Woman with Lyme Disease and Endometriosis
  42. After being denied disability benefits, Rabbi suffering from bipolar disorder sues CIGNA
  43. After Appeal by Dell & Schaefer, Cigna overturns its decision to deny Short Term Disability Benefits
  44. AIG Repeatedly Denies Disability Benefits to a Colorado Woman with Fibromyalgia After Change of Disability Definition
  45. Alabama Court Refuses To Consider Additional Medical Evidence Submitted After Metlife’s Denial Of Claimant’s One Mandatory ERISA Disability Appeal
  46. Disability insurance claimant’s allegation of bad faith against Unum Provident is disallowed due to ERISA regulations
  47. Ambiguous Disability Policy Language is Construed in Favor of Disability Claimant with Berkshire Life Policy
  48. American Red Cross Worker Sues Reliance Standard Life Insurance Company For Wrongful Termination of Long Term Disability Benefits
  49. An undiagnosed pre-existing condition will not result in denial of long-term disability benefits
  50. Anesthesiologist files lawsuit against Paul Revere Life Insurance Company alleging wrongful deduction of social security retirement benefits
  51. Anesthesiologist Loses Disability Insurance Lawsuit Against Sun Life Assurance Company in Pennsylvania Federal Court
  52. Another Cigna Hired Gun Doctor To Be Exposed!
  53. Another study confirming that medication overuse can make headaches worse
  54. Anthem Disability Claim Denial Reversed by Nevada Court
  55. “Any occupation” disability insurance claim discussed by a California Disability Lawyer
  56. Appeals Court Upholds Hartford’s Termination of Disability Benefits
  57. Appellate Court denies Liberty Mutual’s attempt to recover $163,661.57 in disability benefits paid to disability claimant and business owner
  58. Appellate Court finds Wachovia and Liberty Mutual’s review of objective evidence of disabling migraine headaches was unreasonable (Part II)
  59. Appellate Court Rules That Hartford’s Failure to Examine Patient Was An Abuse of Discretion and Overrules Disability Denial
  60. Appellate Court upholds Prudential’s decision denying disability benefits to insured when he refused to attend an IME Exam
  61. Are attorney fees payable in long term disability insurance cases governed by ERISA?
  62. Are Cigna Short Term Disability Denials on the Rise?
  63. Are Independent Medical Evaluation (IME) Providers Really “Independent”?
  64. Are the opinions of your treating physician’s entitled to more deference?
  65. Arizona Court rules Provident wrongfully terminated disability benefits to insurance manager with CFS (Part II)
  66. Arkansas Court Reverses Liberty Life’s Disability Denial for a Nurse
  67. Arkansas disability attorney filed lawsuit against Sun Life and Health Insurance Company on behalf of disabled Buford Media Group, LLC’s Office Manager for denial of disability benefits
  68. Asurion Employee Files Lawsuit Against Life Insurance Company Of North America For Wrongful Termination Of Long-Term Disability Benefits
  69. AT&T employee with back injury sues Sedgwick Claim Management Services, Inc. for denial of short term disability benefits
  70. Attorney sues Unum to recover benefits after Unum terminates disability claim after learning attorney committed fraud; Unum counterclaims for over $1 million in overpaid benefits
  71. Attorneys Dell & Schaefer 2016 Employee Halloween Costume Contest
  72. Attorneys Dell & Schaefer and Art Serve present Lee Berlin – Evolution
  73. Attorneys Dell & Schaefer file class action law suit against Prudential
  74. Attorneys Dell & Schaefer win long term disability insurance appeal against MetLife on behalf of engineer suffering from Parkinson’s
  75. Attorneys Dell & Schaefer’s client takes her case to trial against Prudential in Hawaii District Court
  76. Back Pain and Long Term Disability Insurance Claims
  77. Bank of America, Boeing, and Cytec Industries employees file lawsuits against Aetna Life Insurance Company over disability benefits
  78. Long time Bank of America employee sues AETNA for denial of disability benefits
  79. Beware of the CIGNA “Vocational Rehabilitation Assistance Program”
  80. Beware of buried language in Prudential long term disability insurance policy
  81. Beware of Unfavorable Language Limiting the Maximum Pay Period of Neuromuscular, Musculoskeletal or Soft tissue Disorder in MetLife Group Long-term Disability Policies
  82. Beware of unreasonable Prudential Disability Insurance lump sum buyout offer
  83. Boeing Employee Suffering From Severe Chronic Back Pain Sues Aetna For Denial Of ERISA Benefits
  84. Bon Secours Employee Wins Lawsuit Against Unum who had Denied Him Disability Benefits
  85. Law office bookkeeper with lupus and fibromyalgia denied disability benefits by Unum Life Insurance Company of America in Indiana
  86. Boston Mutual can not recover $163,000 overpayment to long-term disability claimant (Part II)
  87. Bridgestone employee sues Liberty Life Assurance Company of Boston for long term disability benefits
  88. Broadspire and Aetna deny long-term disability benefits to manager suffering from fibromyalgia, arthritis and cervical disc disease
  89. Broadspire ordered to pay disability insurance benefits but not attorney fees
  90. Broadspire Services terminate long-term disability benefits after paying for 8 years
  91. Broadspire’s attempt to deny disability benefits after paying for 10 years is denied
  92. California Consultant sues Northwestern Life Insurance Company for unpaid disability benefits
  93. California Court Agrees with MetLife’s Denial of Dismemberment Claim
  94. California Court denies Plaintiff’s Attempt to Introduce New Medical Information During ERISA Disability Lawsuit Against Hartford for Long Term Disability Benefits
  95. California Court Finds Anthem’s Long Term Disability Denial Unreasonable
  96. California Court holds that Hartford Abused Its Discretion in Denying Amazon.com employee LTD Benefits
  97. California Court orders CIGNA to disclose amount paid to MES Solutions for medical reviews
  98. California Court Overturns Prudential Denial of Disability Benefits
  99. California Court Overturns Prudential Denial of LTD Benefits
  100. California Court Reverses Sunlife Disability Denial for Woman with Fibromyalgia
  101. California Court Rules Disability Claim Accrues When Disability Terminates
  102. California Court Rules That Hartford Acted Unreasonably and Reverses Disability Denial
  103. California disability attorney sues Standard Insurance Company for denial of long term disability benefits payments to paraplegic
  104. California Disability Insurance Attorneys Battle Discretionary Clauses Daily
  105. California disability policyholders seek class action against UnumProvident
  106. California Federal Court Finds Coverage Provision in Aetna Long-term Disability Plan to Be Ambiguous
  107. California Federal Court Finds Man Disabled, Overturns Unum’s Decision that denied Long Term Disability Benefits
  108. California Federal Court Finds That MetLife Abused Its Discretion And Awards Financial Analyst Long-Term Disability Benefits
  109. California Federal Court Orders Metropolitan Life Insurance Company to reinstate benefits to disabled analyst
  110. California Federal Court rejects Prudential’s attempt to limit claim
  111. California insurance commisioner seeks disability changes
  112. California Judge grants disability claimant’s request to investigate Hartford Life And Accident Insurance Company’s relationship with hired doctors
  113. California lawmakers want to assist disability insurance claimants
  114. California State Disability Benefits Process is Now Online!
  115. Cameraman suffering from chronic knee problems receives long-term disability benefits from the Mutual of New York Life Insurance Company
