Keeping disability insurance companies honest & Helping claimants collect LTD or STD benefits
Disability Insurance Law TV:
Beware of hired gun doctors in disability insurance claims
In this video former Montana Insurance Commissioner John Morrison discusses that the fact that disability insurance companies will use hired gun doctors to wrongfully deny disability insurance claims. Additionally, you will hear a view in defense of hired insurance company doctors from…
Disability Insurance Law TV:
Did UNUM insurance disability claims examiner understand physician’s job duties?
This video is a small portion of the video-taped trial testimony of a Unum long term disability employee. The deposition was completed on behalf of our client by attorney Gregory Michael Dell.
Disability Blog & Cases:
UNUM sued by Ohio disability …
Disability Insurance Law TV:
UNUM employee deposition in a disability insurance claim denial lawsuit
This video is a portion of a video-taped testimony from a long term disability insurance claim denial lawsuit. The actual testimony in this video was presented to a jury in federal court.
Disability Blog & Cases:
CUNA Mutual terminates disability benefits …
Disability Insurance Law TV:
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?…
Disability Blog & Cases:
UNUM class action filed by New York disability insurance attorneys is dismissed by Federal Judge
A Federal District Court in New York recently dismissed the class action lawsuit of four individuals whose disability insurance claims were denied or terminated by the Unum Provident Corporation. The individuals filed the lawsuit because they…
When Nancy Perryman stopped working, she was the Western Farm Bureau Insurance Company’s agency manager for metropolitan Phoenix and Northern Arizona. It was a complex job, in which she supervised between 18 and 21 insurance agents at Western Farm Bureau’s various insurance offices. She’s earned around $300,000 each year in commissions, with average monthly earnings…
Unum Provident Reviews Approved Benefits to Assure Continuing Qualification
When Nancy Perryman stopped working on February 28, 1997 she was the Western Farm Bureau Insurance Company’s agency manager for metropolitan Phoenix and Northern Arizona. She supervised between 18 and 21 insurance agents who worked out of Western Farm Bureau’s various insurance offices. She’s earned around…
This is a case in which Unum’s decisions to deny benefits was consistent with the policy language. Employer-provided group disability insurance plans are different from individual plans. An employer-provided disability plan depends upon the employer/employee relationship. If something happens to interrupt this employer/employee connection it can have consequences, as Carol Jones discovered.
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An order granting discovery of Unum employee performance reviews was issued out of the U. S. District Court, Southern District of California that highlights how important it is for a disability insurance attorney to couch discovery requests carefully.
A case that took over 10 years to move through the federal judicial system, finally ended with the court agreeing that Unum must pay attorney’s fees and costs. However when the bill was delivered, Unum sought the court’s intervention because Unum claimed that the attorney fees and costs were excessive.
Jane Fitts’ long term disability…
