Keeping disability insurance companies honest & Helping claimants collect LTD or STD benefits
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A Hartford disability appeal must be filed timely or you may never have the opportunity to file a disability lawsuit. Know your rights and act timely.
Continue Reading Hartford Insurance Company Refuses to Hear Late ERISA Disability Appeal and Missouri Court Agrees
Resolved Cases:
CIGNA denies benefits after paying for 10 years, but Disability Attorney Stephen Jessup wins benefits for 60 year old client with fibromyalgia
For ten years our client was receiving long term disability benefits from CIGNA under an ERISA governed Group Disability Policy (Jaycor) due to a litany of medical conditions, which included Adult…
Disability Blog & Cases:
California disability attorney sues Standard Insurance Company for denial of long term disability benefits payments to paraplegic
In the case of D. Nielsen Pollock Vs Standard Insurance Company, filed at the District Court for the Southern District Of California, the plaintiff complained that the Standard Insurance Company (Standard Insurance) have…
Disability Blog & Cases:
Disabled project manager for RTP Technology Corporation filed lawsuit against the UNUM Life Insurance Company of America for refusal to pay disability benefits
A New Jersey disability attorney recently instituted a lawsuit against the UNUM Life Insurance Company of America (UNUM) at the District Court for the District of New Jersey…
Disability Blog & Cases:
Washington disability attorney filed lawsuit against the Hartford Insurance Company for denial of long term disability benefits to mentally disabled woman
A Washington disability attorney recently filed a lawsuit on behalf of his client at the District Court for the Eastern District of Washington against the Hartford Insurance Company (Hartford).
Disability Insurance Law TV:
A Senator’s view of ERISA disability insurance claims
This video features the testimony of Montana United States Senator Max Baucus at a Senate Finance Committee Meeting. Senator Baucus focuses his testimony on the problems with ERISA disability insurance laws and the unfair claims handling practices of disability insurance companies. Senator Baucus…
Disability Blog & Cases:
Hartford Financial’s mental nervous disorder limitation clause in disability insurance policy held ambiguous
The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit recently ordered a lower court to reconsider its decision that had affirmed Hartford Financial Insurance Company‘s denial of a woman’s claim for disability benefits. Although the claimant has…
There seems to be a trend recently in which the Hartford disability insurance company is closely scrutinizing long term disability claims regardless of how long a claimant has been on claim. In the past 7 days I have been contacted by two separate claimants that have been on claim with Hartford for over 20 years…
Our disability insurance law firm was recently contacted by a woman that has been denied long-term disability benefits by Hartford. The claim is currently pending, but I asked if I could share her story so that others could learn about the real actions taken by disability companies such as Hartford. I strongly advise all disability…
