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Jan-7-09 Indianapolis, IN Heather Harley is a long term care health insurance consultant: It is her job to help attorneys and firms—and the public—to better understand health insurance claims and the insurance processes, including Prompt Payment laws. Harley says claims are reviewed on a case by case basis by one or multiple adjustors, depending on the s... - Surviving Insurance Companies After a Car Accident
Oct-30-08 Elmhurst, IL When you are involved in a car accident, you expect that the insurance company will take proper care of you, especially if you were not at fault in the accident. However, many people report having a lot of trouble dealing with insurance companies following their auto accidents. Dellene H. says she has had nothing but trouble getting the insu... - Force-Placed Insurance Class-Action Settlement Approved at $140 Million
Sep-18-15 Miami, FL A settlement deal reached in April between defendants in a Lender Insurance lawsuit and homeowners over Force-Place Insurance premiums that were allegedly inflated was formally approved by a federal judge in Florida September 14. The final bill for defendants Ocwen Financial Corp. and Assurant Inc. will be $140 million. Lenders insurance i... - Recargo por accidentes por parte de State Farm Auto Insurance
Si usted adquirió un seguro de State Farm Auto Insurance en California entre 1997 y 2002, usted debe haber pagado un "recargo por accidentes" ilegal (esto es exclusivamente para los tenedores de pólizas de California). State Farm Auto Insurance presuntamente recargó a los conductores de California una tarifa ilegal adicional por... - Title Insurance Fraud
Mar-6-07 Washington, DC: Title insurance is an industry that is not well understood, leaving many people who purchase title insurance in the position of being taken advantage of. In fact, according to a CNN/Money article, in 2005 over a dozen title insurers paid tens of millions of dollars to regulators because of seemingly deceptive industry sales practices. ... - Long term care insurance bad faith lawsuit
More than 34 million people are currently over the age of 65 - and by 2030, nearly one in five people - almost 70 million - will be over 65. Statistics show that the odds of spending 2 or more years in a nursing home are one in three. It is no wonder that an increasing number of people are purchasing long term care insurance. Long-term care insuran... - Federal Judge Gives Nod to $300 Million-Plus Force-Placed Insurance Settlement
Mar-23-14 Miami, FL A tentative $300 million Lender insurance settlement that was announced last September and given preliminary approval a month later has been granted final approval by a federal judge in Florida. The settlement not only provides some compensation for plaintiffs embroiled in the Force-Place insurance battleground, but legal experts agree the se... - ERISA Violations Lawsuit News & Legal Information
The Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 ( ERISA ) was designed to protect employees from private employers who might mismanage employee benefits plans. Among the items covered in ERISA laws are health benefits, pension plans, and employee stock ownership plans. In cases where ERISA protections are violated, employees can file a lawsuit to hol... - Consumers Concerned About Junk Insurance
Jan-12-14 Anaheim, CA When patients undergo important medical treatment, they assume that their insurance policy will cover them. So those who undergo lifesaving treatment just to have their California insurance claim denied are usually surprised by the denial. They are also often surprised by the high fees associated with medical care, fees they thought their d... - Force-Placed Insurance Lawsuit Seeks Class-Action Status
Aug-26-13 Encino, CA A force-placed insurance lawsuit filed against Bank of America seeks class-action status. The lawsuit, filed in California in 2012 by Christopher Gustafson, alleges Bank of America provided force-placed insurance from its own affiliates at a high cost to the borrower while receiving fees, payments or commissions from force-placed insurance p... - Cigna Settles Denied Disabilities Claims
May-23-13 Bangor, ME Cigna has agreed to settle wrongly denied disability claims with a variety of states. The states alleged three Cigna-operated companies improperly handled insurance claims. Improperly denied insurance claims can lead to bad faith insurance lawsuits against insurance companies. Maine Insurance Superintended Eric Cioppa announced on May 22,... - Disability Insurance is not a Slam Dunk says Lawyer
Aug-15-17 Minneapolis, MN Disabled workers sometimes get a rude awakening when the workplace disability insurance policy they thought would help them maintain their standard of living in the event of injury or illness abruptly ends. “Many people think once the disability company finds them disabled and starts paying benefits these benefits will continue un... - Insurance Companies in Denial regarding Long COVID
Sep-15-22 Santa Clara, CA Despite government entities recognizing Long Covid as a disability, attorneys are litigating against health insurance companies that deny disability benefits to COVID long haulers. According to guidance by the Justice Department and the Department of Health and Human Services, Covid long haulers can be protected unde... - $3M Settlement Reached in Bank of America Bad Faith Insurance Class Action Lawsuit
Santa Clara, CA: A $3 million settlement has received preliminary judicial approval, potentially ending a bad faith insurance class action lawsuit pending against Bank of America (BofA). The lawsuit, brought in April 2013, alleges that BoFA withheld monies due on insurance claims. The suit named BofA and its predecessor, BAC Home Loans Servicing LP,... - Plaintiffs Get Settlement in Long Term Care Insurance Lawsuit
May-14-09 Kansas City, MO Consumers who purchased long term care insurance are now fighting back against policies that they say are unfair and unreasonable. Some consumers are fighting back by filing long term care insurance lawsuits, alleging their insurance provider misled them or denied their claims on a questionable basis. Recently, 1 class action lawsuit, fil... - "AARP Took Advantage of My Mother"
Feb-14-09 Ottawa, KS Many seniors turn to AARP insurance because they believe AARP protects their interests and fights on their behalf. However, some soon discover that the interests of AARP always come first. AARP health insurance has been in the news recently because of seemingly high member rates. Furthermore, the organization is under investigation for mislead... - Unum Provident's 'Pre-existing Condition' Policy often Bad-Faith Practice
Feb-3-09 Washington, DC: One tactic that Unum Provident employs to deny countless Unum long term disability claims is to invoke the pre-existing conditions clause--usually defined as any health condition you already have --including an injury that happened prior to the effective date of the insurance--when you enroll in a health insurance plan or policy. Or Unum... - AARP Avoids Paying Patient's Medical Bill
Jan-28-09 Shelby, NC Imagine having AARP insurance and being told that your medical procedures are covered, only to find out your insurance has been cancelled. That is what happened to Donna J. (not her real name), who says her AARP health insurance was supposed to cover her eye surgeries. However, when it came time to pay up, the insurance company conveniently fo... - Law Professor Roger Baron on Subrogation and ERISA Reform
Apr-6-08 Vermillion, SD: Roger Baron is a recognized authority on insurance law and subrogation. He advised attorney Maurice Graham in the controversial Debby Shank litigation in Missouri. In that case, Shank, who suffered severe permanent brain injuries in a traffic accident, was successfully sued by her employer, Wal-Mart, for recovery of nearly $500,000 in med... - Long-Term Disability Attorney Discusses Long-COVID Disability Claims
Apr-27-22 Northridge, CA It’s no surprise that some “long COVID-19” claims are denied by insurance companies: there was even a debate about whether it was real. But long-term disability attorney Brent Dorian Brehm, with Kantor & Kantor LLP has already won “post-COVID-19 syndrome” appeals for his clients. Brehm discu...