Tag: Long Term Disability

February is American Heart Month – Cardiovascular Disability Claims

Written by Justin Frankel on February 15, 2023. Posted in Disability Conditions.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), heart disease is the second most common reason for Americans to file a disability insurance claim. According to the CDC, about 805,000 people in the United...

Hartford’s Attempt to Deny Benefits After 18 Years Fails

Written by Justin Frankel on June 9, 2022. Posted in Case Results.

A Judge in Federal Court in Vermont found against Hartford in a Disability ERISA case, ruling its termination of a claim, paid for many years, failed to satisfy the standard to be upheld. A highly compensated vice president...

Insurance Companies are Feeling the COVID-Impact–Disability Claimants Are Too.

Written by Justin Frankel on February 8, 2022. Posted in Disability Insurance Claims.

The insurance sector expected that as vaccination rates increased, COVID-19 deaths would begin to decline in 2021, but that did not happen. Instead, mortality rates rose sharply, and many insurance companies are recalibrating...

What Happens When Your Claims Adjuster is AI (Artificial Intelligence) Bot?

Written by Justin Frankel on March 23, 2021. Posted in Disability Insurance Claims.

AI software has been assisting with the processing of disability claims for several years, but you may not have noticed because there is still a human at the last leg of the claims process – the person who picks up the phone...