May 2010 Archives

At Frankel & Newfield, we keep an eye on the business side of the insurance business. We recently spotted a survey produced by JHA, by a division of General Re Life Corporation that featured participation by 27 disability insurance companies that reads like a list of our adversaries. It reveals the sad state of affairs […]

The fact that a vice president of Group Disability Products is quoted in a press release stating that he “finds it disturbing that the vast majority of working Americans have not adequately protected one of their most important assets – the ability to earn an income” is exactly what anyone would expect from one of […]

A Federal Court in Ohio has determined that Hartford’s reliance upon the opinion of a non-examining, paper reviewing physician, was not sufficient to support a termination of disability benefits to an insured. Hartford relied upon the opinion of a physician provided by MES Solutions, an entity seen regularly as providing insurer favorable doctors to write […]

While most of our blog posts concern successful disability insurance matters on behalf of our clients, news about disability insurance, the law, or various items that we feel will be helpful to our readers, every now and then we receive an email from a client that makes us pause in our busy practice and remember […]

We don’t mean to be facetious, but as a law firm fighting with long term disability insurance companies on a daily basis, it’s hard for us to take the designation of May as the National Disability Insurance Awareness Month seriously. Yes, disability insurance is a necessary part of any financial plan. Protecting the paycheck that […]