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Ability re: disability
March 1, 2017
Ability re: disability

If you’re fortunate to have disability insurance, but unfortunate to need to use it, there are a few key points to keep in mind when gathering proof of your eligibility for benefits, presenting it and completing insurance claim paperwork. The bottom line is, take a…

Reforming Disability Claim Procedures Under ERISA
December 22, 2016
Reforming Disability Claim Procedures Under ERISA

On Dec. 19, 2016, the U.S. Department of Labor published in the Federal Register sweeping reforms to the regulations it issues under Section 503 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act, aimed at eliminating bias in the ERISA disability claims and review process. Despite ERISA’s…

Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Claimant in ERISA Reimbursement Dispute (Guest blog)
January 28, 2016
Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Claimant in ERISA Reimbursement Dispute (Guest blog)

In Montanile v. Bd. of Trs. of the Nat’l Elevator Indus. Health Ben. Plan, No. 14-723, 2016 U.S. LEXIS 843 (2016), the U.C. Supreme Court dealt a decisive victory to employees when it ruled 8-1 that an employee benefit plan may not garnish a plan participant’s general assets in…

Bank’s offer of ‘free’ insurance is dubious way to appreciate customers
April 24, 2015
Bank’s offer of ‘free’ insurance is dubious way to appreciate customers

Sally Hwang recently spotted a payment of $8.10 on her checking account statement for accidental death and dismemberment insurance. Problem was, she had no recollection of signing up for such coverage. Worse, it appeared the Glendale resident had been making the payment every quarter for…

Small words big difference
January 2, 2015
Small words big difference

Most people buy life insurance as soon as they have kids. Far fewer shell out for a disability policy, even people whose income keeps a roof over their family’s head and food in their bellies. To most people (and employers that provide benefits), a disability…

Too Young for Disability Insurance? Yeah, Right
August 4, 2014
Too Young for Disability Insurance? Yeah, Right

If you are in your 20s or early 30s, you may live like you’re “Young, Wild and Free,” to borrow a song title from the recent past. But you’re not immune from injury or illness. Unless you’re wealthy, making ends meet could be difficult if…

Group vex: Is one enough?
July 30, 2013
Group vex: Is one enough?

If you depend on your earned income and want to build yourself a safety net, you can buy long term disability (LTD) insurance that will replace that income if you become ill or injured and unable to work. You can buy it as an individual…

Guest Experts: How To Support Your Aging Parents
October 22, 2012
Guest Experts: How To Support Your Aging Parents

According to a MetLife study, a quarter of adult children, mainly baby boomers, provide care for their aging parents. Caring for aging parents can be rewarding, exhausting and frustrating all at once. It can also be expensive, and emotional draining, in more ways than people…

4 ways to cope if your employer drops disability insurance coverage
October 22, 2012
4 ways to cope if your employer drops disability insurance coverage

If you get sick and miss work for several months, don’t be quick to assume that your employer provides enough disability coverage for you to get by. In recent years, a growing number of businesses have been dropping disability insurance for workers, according to a…

Two UP advisers score an important legal win for disability policyholders
September 15, 2012
Two UP advisers score an important legal win for disability policyholders

UP advisers and sponsors Daley, Debofsky and Bryant and Pillsbury and Levinson recently scored a victory for disability insurance policyholders in the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals on the issue of how an annual bonus gets factored in when calculating lost income.

Tiny words… big $ meaning
September 13, 2012
Tiny words… big $ meaning

Disability insurance alert Losing your job and income due to a disabling injury or illness is a scary prospect. 3 in 10 workers will become disabled for some period of time before they retire. Yet people often overlook buying the insurance that replaces lost income.…

UP Submits Comments In NY Supporting Proposed Ban On Unfair Wording In Health/Disability Policies
August 5, 2010
UP Submits Comments In NY Supporting Proposed Ban On Unfair Wording In Health/Disability Policies

The NY Insurance Department recently proposed important new regulations, 11 NYCRR 222, banning discretionary clauses in New York. These regulations are immensely important because they will dramatically increase court scutiny of long term disability denials. United Policyholders, a non-profit consumer organization which advocates for fairness…

Supreme Court Weighs Insurer’s Conflict of Interest in Claim Denial
June 22, 2010
Supreme Court Weighs Insurer’s Conflict of Interest in Claim Denial

The Supreme Court struggled last week with how much weight to give an insurance company’s potential conflict of interest when it denies an employee’s health or disability benefits claim. The lawyer representing the Ohio woman who sued MetLife Inc. over a disability claim argued that…

From Risk to Opportunity: Insurer Responses to Climate Change
June 10, 2010
From Risk to Opportunity: Insurer Responses to Climate Change
Disappearing Disability Insurance Fails Family
June 9, 2010
Disappearing Disability Insurance Fails Family

There’s no question that Jay Thompson is disabled. Three years, at age 44, he developed ALS — Lou Gehrig’s disease. Now he lays immobilized in a hospital bed. So the question is: What happened to his disability insurance? “We believed that it would take care…

Suing for Benefits: A Dilemma for the Disabled
June 9, 2010
Suing for Benefits: A Dilemma for the Disabled

Will your disability insurance cover you if you become ill and unable to work? Many advocates say probably not. People like Melinda Carstens say they found out how difficult it can be to try to fight an insurance company over their disability payments. Carstens said…

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