Tips To Help You Avoid a Denial of Your Disability Benefit by Lincoln Financial Lincoln Financial is notorious for finding ways to deny disability insurance benefit claims. Even if Lincoln Financial initially approves your claim, the company continues to monitor your medical condition and seizes on any opportunity to deny…
Each long term disability insurance policy can be a bit different, even those that are issued by the same disability insurance carrier. Lincoln Financial recently took over Liberty Mutual, and in the process, took on responsibility for many of the short term disability policies Liberty issued and administrated. Because of…
It’s easy to be impressed with the package of group employee benefits that come with a new job – and rightfully so. From medical insurance to 401K matching, personal time off, child care considerations and more, it’s nice to know that you’re covered and valued as part of your new…
Overview of Lincoln, Merger with Liberty Mutual Having handled hundreds of claims from Lincoln Financial Disability, the law firm of Dell & Schaefer knows what to expect. Overall, Lincoln recently purchased and underwent a merger with Liberty Mutual. This has moved Lincoln from a large to a massive insurance company.…
Most holders of long-term disability (LTD) polices through Lincoln Financial assume they will be able to claim the earned benefits when they actually become disabled. That’s why it comes as a shock to many when they receive an unexpected denied disability claim. What happens next depends almost entirely on how…
Judge rules favorably for the claimant after Lincoln National Life Insurance Company denied the claim at that change in definition of disability. GREGORY DELL: Hi I’m Greg Dell with Attorneys Dell & Schaefer, and today Alexander Palamara and I are going to discuss a recent case that came out of…
When it comes to long term disability insurance, claims often end in denial by companies such as Lincoln National Life Insurance Company. This leaves disabled policyholders with few options for moving on with their lives. But a recent case out of Oklahoma Federal Court is a reminder that victory is…
In Jamie S. Flanagan v. The Lincoln National Life Insurance Company, Plaintiff was a nurse practitioner who was unable to work after a lumbar fusion failed and left her with nerve root scarring. She also had spondylolisthesis. Her employer had a welfare benefit plan which included long term disability (LTD)…
In this video, Disability Insurance Attorneys Alex Palamara and Gregory Dell discuss the issues with a recent case in which Dell & Schaefer Attorney Alex Palamara was successful in an ERISA appeal for his client against Lincoln Financial. Mr. Palamara was able to prove the negligence of Lincoln Financial for…
In this video we discuss common trends that we noticed when helping claimants recover disability insurance benefits from Lincoln Financial.