When our clients come to us because their long-term disability (LTD) benefits have been terminated, we ask them many questions, including details about their experience in dealing with their insurance company.
If you applied for LTD benefits and your insurance company denied your claim or if you were receiving LTD benefits and your insurance company terminated
A while back we wrote an article about the use of surveillance by insurance companies in Long-Term Disability (LTD) claims (“Surveillance and LTD Claims: Are They Watching Me and Why?”). The article provided disabled individuals with useful information to help them understand how surveillance may be used in their LTD claims and lawsuits. Since then, one of the most frequently asked questions we have had from clients and others about surveillance has been whether insurance companies use surveillance in Mental Health Long-term Disability (LTD) insurance claims.
Make sure to block off your calendar on Tuesday, May 14th at 2:00 EST for a webinar by Courtney Mulqueen: Are They Watching Me? What You Need to Know About Surveillance in LTD Claims. Make sure to register today.
Make sure to block off your calendar on Tuesday, November 28th at 1:30 EST for a webinar by Courtney Mulqueen: INs and OUTs of Long-Term Disability (LTD), presented by Action CIND. Make sure to register today.
A large proportion of disability cases we see at MK Disability Lawyers is due to mental illness. We have helped clients suffering from a range of mental health conditions including depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder, panic disorder, social phobia, addictions, and many others.
Unfortunately, many disability claims resulting from mental illness are denied by insurance companies. There are many reasons for this. Mental illness is an “invisible” disability and it is not always obvious when someone is suffering from mental illness. Compounding this problem is that there continues to be a stigma associated with mental illness, which further causes people to hide the illness from family, friends, co-workers, and sometimes even health care practitioners.
In this blog article, I am going to explore the main reasons why mental health disability claims get denied and how you can help your case.
Most group long-term disability (LTD) policies contain exclusions. One of the most common exclusions is the “pre-existing condition” exclusion. In this article I am going to examine the typical wording of a pre-existing condition exclusion in a group LTD policy and what you should do if your LTD claim is denied on the basis of of a pre-existing condition exclusion.
You have spent months providing the insurance company with forms and medical records and letters from your doctors, all saying the same thing: You are disabled and can’t work. Yet, the insurance company does not or will not believe you. Perhaps you feel as though you have been hitting your head against a brick wall. As if being made to feel like a fraud and going without an income for so long wasn’t enough, they’ve now told you, in no uncertain terms, that they will not pay your benefits because you are not disabled. You doubt anything you or your doctors can say or do will convince them otherwise. What now?
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