  116. Can CIGNA approve disability benefits but deny life insurance waiver of premium?
  117. Can disability insurer force doctor to have surgery?
  118. Can Medical Records Created After the Eligibility Period Support a Claim for Disability Benefits?
  119. Can UNUM Be Sued for Defamation in a Disability Insurance Case?
  120. Can Unum Deny My LTD Benefits After Paying For 15 Years?
  121. Can UNUM Deny LTD Benefits When Plaintiff Proves Eligibility by a Preponderance of the Evidence?
  122. Cancer and Long Term Disability Insurance Policies
  123. CFO Sink announces future initiative to improve record keeping of civil remedy notices
  124. Former Charles Schwab Corporation employee sues Liberty Life Assurance Company of Boston for denial of long term disability benefits
  125. Chronic Fatigue by Trine Tsouderos
  126. CIGNA can not change ERISA standard of review
  127. CIGNA can not raise new arguments for disability insurance claim denial at the trial level
  128. Cigna Denies Disability Benefits, But Additional Information Could Have Resulted In A Victory
  129. Cigna denies disability benefits to former Healthsouth Corporation nurse after paying for 11 years
  130. CIGNA Life Insurance Company denies disability benefits yet social security disability benefits are approved
  131. CIGNA denies disability claim and gets sued by neurologist
  132. CIGNA denies disability insurance benefits to Engineering Manager with Stage 4 cancer
  133. Cigna denies Herff Jones Inc. employee disability benefits after she is diagnosed with multiple sclerosis
  134. 20 years of receiving disability insurance benefits and CIGNA denies woman’s benefits three separate times
  135. CIGNA destroys copy of accidental disability insurance policy but claimant is able to prove existence of policy and obtain benefits
  136. CIGNA Disability Claim Denial: A Claimant’s View
  137. Cigna disability video surveillance is common but hiding the results is not
  138. CIGNA entitled to recover social security disability benefit overpayment
  139. Cigna Exposes Disability Plan Administrator To $9,900 ERISA Penalty For Failure To Produce Plan Documents
  140. CIGNA faces a lawsuit by American Homecare Supply Respiratory therapist for termination of disability benefits
  141. Cigna failed to follow proper claim denial procedure, nurse’s right to pursue disability law suit under ERISA supported by district court
  142. CIGNA / LINA fined $600,000 and required to reconsider prior disability denials
  143. CIGNA/LINA sued for denying waiver of life insurance premium to caretaker of disabled and mentally challenged adults
  144. CIGNA (LINA) terminates disability payments to woman with multiple sclerosis
  145. CIGNA / LINA wrongfully relies upon surveillance video to deny long term disability insurance benefits
  146. CIGNA long term disability denial is reversed by New York Federal Judge
  147. Cigna Denial of LTD Benefits for Schlumberger Shop Manager Upheld
  148. Cigna Makes Disability Insurance Claim Claimant Live in Fear of Claim Denial
  149. CIGNA ordered to pay disability benefits to hr administrator diagnosed fibromyalgia
  150. Cigna ordered to re-review denial of long-term disability benefits for Senior Vice President at Salomon Smith Barney
  151. Missouri Court Orders Cigna to Pay LTD Benefits to Medical Sales Executive
  152. CIGNA pays disability benefits for 10 years, offers a lump sum buyout and then denies disability claim
  153. CIGNA Reaches Regulatory Settlement Agreement with Massachusetts Prompting the Review of Disability Benefit Denials
  154. CIGNA Group Insurance and Subsidiaries sued in Alabama, New York and Michigan for allegedly acting arbitrarily and capriciously in denying claims for long term disability benefits
  155. CIGNA terminates disability insurance benefits as claimant’s back condition gets worse
  156. CIGNA has three new lawsuits to deal with for unpaid disability benefits
  157. CIGNA under fire in Minnesota Federal Court for termination of claimant’s disability benefits
  158. CIGNA’s wrongful termination of disability waiver of life insurance premium reversed by court
  159. CIGNA’s attempt to limit claimant to a maximum of 2 years of long-term disability benefits limitation for an organic brain disorder such as bi-polar is reversed by the District Court
  160. Cigna’s Disability Denial Of Woman With Chronic Pain and Depression Reversed And Not Subject to Mental Nervous Limitation
  161. Cigna’s latest strategies for handling and denying disability benefit claims
  162. Cigna’s Termination of Disability Benefits was Arbitrary and Capricious
  163. Cigna Long Term Disability Insurance Settlement Agreement Information
  164. City University Of Medicine & Bioscience former employee disabled by back disorder sues Reliance Standard Life Insurance Company for denial of disability benefits
  165. Claimant with Fibromyalgia and CRPS Battles Sunlife for 5 Years Seeking Disability Benefits
  166. Claimant with Fibromyalgia and CRPS wins minor victory when U.S. Court of Appeals Vacates Judgment and Remands Case back to Sun Life for Re-evaluation
  167. Claimant is Ordered to Pay Attorney Fees to Standard for Failing to Exhaust Her Administrative Remedies
  168. Claimant Unsuccessful in Disability Insurance Lawsuit against Boston Mutual Life Insurance Company in a Louisiana Lawsuit
  169. A Claimant’s View of a Prudential Disability Benefit Denial
  170. Claimant Wins Summary Judgment Motion against MetLife After Court Determined that MRI was Sufficient to Diagnose Radiculopathy
  171. Claimants under HSBC North America Holdings, Inc. Group Long Term Disability Benefits Plan sue Unum Life Insurance of America in Illinois and Nevada
  172. Clopay Corporation Customer Service Representative Sues Prudential For The Wrongful Denial Of Long-Term Disability Benefits
  173. CNN article discussing disabling chronic pain conditions for women
  174. CNN Publishes Story on Lyme Disease as a Disabling Condition
  175. Colorado District Court overturns denial of benefits by Life Insurance Company of North America
  176. Two Comcast employees and a registered nurse file three ERISA lawsuits against Liberty Life Insurance in Pennsylvania for denial of disability benefits
  177. Companion Life wrongfully relies on 22 minutes of video surveillance to deny disability insurance benefits
  178. Continental Casualty denies sales manager’s claim for disability benefits due to untimely filing of application
  179. Continental Insurance Company ordered to pay long-term disability benefits to bank employee
  180. Appellate Court Agrees with Zurich Decision to Deny Accidental Death Benefits to Wife of Man with Cardiac Condition
  181. Court Agrees: Principal Life Correctly Terminated Disability Benefits
  182. Court Agrees with Sedgwick and Finds Plaintiff’s ERISA Lawsuit is Time-Barred
  183. Court agrees with Unum’s denial of long term disability benefits to man suffering with rheumatoid arthritis and osteoarthritis (Part II)
  184. Court Allows Additional Evidence at Trial in ERISA Disability Case
  185. Court Allows Aetna to Use the Dictionary of Occupational Titles to Deny LTD Benefits
  186. Court Awards Attorney’s Fees After Disability Insurance Claim is Remanded Back to Sun Life
  187. Court rules Cigna cannot use 24 month mental health limitation to deny disability benefits
  188. Court Compels Metlife To Reconsider Its Decision To Terminate Claimant’s Long-Term Disability Benefits
  189. Court Criticizes Lina For Failing to Perform Independent Examination
  190. Court Denied American General’s Motion for Partial Summary Judgment
  191. Court of Appeals denies appeal for Business Executive claiming disability benefits due to lower back injury against Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
  192. Court Finds MetLife Has No Right To Request An IME After Unnecessary Delay
  193. Court Finds Multiple Errors and Orders Aetna to Pay Claimant Long Term Disability Benefits
  194. Court Finds Objective Evidence Alone, Without Supporting Subjective Evidence, Is Not Enough To Prove Disability, Rules in Favor of Hartford
  195. Court Finds Prudential Abused its Discretion in Denying LTD Benefits
  196. Court Finds Sedgwick Wrong to Deny Benefits Without Considering Claimant’s Actual Job Duties
  197. Court grants partial summary judgment in favor of Plaintiff, remanding claim back to Aetna to review records it failed to review during the appeals process
  198. Court Holds Plaintiff’s State Claims Preempted by ERISA and Dismissed Complaint
  199. Court holds that decedent did not intentionally misrepresent a prior medical condition in his application for life insurance benefits
  200. Court Of Appeals agrees with Texas Judge that UNUM did not abuse its discretion in denying Accenture LLP’s employee’s claim for disability benefits
  201. Court Orders Aetna to Pay Disability Benefits when Plaintiff was Found Capable of Working
  202. Court Orders Aetna to Reconsider Termination of Disability Benefits Where Aetna Completely Ignored Treating Doctors Records and Recommendations
  203. Court orders Citigroup and MetLife to answer discovery request exposing conflict of interest in long-term disability benefit denial
  204. Court Orders Hartford to Disclose Relationship with University Disability Consortium
  205. Court Orders Liberty to Pay LTD Benefits to Plaintiff Who Proved She was Disabled
  206. Court Orders Life Insurance Company Of North America To Pay Claimant Long-Term Disability Benefits
  207. Court Orders Metlife to Re-evaluate the Denial of Disability Benefits to Citibank Employee
  208. Court Orders Principal Life to Pay Long-Term Disability Benefits to Plaintiff
  209. Court Orders Principal Life to Reinstate Long Term Disability Benefits
  210. Court orders Prudential to re-evaluate long-term disability claim of engineer suffering from chronic fatigue syndrome and fibromyalgia
  211. Court Orders Sedgwick to Pay Disability Benefits to Claimant with Carpel Tunnel Syndrome Even though the Employer Offered Her Accommodations
  212. Court Orders United of Omaha to Pay Death Benefit, Attorney’s Fees and Prejudgment Interest
  213. Court Orders UNUM to pay over one million dollars in attorney fees for long-term disability denial
  214. Court Orders Western & Southern Financial Group to Pay Short Term Disability Benefits
  215. Court overturns United of Omaha’s termination of Plaintiff’s benefits after performing an unfair “any occupation” review
  216. Court Rejects Expanded Mental Illness Limitation to Coverage
  217. Court Remands Fibromyalgia Case for Further Consideration after Finding MetLife Failed to Consider FCE Report and Vocational Evaluation
  218. Court Remands Finding That Reliance Arbitrarily Denied Disability Benefits
  219. Court Remands Sun Life to Consider Social Security’s Decision to Award Plaintiff Disability Benefits
  220. Court Remands to Sedgwick for Reevaluation of Its Denial of Claim for Disability Benefits
  221. Court reverses CIGNA disability denial for man with knee disorder
  222. Court reverses MetLife’s denial of long term disability benefits for graphic designer suffering with fibromyalgia
  223. Court reverses Prudential’s decision to deny long-term disability benefits to computer software engineer
  224. Court Rules Aetna Erred in Denying Long term Disability Benefits
  225. Court Rules Against United of Omaha’s Determination of Disability Date
  226. Court Rules Against Unum Holding Plaintiff’s Plan is Exempt from ERISA Coverage
  227. Court Rules for Paul Revere/UNUM and Holds Plaintiff is not Totally Disabled
  228. Court Rules Plaintiff Filed Lawsuit Before Trustmark Denied His Claim
  229. Court Rules Proper Standard of Review is Abuse of Discretion
  230. Court Rules That Sun Life Did Not Properly Review a Mental Nervous Disability Claim
  231. Court Rules That Walgreens Employee’s Long Term Disability Claim Lawsuit Shall Not Be Dismissed
  232. Court Sides with PNC: A Claimant Must Provide Proof of How Condition is Disabling
  233. Court stops UNUM from denying disability benefits based on the plan’s “Self-Reported Symptoms Limitation”
  234. Court Takes Sun Life To Task For Denial Of Disability And Life Insurance Benefits Of Man With Brain Tumor
  235. Court Throws Out Disability Benefit Denial Based on Aetna’s Internal Physicians’ Review
  236. Court to hear case that could help workers claim benefits
  237. Court upheld Standard’s decision to deny disability benefits
  238. Court upholds Hartford’s denial of long-term disability benefits to a quality technical specialist suffering from cervical disc herniations and vertigo
  239. Court Upholds Principal Life’s Denial of Extended Disability Benefits
  240. Court upholds Standard Insurance Company’s denial of disability benefits, despite claimant’s approval of social security disability benefits
  241. Court Upholds Standard’s Termination of Long-Term Disability Benefits
  242. Credibility Judgments Without IME Lead to Remand Back to Libery Life for Full and Fair Review in Kentucky ERISA Disability Lawsuit
  243. Criminal-Act exclusion does not apply without sufficient causal nexus
  244. CUNA Mutual terminates disability benefits to woman suffering from depression and lyme disease
  245. Cytec Industries and Broadspire Services discontinue disability insurance benefits for army veteran suffering from PTSD
