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How to Appeal a Long-Term Disability Denial

To appeal a long-term disability policy denial, you are going to use a 3-stage approach. You will gather your appeal…

1 year ago

10 Tips on How to Handle Your Appeal for a Long Term Disability Claim

If you have received a denial letter from your employer's long-term disability company or plan, here is what you need…

1 year ago

New ERISA Trend Alert: Using the Wrong Definition of Disability

This trick (or error) is showing up with increasing frequency. When you purchased your insurance disability policy (or when your…

1 year ago

Information You Need to Know about Fibromyalgia and Long-Term Disability

If you have a long-term disability claim involving fibromyalgia (or any other pain syndrome), then you need to read on. …

2 years ago

What You Need to Know About Long-Term Disability Insurance Companies

Before you were injured or became too ill to work, you probably didn’t have a lot of concern about what…

2 years ago

Words You Don’t Want To See In Your Long-Term Disability Insurance Policy

Years ago, the United States Supreme Court made the decision to allow insurance companies to “reserve discretion” for benefits available…

2 years ago

When “I Can’t Do My Job Duties” Isn’t Enough Under a Disability Insurance Policy

You would think that if you suffered an injury or illness and you could not perform the actual duties that…

2 years ago

Get Your Medical Records Before Filing for Disability

I'm surprised by how many people let the insurance company get their medical records before they look at the records…

2 years ago

ERISA Disability Appeals – When Do You Get a Lawyer?

Long-term disability policies are confusing, even for some attorneys. It can be difficult to read between the lines, in fact,…

2 years ago

What Remedies Are Available to You If Your Long-Term Disability Company Denies Your Claim?

Employers purchase group long-term disability policies to provide a benefit to their employees. This benefit is designed to pay a…

2 years ago