On Behalf of McKennon Law Group PC | Dec 24, 2019 | Disability Insurance, Disability Insurance News, Insurance Litigation Blog
In December 2014, a Northern California woman filed a lawsuit against disability insurer Unum Life Insurance Company alleging that the company wrongfully denied her claim for long-term disability (LTD) benefits under the long-term disability insurance plan issued to...
On Behalf of McKennon Law Group PC | Nov 27, 2019 | Bad Faith, Beneficiaries, Benefits, Firm News, Insurance Litigation Blog
Life insurance lapse generally refers to coverage ending for insufficient or nonpayment of policy premiums. If premiums are not paid during the grace period to sustain the policy, then the life insurance ends. The lapse of a life insurance policy at the wrong time...
On Behalf of McKennon Law Group PC | Nov 25, 2019 | Disability Insurance, ERISA, ERISA - Administrative Record, Firm News, Insurance Litigation Blog
Under insurance policies governed by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”), when an insurer denies a person’s claim for life insurance benefits, short-term-disability benefits or long-term-disability benefits, the beneficiary must request that...
On Behalf of McKennon Law Group PC | Nov 20, 2019 | Disability Insurance, Disability Insurance News, ERISA, Firm News, Insurance Litigation Blog, Legal Articles, News
In the November 19, 2019 issue of the Los Angeles Daily Journal, the Daily Journal published an article written by the McKennon Law Group PC’s Robert J. McKennon. The article addresses a previous 2009 Daily Journal investigation that revealed insurers’ regular...
On Behalf of McKennon Law Group PC | Nov 12, 2019 | Disability Insurance, ERISA, Firm News, Insurance Litigation Blog
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 and disability claim, from navigating a claim, to handling a claim denial and...
On Behalf of McKennon Law Group PC | Sep 26, 2019 | Disability Insurance, ERISA, Firm News, Insurance Litigation Blog
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 and disability claim, from navigating a claim, to handling a claim denial and...
On Behalf of McKennon Law Group PC | Sep 4, 2019 | Accidental Death or Dismemberment, Disability Insurance, Disability Insurance News, ERISA, Firm News, Insurance Litigation Blog, Legal Articles, Life Insurance, News, Retirement Plans/Pensions
In the August 28, 2019 issue of the Los Angeles Daily Journal, the Daily Journal published an article written by the McKennon Law Group PC’s Robert J. McKennon. The article addresses a recent case by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, Dorman v. Charles Schwab, which...
On Behalf of McKennon Law Group PC | Sep 4, 2019 | Appeals, ERISA, Firm News, Insurance Litigation Blog, Policy Interpretation
Ordinarily, a participant or beneficiary of a plan governed by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”) must avail himself or herself of the plan’s internal review procedures before bringing a civil action in federal court for recovery of plan...
On Behalf of McKennon Law Group PC | Aug 22, 2019 | ERISA, Firm News, Insurance Litigation Blog
In this several part Blog Series entitled The Basics of an ERISA Life, Health and Disability Insurance Claim, we discuss the basics of an ERISA life, health, accidental death and dismemberment and disability claim, from navigating a claim, handling a claim denial and...
On Behalf of McKennon Law Group PC | Aug 22, 2019 | Disability Insurance, ERISA, Firm News, Insurance Litigation Blog
ERISA guarantees claimants a “full and fair review” as well as an appeal of any denial by the insurance company. Can a disability claims insurer deny a claim too quickly and thus violate its duty to provide a full and fair review? A recent decision answered “yes” to...