  246. Is De Novo Review Correct Standard When AIG Failed to Comply with ERISA Regulations in Terminating LTD Benefits?
  247. Dearborn National/Dearborn Group is watching Disability Insurance Attorneys Dell & Schaefer
  248. Dell & Schaefer files lawsuit against Cigna in Hawaii to secure short and long-term disability benefits on behalf of pharmaceutical sales representative
  249. Dell & Schaefer Managing Partner Gregory Dell Named to 2014 Best Lawyers® in America List
  250. Delta Air Lines Customer Service employee files lawsuit against Sedgwick Claims Management Services, Inc. for denial of disability benefits
  251. Dental surgeon sues Paul Revere Life Insurance Company for wrongful denial of long-term disability benefits
  252. Dentist awarded $1.21 Million for past and future benefits and bad faith damages
  253. Dentist and doctors: beware of the Standard Insurance Company Group’s long-term disability policy
  254. Dentist sues disability insurance carrier, third party administrator and allegedly independent medical examiner as a result of their conspiracy and bad faith actions to wrongfully deny disability benefits
  255. Dentist wins right to apply stricter standard of review in her case against Hartford for a claim for long-term disability benefits
  256. Department of Labor Issues New Disability Claims Regulations Under ERISA Affecting Disability Claims Filed in 2018
  257. Diagnosis of insured’s medical condition after termination of employment does not preclude disability claim
  258. Did LINA wrongfully deny disability payments to claimant with multiple sclerosis? (Part II)
  259. Did U.S. Life Breach its Contract When it Denied Total Disability Claim of ABA Policy Holder?
  260. Director disabled by heart disease takes Prudential to Illinois Court after denial of long-term disability benefits
  261. Disability attorney and client suffering from fibromyalgia and hypertension sue UNUM for unpaid long term disability benefits
  262. Wisconsin disability attorney and client sue Prudential Life Insurance for its “baseless” denial of ERISA disability benefits
  263. Disability Attorney Gregory Dell Appears on the Ed Tyll Radio Show
  264. Disability attorney wins claim for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome client against Unum Provident (Part II)
  265. Disability battle against Verizon and Broadspire long-term disability plan lingers in courts for years
  266. Disability benefit denial lawsuit against Liberty Life and HSBC can proceed
  267. Disability benefits lawsuit against Fortis Benefits Insurance Company dismissed by West Virginia Federal Court
  268. Disability Claimant’s Inability to Pass Employer’s Mandatory Drug Test Policy Due to Pain Medications Results in Award of Disability Benefits
  269. Disability Companies Are Wrongfully Using the 24 Month Mental Nervous Limitation
  270. Disability company ignores evidence of disabling back pain and Federal Court reverses disability benefit denial
  271. Disability Denial Remanded to Anthem for Analysis of Claimant’s Job Duties
  272. American United Life Insurance disability denial reversed for woman with fibromyalgia, depression and migraines
  273. Disability Income Benefits: The Complex Application Process
  274. Disability income often require attorney expertise
  275. Disability insurance Attorneys Dell & Schaefer hope Governor Schwarzenegger will sign bill banning discretionary clauses in long term disability policies
  276. Disability insurance Attorneys Dell & Schaefer resolve lawsuit against Unum on behalf of ophthalmologist suffering from bi-lateral carpal tunnel syndrome
  277. Disability insurance benefits lawsuit against Prudential Insurance Company is dismissed by Pennsylvania Judge
  278. Disability insurance claimants may be entitled to interest if benefits are wrongfully denied
  279. Disability insurance companies challenge heart disease disability insurance claims
  280. Disability Insurance Companies Deny Claims Based on Non Compliance
  281. Disability Insurance Company Cigna Earns $294 Million in Second Quarter
  282. Long Term Disability Insurer the Standard May Seek Recoupment for an SSDI Overpayment from a Claimant Who Declared Bankruptcy
  283. Disability insurers are overloading social security by making insured’s file false claims
  284. Disability lawsuit against MetLife alleges insurance company refuses to pay disabled claimant
  285. Disability lawsuit filed against The Standard Insurance Company for denial of disability benefits to man suffering with hepatitis C
  286. 5 disability lawsuits recently filed against UNUM in TN, OH, MO, and MI
  287. Disability plan administrator cannot use theoretical job as basis to deny claim
  288. Disability policy covering only employers not subject to ERISA jurisdiction
  289. Disabled attorney forced to sue UNUM for her disability benefits
  290. Disabled employee of University Of California Davis diagnosed with fibromyalgia sues Liberty Mutual for denial of disability benefits and seeks punitive damages
  291. Disabled engineer from Philips Electronics North America sue Sedgwick Claims Management Services Inc. for denial of long term benefits claim
  292. Disabled Georgia man sues Boston Mutual for denial of disability benefits
  293. Disabled IKA Works, Inc. employee sues the Prudential Insurance Company of America to compel payment of disability benefits under an ERISA plan
  294. Disabled project manager filed lawsuit against Unum for refusal to pay disability benefits
  295. Disabled South Carolina doctor sues Berkshire Life for disability benefits
  296. Disabled Unisys network design engineer sue Aetna Life Insurance Company seeking payment of long term disability benefits
  297. Discovery requests in ERISA disability cases are found to be limited
  298. Discretionary Clause in Boeing’s Long-term Disability Plan Found to Be Legal, Despite California Statute Banning Discretionary Clauses
  299. District Court Affords Greater Weight To SSDI Award Than Surveillance Footage
  300. District Court Holds That Reliance Standard Did Not Properly Consider Whether Traveling Nurse Could Perform The Material Duties Of Her Regular Occupation
  301. District Court Ordered to Evaluate Unum’s Pre-Existing Condition Claim
  302. United States District Judge Rules that Unum’s Decision to Deny Continued LTD Benefits Was Wrong because It Failed to Consider Relevant Evidence
  303. 56-Year-Old Disabled District Manager Of Dollar Financial Group Sues Aetna For Denial Of Disability Benefits
  304. Do I Qualify For Total Disability Insurance Benefits In Texas?
  305. Do Not Sleep on Your Rights to Disability Benefits
  306. Do You Know The Differences Between ERISA Disability Policy And NON-ERISA Disability Policy?
  307. Do You Know What Is Needed To File An ERISA Appeal?
  308. Do you trust disability insurance companies will pay benefits if you are disabled?
  309. Doctor files a Disability insurance lawsuit against Guardian Life Insurance
  310. Does ERISA require Plan Administrators to have my claim reviewed by an independent vocational expert?
  311. Dow Chemical Employees May Always Get A Fair Review of Disability Denial
  312. DRS Technologies Employee Sues Prudential For The Wrongful Termination Of Long-Term Disability Benefits
  313. Duke University Doctor sues UNUM Life Insurance Company for long term disability benefits
  314. Eastman Chemical Company Employee Loses Lawsuit Against MetLife for Disability Benefits
  315. Eaton Corporation Employee Losses ERISA Disability Insurance Lawsuit as Court Says Ability to Perform Part-Time Works is Ability to Perform Any Occupation
  316. Electrical assembly worker for Northrop Grumman files a complaint against UNUM for denial of long term disability benefits
  317. Former Aetna employee sues Aetna for denial of short-term disability benefits
  318. Employees of Boeing and Bank of America sue Aetna for denying disability benefits under ERISA regulations
  319. Epileptic auto technician sues Lincoln National Life Insurance Company (formerly Jefferson Pilot Financial Insurance Company) for denial of disability benefits
