Unum Names New Head Of Individual Disability Policy Block To “Improve …...
Unum announced that Jack McGarry, will be taking over Unum’s closed block of business in the United States. Unum’s closed block of business includes Unum’s individual disability policies issued almost...
View ArticleUnum Reports That More Breast Cancer Survivors Are Returning To Work After...
On October 4, 2012, **Unum announced that more than twice as many people who have battled breast cancer are returning successfully to work after short term disability leave. Unum explained that in...
View ArticleGetting And Keeping Your Disability Insurance Benefits
Applying for disability insurance benefits and maintaining those benefits requires an understanding of the policy’s terms as well as the tactics and review procedures utilized by many insurance...
View ArticleDisability Insurance Policy Lump Sum Buyouts
A disability insurance policy lump sum buyout is where an insurance company pays an individual an agreed upon lump sum amount of money to fully “buyout” the life of an individual’s disability insurance...
View ArticleDisability Insurance Denial Answers
Insurance Companies such as Aetna, Assurant, Berkshire, Cigna, Guardian, Liberty Mutual, MetLife, Reliance, Standard, and Unum are well-known for unfair and biased claims review processes,...
View ArticleJury Verdict For $7.6 Million To Chiropractor For Denial Of Disability...
Chiropractic Physician, Joan Hangarter, owned her own chiropractic practice in Berkeley, California and during a typical day she would treat between 30 and 50 patients. In 1989, Dr. Hangarter purchased...
View ArticleNorthern District Of Oklahoma Finds That Unum Acted Arbitrarily And...
A recent case out of the North District of Oklahoma, Anderson-Posey v. Unum Life Ins. Co. of Am., involved a long-term disability insurance policy issued by Unum Provident and governed under the...
View ArticleDid The 2004 Multi-State Settlement Deter Unum Provident From Continued Bad...
Almost fifteen years ago, Unum Provident entered into a historic multi-state settlement with 3 lead states, 46 other states and the District of Columbia, as well as the U.S. Department of Labor, that...
View ArticleERISA Disability Insurance Appeals – Appealing A Long Term Disability Denial
Individuals who receive short term disability and long term disability coverage as a benefit of their employment are often shocked when their insurance carrier unreasonably delays the review and...
View ArticleUnum Wrongly Denied Long Term Disability As Pre-Existing Condition
Disability insurance policies often ban coverage for disability that stems from pre-existing conditions. In other words, if someone had a medical problem within a specified time frame prior to their...
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