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This is a friendly reminder from your LTD lawyers at to make sure you read and fully understand your disability insurance policy.
Abell & Capitan Law is comprised of some of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and Louisville, Kentucky’s most trusted disability insurance lawyers.
Long term disability insurance is intended to provide income replacement for you and your family during a time when you can no longer work. It is a monetary insurance benefit.
Myalgic encephalomyelitis or chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS), is a disease that can be severely debilitating and leave many patients bedridden for the remainder of their lives. While the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has estimated that as many as 2.5 million Americans suffer from ME/CFS, there is relatively little public awareness of the disease […]
Unfortunately, the world doesn’t stop turning once you or your loved one becomes disabled. The bills keep coming, and great financial and emotional hardship follows quickly if there is no money available to pay them. Having your claim for disability benefits denied by the insurance company inevitably complicates things even further.
Most group long-term disability policies provide that, after the 24 months of LTD benefits are paid, the definition of disability (or total disability) changes from “own occupation” to “any occupation” (or other similar terms such as “any gainful occupation” or “any reasonable occupation).” This is, hands down, the point at which claimants are most likely […]
You may have noticed ERISA referenced in your denial letter or disability policy, but do you know what it means for your Long-Term Disability claim?
You are currently on claim receiving monthly long-term disability benefits and are either interested in, or have been offered, a lump sum buyout by the insurance company. But the question is: does a buyout make sense for you?
LTD insurance companies have been known routinely subject their claimants to field investigations, surveillance, and “independent” examinations. Once you are awarded Social Security Disability (“SSD”) benefits, the Social Security Administration (“SSA”) does not regularly monitor your claim looking for ways to terminate benefits.
