UNUM insurance company seems to been firing up more denials and looking at people that have been on claim for a while. Most claimants think that if they have been on claim for a few years, then they should remain on claim until the policy ends. Unfortunately this is not true as Unum is constantly reviewing the claim of each person receiving benefits. We recently were contacted by a claimant that was denied benefits after 15 years and that is not unusual. In this video disability insurance lawyers Gregory Dell and Cesar Gavidia discuss Unum’s claim handling activities and some of the reasons that a long term disability insurance claim could be denied.

Hundreds of ERISA disability lawsuits are filed every year as a result of the denial of disability insurance benefits. In this video, nationwide disability attorneys Rachel Alters and Gregory Dell discuss some of the most common issues that we see when and ERISA disability lawsuit needs to be filed. Hopefully this video will provide some insight into common issues that arise when an ERISA suit needs to be filed. Rachel Alters or any of the lawyers on her legal team can be contacted to discuss your claim.

In Thomas v. Prudential Insurance Co. of America, et al., plaintiff Thomas learned the hard way the importance of filing an ERISA lawsuit within the time frames established by the employer-sponsored disability benefits plan. Without even referencing the medical condition upon which Thomas based her claim for long-term disability benefits, a federal district court in Louisiana dismissed her lawsuit due to her failure to file it on time.
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Federal law governing ERISA disability lawsuits requires claimants to submit an administrative appeal of the denial of benefits before they can file a lawsuit in the federal district court. In the recent case of Lewis-Burroughs v. The Prudential Insurance of America, et al., the plaintiff filed an administrative appeal and, according to Prudential’s own rules, consistent with federal law, the insurer had a maximum of 90 days to render its decision.
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