Tag: Disability Insurance

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Hartford’s Attempt to Deny Benefits After 18 Years Fails

Written by Justin Frankel on June 9, 2022. Posted in Case Results.

A Judge in Federal Court in Vermont found against Hartford in a Disability ERISA case, ruling its termination of a claim, paid for many years, failed to satisfy the standard to be upheld. A highly compensated vice...

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Insurance Companies are Feeling the COVID-Impact–Disability Claimants Are Too.

Written by Justin Frankel on February 8, 2022. Posted in Disability Insurance Claims.

The insurance sector expected that as vaccination rates increased, COVID-19 deaths would begin to decline in 2021, but that did not happen. Instead, mortality rates rose sharply, and many insurance companies are...

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New York Disability Insurance Lawyers – Own Occupation Disability Income Insurance Policies

Written by Justin Frankel on November 23, 2021. Posted in Disability Insurance Claims.

An own occupation disability income insurance policy is marketed and sold with the understanding that the person is insuring their income for a specific career. These policies are usually purchased by high income wage...

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Mutual Of Omaha Again Found To Be Arbitrary And Capricious In Its Claim Handling Of ERISA Disability Claim

Written by Justin Frankel on May 12, 2021. Posted in ERISA Disability Appeals.

Mutual of Omaha has a persistent history of wrongfully denying ERISA disability claims, which we see regularly in our law practice. A recent case in federal court found that the company wrongfully denied a disability...

What Happens When Your Claims Adjuster is AI (Artificial Intelligence) Bot?

Written by Justin Frankel on March 23, 2021. Posted in Disability Insurance Claims.

AI software has been assisting with the processing of disability claims for several years, but you may not have noticed because there is still a human at the last leg of the claims process – the person who picks up the...

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Why Sedgwick Denied Your Disability Insurance Claim

Written by Justin Frankel on December 4, 2020. Posted in Disability Insurance Denials.

Sedgwick manages short-term disability claims for many Fortune 500 and other companies, and regularly denies disability claims for a number of reasons. Often, they have little to do with your short or long-term disability...

Did medical records play a part in your disability claim denial?

Written by Justin Frankel on September 25, 2017. Posted in Disability Insurance Denials.

You’ve carried long-term disability insurance to protect yourself and your family from poverty in the event of a catastrophic accident or serious medical issue, such as a stroke. After years of paying for coverage,...