  320. ERISA disability benefits denied by Lumbermens Mutual casualty due to lack of objective evidence
  321. ERISA disability claimants can receive attorney fees with “some degree of success”
  322. ERISA Plaintiff granted disability benefits from Prudential for depression and anxiety
  323. ERISA policy holders have very few legal remedies
  324. ERISA Pre-emption: When does ERISA apply to a short term disability insurance plan?
  325. The evolution of denying fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue syndrome claims in group long term disability policies
  326. Northern District of Illinois determines the exception to The Standard’s “limited conditions” provision does not apply when plaintiff failed to provide current positive MRI evidence of a herniated disc
  327. Failure to file a timely ERISA disability appeal can eliminate your right to file a disability lawsuit
  328. Failure to treat your medical condition can lead to termination of long term disability benefits
  329. Federal Appeal Court Upholds District Court Order to FedEx to Pay Long Term Total Disability Benefits to Its Employee
  330. Federal Court Agrees with Aetna’s Termination of Disability Benefits
  331. Federal Court Examines Vocational Reviews and ERISA Disability
  332. Federal Court Orders Aetna to Pay Long Term Disability Benefits to Their Own Employee
  333. Federal Court Orders Anthem Life & Disability, to Reinstate Improperly Terminated Long Term Disability Benefits to a Fibromyalgia Claimant
  334. Federal Court Orders Principal Life Insurance Company to Pay Disability Benefits
  335. Federal Court Orders Unum to Release Documents Following Disability Insurance Denial
  336. Federal Court Reverses Unum’s Denial of Long-Term Disability Benefits
  337. Federal Court rules that degenerative arthritis of claimant’s knee was a “sickness” and not caused by an “injury”
  338. Federal Court Upholds Unum Disability Benefit Denial
  339. Federal District Court Overturns Hartford’s Denial of Long Term Disability Benefits
  340. Federal ERISA Lawsuit Filed Against CIGNA Following Its Decision to Terminate the Long-term Disability Claim of an Insured Suffering from Severe and Chronic Lower Back Pain
  341. Federal ERISA Lawsuit Filed Against Prudential After It Denies Long-term Disability Benefits to Insured With Parkinson’s Disease
  342. Federal Government Questions Financial Stability of MetLife
  343. Federal judge OKs class action status for suit against Unum Group
  344. Federal Judge orders Union Security (Assurant) to re-evaluate disability denial due to failure to consider risk of substance abuse relapse as disabling condition
  345. Federal Judge orders Sedgwick Claims Management to pay disability benefits to PNC Financial Services Group, Inc’s Collection/Recovery Team Manager
  346. Federal judge orders Sun Life to re-evaluate long-term disability benefit denial
  347. Federal judge reverses MetLife’s denial of disability benefits
  348. Federal judge reverses MetLife’s denial of long-term disability benefits to a senior project manager suffering from back pain
  349. Federal lawsuit against Hartford Insurance alleges company refuses to pay disabled Patriot Act analyst
  350. FedEx and Aetna Disability Benefit Claim Ruling is Great for Disabled FedEx Employees
  351. FedEx employee disability plan wrongfully denies LTD benefits without proving job exists for man to fill
  352. Fibromyalgia Claimant Wins MetLife Disability Insurance Lawsuit
  353. Fibromyalgia Claimants are Finally Being Heard: California Court Rules that Prudential May Not Deny Claim Based on Lack of Objective Evidence of Fibromyalgia or Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
  354. Fifth Circuit Court Of Appeal denied Estate Of Pepsiamericas, Inc.’s employee motion to recover accidental death and dismemberment benefits from group disability insurance plan issued by Unum
  355. First Circuit Finds for Plaintiff and Awards Retroactive Mental Health Benefits
  356. First Unum Cannot Extend Disability Appeal Review Indefinitely
  357. First Unum terminates long-term disability benefits after 4 years of paying and SSDI approval
  358. At least five lawsuits were recently filed in Florida District Courts against Prudential for non-payment of disability benefits to deserving claimants
  359. Five lawsuits recently filed in Florida Courts against Prudential for non-payment of disability benefits to deserving claimants
  360. Florida Court Holds Anthem Does Not Need to do Vocational Testing in Disability Denial
  361. Florida Court Upholds Hancock’s Termination of Long Term Care Benefits
  362. Florida Courts Have A Complicated Six Step Disability Insurance Denial Protocol
  363. Florida lawsuit filed against UNUM Life Insurance Company by disabled woman for failure to pay disability benefits and to clarify plan’s benefits
  364. Former Employee of Proctor & Gamble Loses Federal ERISA Lawsuit
  365. Former financial trader files lawsuit against Connecticut General Life Insurance (MetLife) seeking lifetime long-term disability benefits
  366. Former Maintenance Mechanic Loses Claim For Denial Benefits Against Reliance Standard Life Insurance Company, After Employer Makes Oral Misrepresentations Concerning Disability Insurance Coverage
  367. Former security guard of the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia alleges CIGNA Insurance engaged in fraudulent and malicious disability claims practices
  368. Dearborn National/Dearborn Group denies long term disability benefits to woman with fibromyalgia and CFS
  369. Dearborn National/Dearborn Group faces disability denial lawsuit from disabled account clerk of Katz Insurance Group diagnosed with PTSD
  370. GE Benefit Denial Overturned For Plaintiff with Permanent Loss of Function of His Foot
  371. General surgeon files lawsuit against Provident Life and UNUM for disability benefits award
  372. Georgia disability lawyer sues Aetna for terminating disability benefits to Georgia woman with rectal cancer
  373. Gorsuch May Bring Employer-Friendly Approach to ERISA Cases
  374. Government asks Supreme Court to broaden remedies under ERISA
  375. Great West Disability Claim Help for Dentist
  376. Gregory Dell and Stephen Jessup discuss their experience in handling Liberty Mutual claims at all stages
  377. Group Health Plan Inc’s Actuary sues Reliastar Life Insurance Company and ING Disability Claims Management Services for recovery of disability benefits under The Ramsey Health Care Services Short Term Disability Plan
  378. Guardian disability insurance denial is upheld by Ohio Federal Court & Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals
  379. Guardian Life Insurance seeks overpayment of disability benefits for child social security disability benefits awarded to disabled claimant’s daughter
  380. Hartford abused its discretion by relying on video surveillance and ignoring medical evidence
  381. Hartford attempts to deny store clerk’s claim for disability benefits on the basis of a pre-existing multiple sclerosis condition
  382. Hartford conducts survey of short-term disability claims
  383. Hartford continues to use video surveillance to wrongfully deny long-term disability claims
  384. Hartford Denial of Disability Benefits to Claimant with Fibromyalgia is Reversed!
  385. Hartford Life And Accident Insurance Company denies disability benefits and prevails in lawsuit filed by operator for Mohawk Inc.
  386. Hartford Denies Disability Benefits and Then Has Claimants Lawsuit Dismissed for Failure to Submit Appeal
  387. Hartford Disability Claim Problems
  388. Hartford Disability Company Field Interview Request and Video Surveillance
  389. Hartford Disability Denial of Insurance Agent with Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue is Reversed
  390. Hartford Financial’s mental nervous disorder limitation clause in disability insurance policy held ambiguous
  391. Hartford Interview Request Is A Trap Used To Support A Disability Denial
  392. Hartford is ordered to pay long-term disability benefits to a telecommunications manager
  393. Hartford Life Abused Its Discretion by Failing to Advise of Need for an FCE
  394. Hartford Long Term Disability Benefit Denial Reversed by Minnesota Federal Judge
  395. Hartford misleads disability insurance claimant’s doctor which results in benefit denial
  396. Hartford ordered to pay disability benefits
  397. Hartford ordered to re-evaluate denial of disability benefits
  398. Hartford pays disability benefits for 12 years and then uses video surveillance to deny benefits
  399. Hartford Prevails in ERISA Lawsuit Demonstrating ERISA Law can be Unfair for Claimants
  400. Hartford relies on video surveillance of the insured to deny disability benefits
  401. Hartford scrutinizes long term disability benefit claim after 13 years of continuous disability payments
  402. Hartford uses video surveillance to deny disability benefits after paying for 10 years
  403. Hartford wins long-term disability case based on pre-existing condition defense
  404. Hartford wins long-term disability case, court rules that claimant failed to exhaust administrative remedies
  405. Hartford’s decision to deny long-term disability benefits to a plant operator is upheld
  406. Hartford’s Life Insurance companies reliance on surveillance video to terminate benefits was appropriate
  407. Hartford’s refusal to provide entire claim file did not prejudice claimant’s ability to dispute her denial of disability benefits
  408. Hartford’s unreasonable denial of disability benefits to a hospital employee is reversed by Texas Court
  409. Harvard University ordered by Massachusetts federal court to pay long-term disability benefits to a former employee
  410. Harvard University ordered to pay $53,817.50 in attorney fees to disability insurance claimant
  411. A former HCBS sales manager diagnosed with lyme disease sues UNUM Life Insurance for disability claim denial
  412. Health insurer accused of overcharging millions
  413. Hewlett Packard’s denial of disability benefits is upheld by appeals court
  414. HM Life and Broadspire wrongfully deny disability insurance benefits to a receptionist and 9th Circuit Court of Appeals reverses claim denial
  415. How Will Sale of Cigna Disability Division to New York Life Insurance Co. Affect Disability Claimants?
  416. Hurricane Sandy Causes Problems for NJ Resident Seeking Prudential Disability Insurance Benefits
  417. If You Can Afford It, Then You Should Only Buy An Individual Disability Insurance Policy
  418. If Your Long Term Disability Claim is Denied due to a Pre-Existing Condition, All May Not be Lost
  419. Illinois Insurance Law Gives Claimant A Fighting Chance Against Disability Insurance Company
  420. IME Exams from Disability Insurance Companies are on the Rise
  421. Will A $38 Million Loss Result In More Prudential Disability Insurance Claim Denials?
  422. Indiana District Court criticizes Aetna for denying benefits to Amazon Employee
  423. Insurance company relies on manipulative video surveillance techinique to challenge disabiling condition
  424. Insurance industry loses lawsuit challenging the abolishment of discretionary clauses in ERISA long-term disability policies
  425. Insurance policy intoxication exclusions are as ambiguous as they come
  426. Insurance sales agent files a disability insurance denial lawsuit against Liberty Life Assurance Company of Boston
  427. Insured denied benefits by Unum due to failure to receive “appropriate care”
  428. Insured’s Lawsuit Dismissed By Massachusetts Federal Court For Being Filed Too Late
  429. The Institute of Medicine (IOM) Proposes New Diagnostic Criteria and name for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
