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The case of Kindig v. Anthem Life Insurance Company provides an example of how claimants of long term disability benefits may sabotage their own case. A New York Federal Court concluded that Anthem did not act arbitrarily or capriciously by terminating benefits to its claimant following his hip replacement surgery when the court found:

1) his treating physician concurred with the reviewing physician’s report that he was not disabled; and
2) the claimant was actively seeking similar employment with other companies.Continue Reading Claimant Actively Seeking Employment Denied LTD Benefits By Anthem

On November 4, 2009, a ruling was handed down in the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals that will surely have insurance companies looking at how they define “pre-existing condition”. Ruth Mitzel is certainly happy that the court affirmed the lower court’s decision that Anthem Life Insurance Company, her employer and insurer, had wrongfully denied her long-term life insurance benefits.
Continue Reading Court Rules That An Undiagnosed Pre-Existing Condition Will Not Result In Denial Of Long-Term Disability Benefits