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If I'm Involved In A Disability Lawsuit, How Long Will It Take To Resolve?
More great questions with what I hope you'll think are great answers!If I am involved in a lawsuit, how long will it take to reach a conclusion?
What are offset provisions?
What should I do when I get a letter terminating my benefit?
More info in my disability insurance book titled Robbery Without a Gun: Why Your Employer's Long-Term Disability Plan May Be A Scam.
Is the Insurance Company Watching Me? And Other Questions?
Hot off the press!Is the insurance company likely to put me under surveillance?
If I am involved in a lawsuit, how long will it take to reach a conclusion?
I have been awarded Social Security disability benefits. But the insurer of my disability policy has denied my claim. Can the insurer do that?
Visit my FAQ section for past questions and order my disability insurance book to answer ALL (okay MOST) of your LTD questions!
Labels: disability insurance claims
What Date You Claim Disability Is Important! - Find Out Why
More important info on your disability insurance claim:What date should I put on the disability claim form as to when my condition started? I have a ninety day wait period and a requirement that a notice of claim be made within twenty days or 'as soon as reasonably possible.'
I’ve heard that insurance companies continue to check on your status. Do I have to go thru this whole thing again with having my doctors fill out forms confirming my sickness? I have not been working at all, so that is one issue that they won't hassle me about.
Under what conditions will the insurance company have to pay my attorney fees?
Labels: disability insurance claims
Disability Insurance Company Knew All Client's Golf Scores for last 5 years
Got an interesting call recently. A client who is a medical surgeon who's disability involves fine motor skills still plays golf. (That's OK, hitting a golf ball into the woods does not compromise patient safety!0He has a claim with a major disability insurance company. The field rep came around for a visit and asked about golf. The client answered appropriately and truthfully.
The disability investigator said "that's exactly what all these golf scores say!"
Pretty scary stuff. Your life is an open book.
Labels: disability insurance claims
More Praise for Robbery Without a Gun, Why Your Employer's Long-Term Disability Policy May be a Sham
North Carolina personal injury attorney Brent Adams has this to say about Robbery Without a Gun, my popular book which exposes the disability insurance companies' tricks:At first blush, you may feel the title is outrageous. However, upon reading the book, you will realize that Glass has probably understated the mass deception that results from employers and insurance companies “stealing” hundreds of millions of dollars each year in disability insurance benefits which should have gone into the pockets of disabled employees and their families.
You can read more about what Brent Adams said about Robbery Without a Gun here.
Labels: disability insurance claims
The Insurance Company Will Spy on You--You can bet your money on it
Nancy Cavey has a great discussion about disability insurance companies spying on you and videotaping your activities. There are some real clues to know when this will happen and Nancy discusses this here.Labels: disability insurance claims
New Disability Website Launched
We launched a new disability website to promote our new book, Robbery Without a Gun, Why Your Employer's Long-Term Disability Insurance Plan may be a Sham.Myths You Hear about ERISA long term disability claims
If you are thinking about filing for disability under your employer's long term disability insurance policy, you are bound to get some "advice."Beware.
Some of that advice can sink your claim.
Read about ERISA disability insurance myths here.
Get your own copy of Robbery Without a Gun here.
Labels: disability insurance claims
Nancy Cavey: What if the disability adjuster wants to pay you a visit?
Tampa long term disability attorney Nancy Cavey has an excelent post over at her website about what to do when the disability insurance attorney wants to come pay you a visit. As Nancy points out, this is almost never good news.Beware, this "friendly visit" probably means that they already have you on video. These companies are tricky.
Nancy Cavey is the best long term disability attorney in Florida. Read her post here.
Labels: disability insurance claims
Federal Jury Finds Unum Guilty of Fraud in Forcing Claimants to File for Social Security
Insurance companies routinely require disability claimants to apply for social security benefits, even though they know that the vast majority won't qualify.Now, a federal jury has found Unum guilty of fraud in some cases where Unum has required the claimant to go through this time and energy wasting process.
The story in today's New York Times is here.
Labels: disability insurance claims
Disability Insurance Lawsuits on the Rise
If the activity in our office is any reflection of what's going on nationally, the disability insurance companies seem to be ratcheting up the screws recently. We've seen everything from sudden terminations of long-running claims to companies denying claims without any appropriate medical review (or anything close). Video surveillance seems to be on the increase as well.I explain the rip off of group disability insurance policies issued through employers and governed by ERISA in my book, Robbery Without a Gun, Why Your Employer's Long-Term Disability Insurance Policy May be a Sham.. A major individual disability insurance company (i.e. they don't sell these crappy, worthless group policies) just placed a major order for my book (probably to give to its sales agents.)
Should You Buy an Individual Disability Insurance Policy or Just go With the One the Employer Offers
I get this question all the time. Is my employer's disability insurance plan "good enough" or should I buy one of those individual policies?The answer is that if you want any real coverage, and can afford it, get an individual policy. Most group policies are virtually worthless.
There's a couple of financial writers who commented on this recently. You can see my response to their article as well.
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