  430. Is Cigna’s Denial of Your Appeal Really a Denial?
  431. Is Cigna’s Medical Director John M. Mendez Licensed to practice medicine?
  432. Is my disability insurance policy subject to or governed by ERISA?
  433. Is Reliance Standard Wrongfully Offsetting Your Disability Insurance Benefit?
  434. Is Remand Required If Plaintiff Proves Disability by a Preponderance of the Evidence?
  435. Is the Hartford Disability Purchase of Aetna Bad for Aetna LTD Policy Holders?
  436. Is there new support for fibromyalgia disability insurance claims?
  437. Is Unum Denying More Disability Benefit Claims Than Usual?
  438. It is official, Anthem to buy Cigna, potentially creating the largest health insurer in the U.S.
  439. Jean Pentecost and her Montana disability lawyer file a complaint against CIGNA
  440. Jefferson Pilot ordered to pay disability benefits to clinical director suffering from fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue and depression
  441. Jefferson Pilot’s denial of long-term disability benefits to a quality control manager is reversed
  442. JHA: Group LTD Enrollment Rises 5%
  443. Do You Know The Job Requirements To Be A Lincoln Financial Disability Claim Specialist?
  444. Johnson & Johnson Employee with Depression Denied Disability Benefits After Definition Change
  445. Judge orders Prudential to pay account manager $90,416 in long-term disability benefits
  446. Jury orders Unum Provident to pay lifetime long term disability insurance benefits to physician
  447. Kemper National fails to perform an independent medical exam and is ordered by the court to pay long-term disability benefits to a registered nurse
  448. Kentucky Court reverses CIGNA’s denial of disability insurance benefits to tradesworker
  449. Kentucky Woman Wins Lawsuit Against Mutual Of Omaha Insurance
  450. KeyCorp District Manager Sues The Prudential Insurance Company Of America For Improper Termination Of Long-Term Disability Benefits
  451. Kirk & Blum/CECO Environmental Employee Files Lawsuit Against Lincoln Financial Group For Wrongful Termination Of Long-Term Disability Benefits
  452. Ladenburg Thalmann Branch Manager suffering from injured back sues CIGNA for denial of disability benefits
  453. Massachusetts Disability Attorney filed lawsuit against the Aetna Life Insurance Company on behalf of Biogen Idec, Inc’s IT Technical Ops Lead for denial long term disability benefits
  454. Lawsuit Against IME Physician Alleging Fraudulent Misrepresentation By IME Physician Dismissed by US District Court
  455. Washington disability attorney filed lawsuit against the Hartford Insurance Company for denial of long term disability benefits to mentally disabled woman
  456. Liberty Life Assurance ordered to pay long term disability benefits but not attorney fees
  457. Liberty Life faces disability benefit lawsuits in Florida and Maryland for denying disability benefits
  458. Liberty Life Has a Conflict of Interest and Court Orders Reinstatement of Long-Term Disability Benefits
  459. Liberty Life Assurance Company of Boston sued under ERISA in three different cases for denial to pay disability benefits
  460. Liberty Mutual must consider disability appeal submitted 2.5 years after denial
  461. Liberty Mutual Life Insurance denies disability benefits for depression despite two hospitalizations by claimant
  462. Liberty Mutual Disability Denial Of Wachovia Employee Upheld By Appellate Court
  463. Liberty Mutual Ignores SSDI Approval and Denies LTD Benefits Wrongfully
  464. Liberty Mutual is sued for denial of long term disability benefits to woman suffering with fibromyalgia
  465. Liberty Mutual Ordered to Pay Attorney Fees in Disability Denial Lawsuit
  466. Liberty Mutual ordered to pay interest & attorney fees following disability insurance claim denial
  467. Liberty Mutual reverses denial of short-term disability benefits and approves long-term disability benefits for advertising account manager
  468. Liberty Mutual sued in Tampa Federal Court for denying long term disability insurance benefits
  469. Liberty Mutual and Wachovia interpret migraine headaches to be psychiatric and not disabling (Part I)
  470. Liberty Mutual wins long-term disability case because of video surveillance – backdrop for an unsuccessful LTD claim (Part 1)
  471. Liberty Mutual wins long-term disability case because of video surveillance – how District and Appeals Courts drew conclusions (Part II)
  472. Liberty Mutual’s denial of LTD benefits to woman with back disorder is reversed by Minnesota Court and affirmed by Appellate Court
  473. Liberty Mutual’s denial of disability benefits to a bank employee is reversed
  474. Liberty Wrongfully Denies Long Term Disability Benefit Depression Claim Based on Filed Review
  475. Life Insurance Company of North America (CIGNA) ordered to supply information to disability insurance attorneys
  476. Life Insurance Company Of North America (CIGNA) wrongfully denies disability benefits to a Kentucky repairman
  477. Life Insurance Company Of North America denies disability benefits and battles claimant for 4.5 years in Federal Court
  478. LINA (CIGNA) denies long-term disability benefits to yellowbook Account Executive
  479. LINA and CIGNA need to listen to the Federal Courts and stop denying disability insurance claims for people disabled by fibromyalgia
  480. Life Insurance Company of North America, part of CIGNA Corporation, sued for refusing disability insurance benefits for mentally ill teacher
  481. Life Insurance Company of North America sued under ERISA in three different cases for denial to pay disability benefits
  482. Lincoln Financial Beats to Their Own Drum With Long Term Disability Claims
  483. Lincoln Financial Denial of LTD benefits after paying for 9 Years is Reversed on Appeal
  484. Lincoln Financial Disability Denial: Determining a Date of Disability is Critical
  485. Lincoln Financial Insurance Company to Buy Liberty Life Disability Insurance and Group Benefits Division
  486. Lincoln National denies accidental death benefits after jet ski accident and Court agrees
  487. Lincoln Financial’s denial of long-term disability benefits is reversed following appeal submitted by attorneys Dell & Schaefer
  488. Lincoln Nebraska man suffering from fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue syndrome sues UNUM when he is denied disability benefits
  489. Lloyd’s of London ordered to pay over 6 million dollars to long term disability claimant
  490. CIGNA/LINA sued by Lockheed Martin employee for unpaid disability benefits
  491. Lockheed Martin Systems Integration Analyst Wins Long-term Disability Lawsuit against CIGNA
  492. Long-term disability claim against Provident almost lost because of untimely appeals
  493. Long Term Disability Claims Due to Back Pain
  494. Louisiana Disability Attorney Attempts to Reverse a Hartford ERISA Denial for CVS Manager
  495. LTD Claimant’s Failure to Submit Timely Appeal Was Fatal to His Disability Insurance Claim
  496. Lyme Disease Carrying Tick Has Spread to 50% of U.S. Counties
  497. Maintaining Approval of Your Long Term Disability Benefits Requires Care and Treatment
  498. Man with fibromyalgia faces Prudential Insurance in appeals court (Part II)
  499. Managing Partner Gregory M. Dell & Rachel Alters Selected as a Best Lawyers in America© 2019
  500. Mass Court Finds Johnson & Johnson Abused Its Discretion In Long Term Disability Claim
  501. Massachusetts court overturns Unum’s decision to terminate disability benefits after paying for nearly ten years
  502. Massachusetts Court Reverses Liberty Disability Denial for Failure to Examine or Consider Subjective Pain
  503. Assistant Vice President of Meadowbrook Insurance Group files a lawsuit against CIGNA for denied disability benefits claim
  504. Medical Doctor Suffering From Disabling Chronic Conditions Sues AXA Equitable For Wrongful Denial Of Disability Benefits
  505. Medical Doctor sues Guardian / Berkshire Life Insurance Company Of America for $1.2 million dollars following denial of disability insurance benefits
  506. Medical opinion by treating physician unreliable and unsupported by objective test
  507. Medical Secretary suffering from “failed back syndrome” and leukemia sues The Standard Insurance Company for disability benefit denial
  508. MetLife releases priveleged documents prior to entry of ruling by court
  509. Met Life Slammed by California Judge for Long Term Disability Denial
  510. MetLife abused its discretion when it terminated long-term disability benefits
  511. MetLife Changes Brand Name to Spinoff of Retail Brand Brighthouse
  512. MetLife Denial of Disability Benefits For Woman With Fibromyalgia Remanded By Massachusetts Federal Judge
  513. Metlife Denial of Long Term Disability Benefits For Heart Disease Claimant is Reversed
  514. Met-Life Denies Benefits when Claimant Fails to Present Evidence to Support His Claim
  515. MetLife denies benefits to stockbroker disabled by depression, yet Pennsylvania Federal Judge awards disability benefits
  516. MetLife denies chronic fatigue syndrome long term disability claim
  517. Metlife Wrongfully Denies Disability Benefits to Walgreens Manager with Knee Injury
  518. MetLife denies long-term disability benefits to a consultant after approving them
  519. MetLife denies long term disability benefits to sears store manager with heart disease and knee problems (Part I)
  520. MetLife denies LTD disability benefits to multiple sclerosis woman alleging a 3 year Statue of Limitation in Washington
  521. MetLife denies physician’s long-term disability claim as a result of late application filing
  522. MetLife Denies Third Claim for Disability Benefits After Approving Two Separate Prior Claims for Disability Benefits for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Sufferer
  523. MetLife Disability Buyout and Lump Sum Settlements are Back
