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How Should I Choose A Life Insurance Lawyer? – McKennon Law Group PC
What Is Life Insurance? If people in your life rely on you financially, they could quickly be put into financial distress if you were to die unexpectedly. Life insurance is…
What Should I Do If My Life Insurance Claim Is Denied? – McKennon Law Group PC
Unfortunately, life insurance policies can be denied for a handful of reasons. One reason is that insurance companies will claim that the policyholder let the insurance coverage lapse, and they…
Why Was My ERISA Disability Claim Denied? – McKennon Law Group PC
What Is ERISA? Were your ERISA disability benefits denied in California? An attorney can help. Most of the life, health and disability policies issued through employers in the United States…
What Damages Can Be Recovered With an Insurance Bad Faith Lawsuit?
In California, if an insurance company is not handling your claim in good faith, what are your rights? What steps can you take? Can or should you sue the insurance…
Federal Court Awards Benefits to ERISA Long-Term Disability Claimant, Finding That Insurer Company Failed to Provide Evidence That a Pre-existing Condition Substantially Caused the Disabling Injury
Insurance companies will go to great lengths to avoid paying claims. One way in which they do that is by trying to shoehorn the facts of the claim into a…
Eighth Circuit Rules Against Fiduciary On Claim Alleging Misrepresentation of Coverage
Signing up for employer benefit plans can be confusing and can lead to disputes where the parties are not careful. ERISA fiduciaries such as employers who sponsor benefit plans and…
Winning ERISA Disability Insurance Appeals
Claims made for short term disability and for long term disability benefits are frequently denied by ERISA plan benefits administrators. Congress enacted ERISA to provide a level of minimum standards…
Court Rules That “Near Fatal” Levels of Methamphetamine Did Not Trigger Drug Exclusion Based on the Ordinary Meaning of the Terms in the ERISA Accidental Death & Dismemberment Policy And That Death Was Accidental
Accidental Death & Dismemberment (“AD&D”) Insurance Update: Northern District of California Construes the Terms of ERISA-governed AD&D Policy Against the Insurer, Finds that “Near Fatal” Levels of Methamphetamine Did Not…
The Basics of an ERISA Life, Health and Disability Insurance Claim – Part Sixteen: State Law Pre-emption
In this several-part blog series titled The Basics of an ERISA Life, Health and Disability Insurance Claim, we discuss the basics of an ERISA life, health, accidental death and dismemberment…
How Can You Prove a Death Was Accidental for an Accidental Death and Dismemberment Claim?
If an insured member of your family dies accidentally and you make an accidental death insurance claim as a beneficiary, the insurance company may require proof that the death was…
