Keeping disability insurance companies honest & Helping claimants collect LTD or STD benefits
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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…
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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…
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Who makes the final decison to approve or deny disability insurance benefits?
Is it the disability insurance claim representative or hired insurance company doctor that makes the decisional to approve or deny benefits?
FAQ | Overpayment Issues:
Can Veteran Disability Benefits be deducted from my monthly long term disability insurance check?…
Ms. Kathleen M. Hackett brought suit in the U.S. District Court of South Dakota’s Western Division against Standard Insurance Company (Standard), alleging that Standard had wrongfully denied her long-term disability benefits claim. In the first round, in 2007, both parties moved for summary judgment. The District Court granted summary judgment to Standard on August 15…
In a recent long-term disability case against The Standard Insurance Company the court granted specific discovery request in order to further explore The Standard’s potential conflict of interest. The Standard objected to all questions that the claimant’s disability attorney had asked with regard to The Standard’s potential bias and conflict of interest. Prior to granting…
The Standard Insurance Company sells multiple different long-term disability policies to dentist and other medical professionals. The difference in each policy is usually the definition of disability. In my opinion, the following definition of Own Occupation Disability sold by Standard is called an Own Occupation definition, but it is not a true Own Occupation…
Lynda Sacks worked as a mortgage loan underwriter for Countrywide Home Loans, Inc. Her employer offered both short-term and long-term disability plans issued by Standard Insurance Company (Standard) effective January 1, 2005. Standard was responsible for funding both disability plans and making the claims determinations.
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George Nevitt, a practicing attorney fell down a flight of stairs on June 19, 2001. His injuries were so severe, that The Standard Insurance Company (Standard), the company that provided his company’s employee welfare benefit plan, initially approved Nevitt’s claim for disability benefits. In April 2007, Standard terminated Nevitt’s coverage claiming that he no longer qualified because of the mental disorder limitation of the plan.
Continue Reading Federal Court Reverses Standard Insurance Company’s Denial Of Long-Term Disability Benefits To An Attorney
Once again the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals has upheld a state’s rights to protect employees that have long-term disability insurance policies issued by their employers. In an opinion filed on October 27, 2009, three circuit judges on the ninth circuit reached a unanimous decision that a state’s practice of disapproving insurance policies that…