  524. MetLife Disability Claim Limited to 24 Months of Benefits Results in ERISA Lawsuit
  525. MetLife Disability Denial of MetLife Employee Upheld by California Court
  526. MetLife Disability Denial Upheld when Claimant Files Lawsuit Without ERISA Appeal
  527. MetLife disability insurance plan has terrible language, but it complies with ERISA
  528. Beware: MetLife Disability Insurance Policy Only Provides Three Years to File An ERISA Lawsuit
  529. MetLife Disability Settlement Buyout Legal Help
  530. MetLife Improperly Applies Limitation For “Neuromusculoskeletal and Soft Tissue Disorder” to Long Term Disability Claim
  531. Metlife – Latest trends seen in handling ERISA and private disability insurance claims
  532. MetLife Loses Case Over Unfair Life Insurance Disbursement Practices
  533. MetLife’s Denial of LTD Benefits Was Based on Substantial Evidence
  534. MetLife must reconsider denial of benefits for former MetLife employee
  535. MetLife Ordered to Pay Disability Insurance Benefits to MetLife Employee with Lyme’s Disease
  536. MetLife ordered to reverse denial of long-term disability insurance benefits
  537. MetLife ordered to pay disability benefits beyond 24 months for a claimant with both mental and physical disabilities
  538. MetLife Pre-Existing Condition Disability Benefit Denial for Back Injury Reversed
  539. MetLife terminates long-term disability benefits to woman with fibromyalagia
  540. MetLife Threatens Lawsuit Against Disability Insurance Attorneys For Copyright Infringement
  541. MetLife’s attempts to stop paying total disability benefits after paying claimant for 10 years is denied
  542. MetLife’s denial of disability benefits can not be challenged due to claimant’s statute of limitation non-compliance
  543. Metlife’s denial of disability benefits to an event coordinator is upheld
  544. MetLife’s denial of short-term disability benefits found arbitrary and capricious
  545. Metlife’s wrongful denial of long-term disability benefits to a Wells Fargo employee is reversed
  546. Michigan Court Agrees With Anthem’s Denial of Long Term Disability Benefits
  547. Michigan Court Finds Plaintiff Eligible for Long Term Disability Benefits
  548. Michigan Court Remands Aetna to Reconsider Disability Benefit Denial
  549. Michigan Court Reverses AT&T’s Denial of Plaintiff’s Two Claims for Short Term Benefits
  550. Michigan Court determines Sedgwick wrongly terminated woman’s disability benefits and awards Michigan disability attorney his fees
  551. Michigan Court Upholds Metlife Denial of Benefits as Claimant Failed to Prove Disability
  552. Microsoft employee denied disability benefits by Prudential
  553. Microsoft employee forced to sue Prudential for denial of ERISA disability benefits
  554. Microsoft Employee Sues Prudential For Wrongful Denial Of Long-Term Disability Benefits
  555. Migraine and Headache Disability Insurance Claims are Common
  556. Minnesota Disability Claimant Filed Suit Against Employer Over Terminated Disability Benefits
  557. Misrepresentation By Claimant Results in Unum Disability Claim Denial
  558. Missouri Court Awards Full Disability Benefits in Mental Nervous Condition Case Against Hartford
  559. Missouri Court denies MetLife’s motion to dismiss long-term disability claim for failure to exhaust administrative remedies
  560. Missouri Court reverses Prudential Insurance Company’s wrongful denial of disability insurance benefits for former pharmacy technician
  561. Missouri Court Rules Cigna Wrongfully Terminated Disability Benefits
  562. Missouri disability lawyer files ERISA lawsuit against Lincoln National Life Insurance Company for denying LTD benefits
  563. Missouri District court must reconsider Dearborn’s LTD denial under a de novo standard
  564. Mutual of Omaha disability denial remanded for wrongful evaluation of occupation
  565. Mutual of Omaha Disability Denial Upheld by Appellate Court
  566. National Life (UNUM) agrees to pay long-term disability benefits to a chiropractor following a skiing accident
  567. North Carolina Federal Appeals Court Dismisses Disability Lawsuit Against Prudential As Untimely
  568. Neck Pain and Long Term Disability Insurance Claim Help
  569. Nestle Waters employee sues Assurant for denial of disability benefits under ERISA
  570. Neuropsychological Testing in Long Term Disability Insurance Claims
  571. Nevada disability lawyer and COX Enterprises Inc’s customer service rep sue AETNA Life Insurance Company for denial of disability benefits
  572. New Department of Labor Regulations for ERISA Disability Claims
  573. New Jersey BankUnited employee files suit against Lincoln National
  574. New Jersey disability attorney filed lawsuit against Prudential Insurance Company of America to compel payment of long term disability benefits to disabled client
  575. New Jersey Federal Court Rules Against Aetna and in Favor of Systems Analyst Disabled by Degenerative Joint Disease of the Lumbar Spine
  576. New Research Reveals Potential “Cause” of Fibromyalgia and Objective Test
  577. New York Court orders CIGNA to pay over $100,000 in attorney fees following long term disability denial
  578. New York Court Recognizes Unum Insurance Company’s History of Biased Claims Administration and Permits Discovery Into a Potential Conflict of Interest
  579. New York court rules that MetLife abused discretion when it denied chronic fatigue claim (Part II)
  580. New York Court upholds Hartford Insurance Company’s denial of disability benefits but denies $86,000 overpayment claim
  581. New York Federal Court Denies MetLife’s Motion To Dismiss Lyme Disease Victim’s Petition For Disability Benefits
  582. New York Federal Court Orders Aetna to Pay Long Term Disability Benefits
  583. New York Judge’s 168 Page Ruling Finds In Favor Of Hartford’s LTD Benefit Denial In ERISA Lawsuit
  584. New Jersey claimant files suit against New York Life, Unum and Paul Revere for miscalculated disability benefits
  585. North Carolina Court Determines That Sedgwick Abused Their Discretion And Wrongfully Denied Disability Benefits For BellSouth Employee
  586. North Carolina disability attorney is unsuccessful in obtaining disability insurance benefits for former TYCO employee
  587. Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company denies partial disability benefits to trial attorney resulting in lawsuit for violations of Washington Insurance Fair Conduct Act
  588. Northwestern Mutual Disability Claim Denial Reversed By Court
  589. Northwestern Mutual rescinds disability policy after claimant paid premiums for 15 years
  590. Nurse anesthetist denied long-term disability benefits for drug addiction by Continental casualty loses at trial and on appeal
  591. Nurse wins opportunity for reassessment of claim with Liberty Life for long-term disability benefits based on her fibromyalgia
  592. Objective medical evidence of fibromyalgia may not always be required to prove total disability
  593. Do Courts Require Objective Medical Tests to Support a Fibromyalgia Diagnosis?
  594. Objective versus Subjective: Evidence Requirements in ERISA Disability Lawsuits
  595. Office Depot employee files suit against employer and Aetna for unpaid disability benefits
  596. Office medical specialist suffering with fibromyalgia and CFS hires Arizona Disability Attorney to sue CIGNA for denial of disability benefits
  597. Ohio Court Allows Investigation Into Reliance Standard Conflict of Interest After Disability Denial
  598. Ohio National Life Insurance Company denies claim after 7 years of disability payments
  599. Ohio National Sued for Not Paying Brokers Who Sold Annuities
  600. Oklahoma Court Remands to Give Plaintiff the Opportunity to Respond to Unum’s Allegations
  601. One Year Period to File Lawsuit Following Liberty Life Insurance Denial is Valid
  602. Oregon Court Orders Standard to Pay Plaintiff Prejudgment Interest
  603. Oregon Judge orders Standard Insurance Company to pay disability insurance benefits beyond the 24 month mental disorder limitation
  604. Over $500,000 of disability insurance benefits will be paid to disabled store manager following MetLife’s wrongful denial (Part II)
  605. Own Occupation to Any Occupation definition change leads CIGNA to deny disability insurance benefits
  606. Panasonic and Microsoft employees sue Prudential in Tennessee and Indiana for denying their disability claims
  607. Pennsylvania class action disability insurance suit against Reassure and Swiss Re dismissed due to lack of subject matter jurisdiction
  608. Pennsylvania Court Awards Long Term Disability Benefits To Claimant, Finds Aetna Abused Discretion By Failing To Consider Self-Reported Symptoms
  609. Pennsylvania Court Awards STD Benefits And $27,000 In Attorneys’ Fees To Phlebotomist
  610. Pennsylvania Court rules that CIGNA disability insurance policy allows for offset of lost wages from auto insurance policy
  611. Pennsylvania Court rules Unum did not abuse its discretion in denying LTD benefits to woman who claimed she could not work for her employer under her current supervisor
  612. Pennsylvania Federal Court denies Unum’s attempts to dismiss a physician’s bad faith disability lawsuit
  613. Pennsylvania Pharmacy Owner Learns The Hard Way That Accuracy Is Everything When Applying for Disability Insurance Benefits
  614. Wyeth Pharmaceutical/Pfizer Senior Attorney suffering from disability sues Ohio National Life Insurance Company for denial of disability benefits
  615. A phlebotomist employed by Quest Diagnostics and diagnosed with RSD sues Aetna for denial of long term disability insurance benefits
  616. Physician who cannot perform one material and substantial duty of his occupation is totally disabled
  617. Pizzeria owner suffering from Celiac disease filed lawsuit against Berkshire Life Insurance Company of America for breach of contract in refusing to pay disability benefits
