A South Dakota jury found Wisconsin based CUNA Mutual Insurance Society liable for $6.2 million in a bad faith disability insurance lawsuit. The trial exposed a long history of fraudulent claims pract...
Sovereign immunity protects government entities from liability very well. Lawsuits against any kind of government entity, especially a lawsuit like this one, typically fail, and there are few to no ex...
Group life insurance covers the lives of multiple persons such as some or all employees of a business, members of a labor union, or members of an association. Depending on the group life insurance pol...
If I am sued, does my insurance company defend me in court?...
Most people purchase home, automobile, or some other type of liability insurance in the belief that if they are ever sued, the insurance company will represent them and pay on the claim, if needed. U...
Whether or not natural disasters (or what are sometimes referred to as "acts of God") are covered by insurance and the extent of coverage offered depends on the insurance company, the policy purchased...
All insurance companies investigate a loss due to theft. As consumers, we expect it and cooperate as best we can. The insurance company in this case seems to have gone too far....
UnitedHealth Group, the nation's largest healthcare insurer, has agreed to pay $400 million to settle allegations brought by New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo and the American Medical Association...
A person has an insurable interest in something when loss or damage to it would cause that person to suffer a financial loss or certain other kinds of losses. In order to exercise an insurable interes...
As a general proposition, a health insurance company cannot cancel an individual's coverage under a health insurance policy or plan arbitrarily. However, a health insurance policy can be canceled (res...
The Unum Group is one of America's largest insurers in the disability market. However, bigger is not necessarily better. Unum has a long history of denying and delaying valid disability claims and w...
Did you know that your health insurance may be required to fund your child's therapy?...
California state employees who file for CalPERS (California Public Employees Retirement System) disability retirement take on an enormous financial and legal burden trying to prove their disability. ...
Hurricanes generally involve both wind and flood damage to a structure. However, coverage for flood, or water, damage is a separate form of insurance obtained from FEMA and wind damage is covered und...
What is long term disability and how does it interact with ERISA (the Employee Retirement Income Security Act)? To find out, we asked Ron Dean, a California attorney who has been engaged in employee ...
Insurance companies will use a variety of tactics to deny long term disability benefits – including the use of private surveillance and conducting interviews after the surveillance specifically desi...
The long term disability claims process can be difficult, confusing and downright frustrating. Knowing how the process works, what to watch out for and when to contact an attorney can make that proce...
ERISA, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act, affects employees and employers in many ways – some of them good, some of them bad. We asked Ron Dean, a California attorney who has been engaged...
Filing a claim under ERISA, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act, can be quite complex. We asked Ron Dean, a California attorney who has been engaged in employee benefits litigation primarily ...
ERISA, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act, covers many types of compensation claims such as pensions, severance and bonus plans. To understand the finer points of each, we asked Ron Dean, a...
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