Claiming disability is, more often than not, much more complicated than it actually should be. We often fall into the trap of believing that if we are, in fact, injured or ill enough as to be unable to work, then receiving disability benefits should be a given. These...
Under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA), claims administrators evaluate disability applications for disability insurance companies. Claims administrators often deny those who deserve long term disability due to conflicts of interest, even when...
Long Term Disability Attorneys No matter how healthy we seem now or how able-bodied we are, aren't we all just one accident or illness away from being unable to work? There's one big employer-provided benefit that many employees fail to take advantage of and it's long...
It is absolutely in your best interests to hire a long term disability attorney if you're not able to work due to injury or illness and your long term disability insurance company is denying your benefits. It's important to remember that unlike the federal government...
When your insurance company sends you a payout for your disability insurance, like most people, you assume that check is safe to spend. That's why it may come as a shock when weeks or even months later the insurance company sends you a letter demanding repayment of...
Fresno, California - August, 2015 - ERISA Law Group, LLP, a California-based law firm representing disability claimants throughout the United States, has uncovered a scheme by Liberty Mutual Insurance Company to cheat claimants of their disability benefits,...
Fresno, California - September, 2015 - ERISA Law Group, LLP, a California-based law firm representing disability claimants throughout the United States, has uncovered a practice of unlawfully reducing disability benefits for California claimants. California law...
It shouldn't come as a surprise that long-term disability claims cost insurance companies a great deal of money. It's why they work so hard to find reasons to deny those claims. Though you see them as benefits that are rightfully yours, those that you contracted for...
QUESTION: I'm currently receiving disability benefits. How often do I need to see my doctor? We hear this question quite often from our clientele. With your medical background serving as your base of proof of your ongoing disability, obviously routine visits to your...
It isn't unusual for our clients to have a variety of questions when filing an ERISA appeal. The world of disability insurance is deliberately set up to be confusing and complicated. The more the insurance companies can dissuade you from filing, or keep you from doing...