  618. Plan label immaterial to determination whether a plan is governed by ERISA
  619. Podiatrist sues Northwestern Mutual seeking disability insurance benefits and bad faith damages
  620. Does Policy Language of Actively at Work Include Saturday, Sunday and Holidays?
  621. Postal worker loses long-term disability claim against Hartford Insurance
  622. Principal Life denies disability benefits to a physician and then seeks attorney fees after physician’s disability denial is affirmed by Texas Judge
  623. Principal Life Disability Denial of Truck Driver Reversed by Washington Federal Judge
  624. Programmer Denied LTD Benefits by MetLife Upheld by Court
  625. Provident Life & Accident Insurance Company sued for denying lifetime disability benefits to former attorney
  626. Prudential and Reassure reconsider the occupation of insured at the time he claims disability
  627. Prudential Claimants Unsuccessful At Challenging The Offsetting Of Dependents’ SSDI Benefit Award
  628. Prudential Denial of Disability Benefits to Employee that Was Disabled While Working is Reversed
  629. Prudential denies disability benefits despite FCE Exam stating former Data Distributor Inc. employee with heart condition cannot perform sedentary occupation
  630. Prudential denies disability benefits to KPMG employee suffering from “sick sinus” syndrome
  631. Prudential denies disability benefits to man with fibromyalgia after paying benefits for 10 years
  632. Prudential wrongfully denies disability insurance benefits to man with fibromyalgia
  633. Prudential denies long term disability benefits and then objects to releasing information during litigation
  634. Prudential denies long-term disability benefits to a breast cancer survivor and Attorneys Dell & Schaefer file appeal challenging denial
  635. Prudential denies long-term disability benefits to a college professor, but the California District Court reverses the claim denial
  636. Prudential Denies Long Term Disability Claim Due to Insurance Fraud
  637. Prudential Disability Claim Denial is Reversed For Relying on Paper Medical Review to Deny Benefits
  638. Prudential fails to recognize pain caused by fibromyalgia as a long term disability
  639. Prudential has strategies to reduce Long Term Disability claim payments
  640. Prudential Insurance Company breaches disability contract and jury awards claimant $15.2 million in damages
  641. Prudential Insurance Company’s denial of short-term disability benefits to attorney is reversed
  642. Pennsylvania Federal Judge orders Prudential Insurance Company to pay disability benefits to woman diagnosed with RSD
  643. Prudential Insurance pays disability benefits for 12 years to former Prudential employee then denies claim
  644. Prudential ordered by Michigan Court to reconsider long term disability insurance denial
  645. Prudential reverses denial of long term disability benefits to engineering manager suffering from coronary artery disease
  646. Prudential Insurance Company sued for denial of disability benefits to former U.S. FoodService Inc. sales analyst with back disorder
  647. Prudential Insurance Company sued for denying claim for disability benefits to disabled individual suffering from chronic back and leg pain
  648. Prudential Insurance sued by disabled HNI Corporation employee for denial of disability insurance benefits after 7 years
  649. Prudential Insurance Company of America recently sued three times under ERISA for denying disability benefits
  650. Prudential terminates disability benefits of traumatic brain injury claimant in a case of mistaken identity
  651. Prudential Wrongfully Relies on Neuropsychological Report to Deny LTD Benefits After 12 Years
  652. Prudential’s denial of disability benefits to a computer programmer is reversed by the appellate court
  653. Prudential’s denial of disability benefits to a salesperson is reversed
  654. Prudential’s failure to provide documents weighs in long term disability claimant’s favor
  655. Prudential’s motion to dismiss claimant’s disability benefits is denied
  656. Prudential’s summary judgment ruling is reversed twice by the 7th Circuit US Court of Appeals
  657. Question writer for Jeopardy/Sony Pictures files suit against Prudential
  658. Radio personality files lawsuit against UNUM to recover disability benefits
  659. Disabled interventional radiologist with sleep apnea and cardiac limitations sues Unum Provident and Hartford Life for denial of long-term disability benefits payments
  660. Recent Disability Insurance Company Trends
  661. Registered Nurse Disabled By Plantar Fascitis Wins Long-term Disability Lawsuit Against United of Omaha Life Insurance Company After Judge Finds Evidence of “Cherry Picking”
  662. Registered nurse & her california disability lawyer sue Unum Life Insurance Company for failure to pay disability benefits
  663. Registered nurse at Temple University Hospital denied disability benefits, sues Cigna
  664. Reliance’s Termination of Disability Benefits was Arbitrary and Capricious When it Discounted Supporting Medical Evidence Without Reason
  665. Reliance Erred in Denying Disability Benefits When Physical Conditions Caused Disability
  666. Reliance Standard denies Diversified’s Director of National Account Sales long-term disability benefits despite long history or cardiac problems
  667. Reliance Standard Disability Insurance Denial Upheld by California Court
  668. Reliance Standard is ordered by Arizona Court to pay long-term disability benefits to technology consultant with fibromyalgia
  669. Reliance Standard limits disability insurance benefits to 24 months for mental nervous disorder, despite claimant’s diagnosis of multiple sclerosis
  670. Reliance Standard Insurance Company and Lincoln National Life Insurance Company attempt to avoid payment of disability benefits by ignoring claimant’s application
  671. Reliance Standard long-term disability benefits decision affirmed by Circuit Court
  672. Reliance Standard makes disability claimant take them to court twice in 5 years
  673. Reliance Standard Life Insurance Company sued by occupational therapist for denial of disability insurance benefits
  674. Reliance Standard terminates long-term disability benefits after receiving the results of an IME and FCE
  675. Reliance’s Delay in Denying Disability Claim May Affect Standard of Review
  676. ReliaStar reduces monthly disability insurance benefits to veteran due to VA benefits
  677. To Remand or Not to Remand: One Court’s Opinion on When to Remand a Claim for Long Term Disability Benefits under an ERISA Aetna Policy
  678. Rheumatoid Arthritis And The Cognitive Dysfunction Connection In Disability Insurance Claims
  679. Riders expand the scope of disability insurance
  680. Salesman’s disability benefits are denied by Hartford due to claimant’s failure to communicate with Hartford
  681. Sappi Company’s Difficult Definition of Disability is Not Illegal According to Minnesota Federal Court
  682. Sedgwick And AT&T Disability Denial Scheme Exposed In ERISA Lawsuit
  683. Sedgwick and AT&T sued as a result of SSDI Overpayment
  684. Sedgwick continues to deny disability benefits to AT&T employee
  685. Sedgwick Continues monitoring application for SSDI benefits even after terminating disability claim
  686. Sedgwick Disability Denial of AT&T Employee Reversed Once Again
  687. Sedgwick Terminates PNC Compliance Specialist’s Long Term Disability Benefits
  688. Seven pieces of medical evidence and disability company still denies claim for lack of “objective evidence”
  689. Northwestern Mutual sued by shareholder attorney for underpaying and denying long-term disability benefits
  690. Shaw Industries Group employee suffering with fibromyalgia and lupus sues Unum Life Insurance Company for denial of disability benefits
  691. Six year disability lawsuit against Sun Life: long term disability claimant wins benefits plus interest
  692. Social Security Approval Does Not Mean Disability Insurance Benefits Must be Approved
  693. Social Security Disability Benefits Approval the First Time
  694. Sometimes a Unum disability denial is correct, even after 5 years of payments
  695. South Carolina disability attorneys sue Liberty Mutual three times in one week for denial of disability insurance benefits
  696. Standard denies disability insurance benefits to woman with brain hemorrhage and headaches
  697. The Standard Disability Insurance Company loses motion to prevent Attorneys Dell & Schaefer from deposing six of the Standard’s employees
  698. The Standard Disability Insurance Company paid one doctor $577,000 to review 1,939 files over 2 years
  699. Standard Insurance Company’s attempt to dismiss disability insurance lawsuit is denied in-part by Florida Federal Judge
  700. Standard Insurance Company’s denial of long-term disability benefits to an attorney is reversed by federal court
  701. Standard Insurance denies disability claim to a wheelchair bound woman
  702. Standard Insurance Wins Appellate Remand for Claimant’s Own Occupation Disability Determination
  703. Standard Motor Products Employee file an ERISA Lawsuit against Prudential Insurance for denied disability benefits
  704. Standard’s decision to deny doctor’s disability benefits due to the 24-month mental/nervous limitation upheld
  705. Employees of Staples & Nortel Networks among Four Plaintiffs To Sue Prudential For Wrongful Denial Of Long-Term Disability Benefits
  706. State of Vermont Abolishes Discretionary Clauses in ERISA Disability Policies
  707. Statute of Limitations Provision In Disability Policy Enforceable under ERISA
  708. Steel fabricator suffering from disability wins lawsuit against Lincoln National
  709. Stephen Jessup and Gregory Dell discuss their experience in handling claims with Principal Financial
  710. Substance Abuse Disability Insurance Claims Are Challenging when the Claimant is a Doctor
  711. Suffering From Chronic Severe Lyme Disease? You Are Not Alone.
  712. Summer 2018 – Welcome to Mosquito, Tick, & Flea Season
  713. Sun Life disability insurance benefit denial is reversed after 8 years
  714. Can Sun Life deduct Veterans’ Benefits from a monthly disability insurance benefit payment?
  715. Sun Life deducts veteran disability benefits from claimant’s monthly long term disability check
  716. Sun Life denies disability insurance benefits to Alabama man with heart problems
  717. Sun Life Disability Claim and SunLife Ignores Medical Information
  718. Sun Life Pays Disability Benefits For Three Years To A Claimant Who Wasn’t Actually Covered Under A Sun Life Policy
  719. Sun Life Insurance Company is sued for disability benefits in two separate cases for arbitrary and capricious denial of disability claims
  720. Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada sued by gunshot victim for failure to pay long term disability benefits
  721. Sun Life Terminates Benefits After 24 Months Based on Nine Days of Surveillance
  722. Sun Life Insurance Co. wrongfully denies disability insurance benefits following disability claimant’s failure to respond timely
  723. Sun Life’s Video Surveillance Backfires & is Ordered to Pay Disability Benefits
  724. SunLife & Aetna Life Insurance Company sued for denial of disability benefits
  725. Sunlife denies disability benefits to Wise Foods employee disabled by cancer and shoulder surgeries
  726. Sun Life Reversed Decision to Terminate Accountant’s Residual Disability Benefits Based on Her Medical Records and Physician Opinions, but Denied Her Benefits After Determining that Her Income While Disabled Was Greater Than 80% of Her Pre-Disability Income
  727. Systems support specialist wins disability benefits case against Coca-Cola and Broadspire
  728. Tempur employee suffering from chronic fatigue syndrome sues Union Central Life for denial of disability benefits
  729. Tenet Healthcare Corporation employee sues UNUM Life Insurance Company Of America under ERISA for wrongfully denying disability benefits by disregarding attending physician’s medical opinion
  730. Tennessee Court Rules That Hartford’s Failure to Examine Patient Was An Abuse of Discretion and Overrules Disability Denial
  731. Texas Ban on MetLife’s Discretionary Clause is Great for Long Term Disability Claimants
  732. Texas claimant takes Reliastar to task for denied disability benefits
  733. Texas Court Dismisses ERISA Lawsuit due to Judicial Estoppel
  734. Texas Court Orders Union Central to Provide Discovery to Plaintiff
  735. Texas Court Upholds Prudential Disability Insurance Denial
  736. Texas Disability Insurance Attorney Regularly Fight ERISA Disability Denials
  737. Texas Disability Insurance Companies Can Be Subject to Bad Faith Claim
  738. Texas Insurance Commissioner eliminates discretionary clauses in disability insurance policies
  739. Texas Judge Disagrees with Cigna and Applies Claimant Friendly Disability Standard of Review
  740. Texas Judge Rules No New Medical Evidence Allowed Post ERISA Disability Appeal
  741. The Dangers of Social Media and Disability Insurance Claims
  742. The Standard Insurance Company loses their battle to enforce discretionary clauses in long-term disability policies
  743. The Standard’s Denial of LTD Benefits for Financial Planner Upheld by Ohio Court
  744. Three Important Things to Consider When Applying for Disability Insurance Benefits
  745. Total Knee Replacement, Yet Sedgwick Still Denies AT&T Employee’s Disability Claim
  746. Toyota Quality Assurance Monitor Sues Life Insurance Company Of North America For Denial Of Long-Term Disability Benefits
  747. Tribal court retains jurisdiction for tribal member’s disability insurance lawsuit against Assurant and Union Security
  748. Truck driver denied disability benefits for chronic fatigue syndrome by Aetna
  749. TRW Automotive Holdings Corporation financial analyst suffering from Type II diabetes and heart condition sues Prudential
  750. Two Takes on Fibromyalgia
  751. United of Omaha criticized for relying on in-house medical review and failing to obtain independent examinations
  752. United of Omaha Life Insurance Co. Denial of Long Term Disability Benefits Reversed By Alabama Judge
  753. United States Senate Finance Committee to investigate long-term disability insurance claims
  754. UnitedHealth Group, Inc. Recruiting Manager suffering from depression and anxiety denied benefits
  755. Unum approves long term disability benefits for a financial advisor diagnosed with multiple disc herniations in her neck
  756. Unum approves long-term disability benefits for a general surgeon diagnosed with cervical degenerative disc disease
  757. Unum attempts to hide California disability insurance attorney’s attempt to obtain Unum employee reviews
  758. Unum Calculation Of Monthly Earnings Results In Loss Of $10,000 Monthly For Quadripeligic Disability Claimant
  759. Unum CEO Testifies At US Senate Hearing About Disability Insurance
  760. Unum Insurance claims no object evidence exist and denies disability benefits to St. Anthony Central Hospital nurse suffering from fibromyalgia
  761. UNUM class action filed by New York disability insurance attorneys is dismissed by Federal Judge
  762. Unum Denial of Disability to Claimant with Lyme Disease Remanded by Washington ERISA Judge
  763. Unum denies disability benefits to a Minnesota legal secretary with pre-existing condition
  764. Unum Denies Disability Benefits to 53 Year Old Woman After Paying for 16 years
  765. UNUM denies disability insurance benefits to disabled nurse with fibromyalgia and osteoarthritis
  766. Unum Disability Benefit Denial Trends, A Legal Perspective
  767. Unum Disability Beneft Denial Overturned for Pre-textual Investigation
  768. Unum Disability Claim Dismissed For Failure To File a Timely Claim
  769. Unum Disability Denial For 24 Month Self Reported Pain Limitation Due to Migraines Upheld By Virginia Court
  770. Unum Disability Denial With Medical Record Review Only
  771. Unum found guilty of social security disability fraud by a federal jury
  772. Unum Group Corp. to pay $676 million in extra benefits to claimants
  773. Unum has no right to recover $207,894.88 overpayment of long term disability benefits to attorney
  774. Unum helping customers manage changes to FMLA law
  775. Unum Insurance Is Financing Medical Studies Which Could Be Prejudicial to Disability Claimants
  776. Inexperienced Lawyer Handles Unum Disability Lawsuit and Fails to Provide Evidence to Support Occupational Argument
  777. Unum Motion to Deny Total Disability Benefits to OB/GYN Denied by Tennessee Judge
  778. Unum ordered to pay disability benefits to attorney suffering from sick building syndrome
  779. UNUM ordered to pay disability benefits to legal secretary
  780. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit ruled Unum Life Insurance Company Of America is prevented from using Self-Reported Symptoms Limitation Clause to discontinue long term disability benefits payments for woman with fibromyalgia
  781. Unum profit falls in 4th quarter due to $167.6 Million in investment losses
  782. Unum Provident denies short-term disability claim to woman with chronic fatigue syndrome (Part I)
  783. Unum Provident terminates disability benefits to woman with chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) (Part I)
  784. Unum Provident’s appeal of long-term disability benefits awarded to a New York tax attorney is denied
  785. Unum relies on independent medical exam as basis for denying long-term disability benefits (Part I)
  786. Unum settles allegations of wrongful claims handling
  787. UNUM Life Insurance Company sued by California Disability Lawyer after denial of benefits for a school custodian
  788. Unum Life Insurance Company of America sued for claiming social security child benefits as part of the reimbursement for overpayment of long term disability benefits
  789. Unum sued for denying disability benefits to florida woman with fibromyalgia, neuropathy, and hepatitis
  790. UNUM sued by Ohio disability attorney for failure to pay disabiity insurance benefits to ex-nurse restricted to using a cane or motorized scooter to get around
  791. Unum Sued By An Ophthalmologist And A BJC Healthcare Employee Who Both Were Denied Disability Benefits
  792. UNUM Life Insurance Company of America sued by resident of Carroll County, Arkansas for denying disability benefits under ERISA plan
  793. UNUM Sues Long Term Disability Claimant for Overpayment and Wins
  794. Unum Tells a Pharmacist On Narcotics That She Is Not Disabled and Denies Benefits
  795. Unum Tries To Hide Fact That Its “Independent” Medical Advisors Are Actually Employees Of Unum
  796. UnumProvident continues DI settlement talks with California
  797. Unum’s claim handling exposes them to a multi-million dollar bad faith disability lawsuit
  798. UNUM’s decision to deny disability benefits on the basis of a pre-existing condition for primary lateral sclerosis is reversed on appeal
  799. Unum’s denial of disability benefits to a registered nurse (“RN”) and trial court victory is reversed by the appellate court
  800. Unum’s denial of disability claim is upheld after court finds claimant failed to respond in a timely manner
  801. Unum’s disability claims handling tactics are exposed in New York Federal Court
  802. US court of appeals upholds denial of disability benefits by MetLife
  803. U.S. judge orders Broadspire to reinstate a former bank employee’s disability benefits
  804. US supreme court attempts to clarify the standard of review in denial of long term disability benefits
  805. US Supreme Court to Hear Disability Insurance Case Against Hartford Insurance Company
  806. Utah Judge Reverses MetLife’s Denial of Mental Disability Long Term Benefits
  807. Vermont Federal Court Makes ING / Reliastar Reevaluate its Denial of LTD Benefit Under Any Occupation Definition
  808. 30 year veteran employee of 3M Company sues company and Sedgwick Insurance for disability benefit denial
  809. WARNING: Lincoln Financial Disability Denial Requires Two ERISA Appeals before Filing Suit
  810. Was Boston Mutual’s decision to terminate long-term disability insurance correct? (Part I)
  811. Washington attorney sues CIGNA for denying disability benefits during any occupation stage and seeking to collect SSDI overpayment
  812. Washington Court Finds Liberty Erred in Terminating Disability Benefits
  813. Washington Court Finds Omaha Wrongfully Relied on Video Surveillance to Deny Disability Benefits
  814. Wells Fargo disability claimants in Alabama and Florida file lawsuits against Liberty Life Assurance Company of Boston for unpaid long term disability benefits
  815. Employees of Wells Fargo, Heinz, and Otis Elevator sue Liberty Life for denial of ERISA benefits
  816. Weston Engineering employee sues AETNA Life Insurance Company for denied disability benefits
  817. What is Complete Disablity?
  818. What is Liberty Life Assurance Company of Boston trying to hide in denial of disability benefits?
  819. What is the financial future of Unum?
  820. What You Should Be Aware of When Purchasing a Lloyd’s of London Disability Insurance Policy
  821. What you should look for in a denial letter: disability insurance company’s inadequate denial letter causes court to reinstates insured’s disability benefits
  822. When is it safe to assume the disability company won’t deny my disability insurance claim?
  823. When neither the Insurance Company nor the Claimant Can Produce the Original Disability Policy, the Burden is on the Plaintiff to Prove the Terms of His or Her Policy
  824. Who is Making the Decisions on a Sun Life Disability Benefits Claim?
  825. Why does Mass Mutual want to hide its disability insurance claim forms?
  826. Does Fibromyalgia Have a Credibility Problem in Disability Insurance Claims?
  827. Will Life Insurance Company of America have to pay long-term disability benefits?
  828. Wisconsin man sues Liberty Life for termination of disability insurance benefits
  829. Xerox employee is denied her long term disability benefits and sues Sedgwick and Xerox
  830. Two Yellow Book employees sue Liberty Life Assurance Company of Boston for failing to pay ERISA disability benefits
  831. Former Zurich Insurance employee diagnosed with crohn’s disease sues Liberty Life for denial of disability benefits

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